In The Church

Protecting Religious Freedoms for Churches and Other Religious Organizations

We are fighting to defend and restore the right to:

• Preach and teach without legal reprisal
• Serve the community free from discrimination
• Assemble without government harassment
• Operate according to your beliefs

Cases: In the Church

	Church Autonomy Liberty Institute represented Pastor Westbrook in a case that could have set a precedent allowing religious leaders to face litigation from parishoners. More

	Church v. State: Liberty Institute Stops Government From Bullying Private Seminaries The state of Texas fined Tyndale Seminary, a ministry of HEB Ministries for using the word "seminary" and issuing theological degrees without receiving government approval of its board of directors, its curriculum and its professors. More

	Liberty Institute Makes Texas History Interpreting Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act (TRFRA) Liberty Institute defended Pastor Richard Barr and Philemon Homes, when the Sinton city council enacted an ordinance banning the nonprofit, faith-based organization from existing anywhere within the city limits. More

	Let Them Go, Bring Them Home! Liberty Institute helped to bring home Jim Allen, one of the ten American Christian volunteers arrested in January 2010, in Haiti. His church group was there to help victims of the country's devastating earthquake. More

	Persecuting a Church Because...It's a Church When the city stalled Opulent Life Church's move to its new space because the it did not meet the arbitrary and discriminatory requirements, the church turned to Liberty Institute for help. More

	Fighting For the Freedom They Traveled so Far to Find Many members of the Plano Vietnamese Baptist Church fled religious persecution under the communist regime in Vietnam, to come to America in search of a better life. So when a city threatened the future of their church, Liberty Institute stepped in to help. More