Ganoune diop biography of martin

The following is an open letter sent to Ganoune Diop, the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty director of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

“Dear Dr. Diop, GC leaders and Seventh-day Adventist church community,   

I recently watched the Trans-European Division Covid Symposium, paying special attention to your presentation.   I am writing to you because I am concerned about three statements you made during the course of your talk:  

• First, you said that “a distinctive aspect of religious liberty is solidarity with other human beings based on the human conscience.” [1]

• Second, “religious liberty in external society is granted due to an external forum,” i.e. international law.[2]

• Third, “religious people are often tempted to use verbal violence in the name of prophecy” and “prophecy is at times weaponized and used to cover violence.”[3]    

I am not certain what you meant by “a distinctive aspe

•

Ganoune Diop Showered Praise on Bert Beverly Beach during a Special Tribute

On December 22, 2022, Ganoune Diop, the current Director of the Public Affairs Department and Religious Liberty at the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, published a tribute to his predecessor, Bert Beverly Beach. In his tribute, Ganoune Diop called Dr. Bert Beach “a gift to the world of faith and beyond.” Diop expressed that Dr. Bert Beach brought “legitimacy and credibility” to Adventism in the eyes of the other “Christian denominations.” He called Beach a “towering figure” for “significantly” shaping the “reputation” of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. [1]

Ganoune Diop said that Dr. Beach came to us through “divine providence” and that he possessed “exceptional capacity” and the “ability to discern the real issues underlying the course of events in human history.” According to Diop,

•

Why Should We Care About the Reformation?

Presenters and organizers of the Reformation commemoration event in Washington DC. Image by Maria Bryk

June 7, 2017 | Washington D.C., United States | Marcos Paseggi, Senior Correspondent, Adventist Review

Dozens of religious freedom scholars, advocates, and supporters met on June 1 at the Washington D.C. Religious Freedom Center to commemorate and discuss the implications of the Protestant Reformation for religious liberty and freedom of conscience. The one-day event, themed “Commemoration of the 500-year Anniversary of the 16th Century Protestant Reformation: Conversations on the Reformation, Christian Identities, and Freedom of Conscience,” sought to delve into the multiple connections between the watershed 16^th-century event and our ongoing contemporary quest for freedom of conscience and worship.

“The 16^th-century world lived in the grip of fear, explaining every disease outbreak with all kinds of superstitions,” said Ganoune