Faiths and beliefs
Faith traditions and communities around the world have generations of experience helping people through hardship.
What have they learned? What works? What could we do better?
Every perspective is welcome, including questions, criticism and different approaches. Humanists and people of no religion are welcome here too.
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World faith bodies are invited at their published headquarters. Local and national organisations in Australia have also been emailed.
Invitations around the world
Explore invitations to faith and belief organisations around the world. Select a country to see its invitation record.
- Local or national invitation recorded
- International HQ contacted
- No invitation recorded
Invitations are not endorsements. Every organisation is free to respond in its own words.
Select a country on the map.
About these records
Two separate records appear on this page. They must not be added into one total.
- Country map — lights when a local or national organisation for a tradition in that country has been emailed. Today that is Australia (from the Australia wave). Empty markers mean no such local invitation is recorded yet — not that a country was “sent” something and refused.
- World bodies register — thirty international organisations on our scope list. We email published headquarters contacts. That is not the same as contacting every national branch, parish, or member community worldwide.
- On the world-body list: 21 invitation emails delivered, 1 bounced (sent but not delivered), 8 not yet sent. Separately, 17 organisations were emailed in the Australia wave. Australia also appears on the map because those local invitations are recorded there. One world body on the international list is based in Australia; that HQ email is not double-counted into the Australia-wave total of 17.
- Delivered: the invitation email arrived. Bounced: it was sent but did not arrive. Not yet invited: no invitation email has been sent to that body. Listing on the register alone is not an invitation. A reply is not support. Participation means ideas are published in that organisation’s name. Endorsement means a verified public statement of support with permission.
Countries with a local tradition invitation recorded (today: Australia). This is not a worldwide coverage claim. 30 world bodies on the headquarters invitation register; 21 invitation emails delivered; 1 bounced (sent; not delivered); 8 not yet sent an invitation email. Australia wave (separate): 17 organisations emailed
World faith bodies — invitation register
International headquarters contacts. Status is Delivered, Bounced (sent; not delivered), or Not yet invited (no send yet).
| Tradition | Body | Based in | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian | Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue (Holy See) | Vatican City | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Christian | Ecumenical Patriarchate – Private Patriarchal Office | Türkiye | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Christian | World Council of Churches – General Secretariat | Switzerland | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Christian | Anglican Communion Office | United Kingdom | Not yet invited |
| Christian | World Evangelical Alliance | United States | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Christian | Lutheran World Federation | Switzerland | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Christian | Baptist World Alliance | United States | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Christian | General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists | United States | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Christian | Salvation Army International Headquarters | United Kingdom | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Christian | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | United States | Not yet invited |
| Muslim | Al-Azhar (Office of the Grand Imam) | Egypt | Not yet invited |
| Muslim | Muslim World League | Saudi Arabia | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Muslim | Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | Saudi Arabia | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Jewish | Chief Rabbinate of Israel | Israel | Not yet invited |
| Jewish | World Jewish Congress | United States | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Jewish | Conference of European Rabbis | Germany | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Buddhist | Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama | India | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Buddhist | World Buddhist Sangha Council | Taiwan | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Buddhist | World Fellowship of Buddhists | Thailand | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Other faiths and non-religious | Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (under Sri Akal Takht Sahib) | India | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Other faiths and non-religious | Bahá'í International Community – United Nations Office | United States | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Hindu | Hindu American Foundation | United States | Bounced (sent; not delivered) |
| Hindu | Vishva Hindu Parishad | India | Not yet invited |
| Hindu | Hindu Council of Australia (national; fills Australia's Hindu gap) | Australia | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Other faiths and non-religious | Federation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA) | United States | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Other faiths and non-religious | Jinja Honcho (Association of Shinto Shrines) | Japan | Not yet invited |
| Other faiths and non-religious | Chinese Taoist Association | China | Not yet invited |
| Other faiths and non-religious | Humanists International | United Kingdom | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
| Interfaith | Religions for Peace International | United States | Not yet invited |
| Interfaith | Parliament of the World's Religions | United States | Invited 4 Nov 2026 |
Australia wave (local and national): Seventeen organisations in Australia were emailed in a separate local wave. Those invitations light Australia on the map. They are not added into the thirty world-body total.
Faith leaders and bodies can send an official statement or ideas to contact@theperthagreement.com. Please include your name, role, body and country. Nothing is published without permission. Openness principles · Contact.
