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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.

World map of faith invitations
  • 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).

TraditionBodyBased inStatus
ChristianDicastery for Interreligious Dialogue (Holy See)Vatican CityInvited 4 Nov 2026
ChristianEcumenical Patriarchate – Private Patriarchal OfficeTürkiyeInvited 4 Nov 2026
ChristianWorld Council of Churches – General SecretariatSwitzerlandInvited 4 Nov 2026
ChristianAnglican Communion OfficeUnited KingdomNot yet invited
ChristianWorld Evangelical AllianceUnited StatesInvited 4 Nov 2026
ChristianLutheran World FederationSwitzerlandInvited 4 Nov 2026
ChristianBaptist World AllianceUnited StatesInvited 4 Nov 2026
ChristianGeneral Conference of Seventh-day AdventistsUnited StatesInvited 4 Nov 2026
ChristianSalvation Army International HeadquartersUnited KingdomInvited 4 Nov 2026
ChristianChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsUnited StatesNot yet invited
MuslimAl-Azhar (Office of the Grand Imam)EgyptNot yet invited
MuslimMuslim World LeagueSaudi ArabiaInvited 4 Nov 2026
MuslimOrganisation of Islamic CooperationSaudi ArabiaInvited 4 Nov 2026
JewishChief Rabbinate of IsraelIsraelNot yet invited
JewishWorld Jewish CongressUnited StatesInvited 4 Nov 2026
JewishConference of European RabbisGermanyInvited 4 Nov 2026
BuddhistOffice of His Holiness the Dalai LamaIndiaInvited 4 Nov 2026
BuddhistWorld Buddhist Sangha CouncilTaiwanInvited 4 Nov 2026
BuddhistWorld Fellowship of BuddhistsThailandInvited 4 Nov 2026
Other faiths and non-religiousShiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (under Sri Akal Takht Sahib)IndiaInvited 4 Nov 2026
Other faiths and non-religiousBahá'í International Community – United Nations OfficeUnited StatesInvited 4 Nov 2026
HinduHindu American FoundationUnited StatesBounced (sent; not delivered)
HinduVishva Hindu ParishadIndiaNot yet invited
HinduHindu Council of Australia (national; fills Australia's Hindu gap)AustraliaInvited 4 Nov 2026
Other faiths and non-religiousFederation of Jain Associations in North America (JAINA)United StatesInvited 4 Nov 2026
Other faiths and non-religiousJinja Honcho (Association of Shinto Shrines)JapanNot yet invited
Other faiths and non-religiousChinese Taoist AssociationChinaNot yet invited
Other faiths and non-religiousHumanists InternationalUnited KingdomInvited 4 Nov 2026
InterfaithReligions for Peace InternationalUnited StatesNot yet invited
InterfaithParliament of the World's ReligionsUnited StatesInvited 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.