U.S. Ambassador for Religious Freedom to Resign
Robert Seiple stepping down to form think tank at Eastern College.
By Tony Carnes | posted 7/12/00 | posted 7/01/2000 12:00AM
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Tony Carnes is Senior News Writer for Christianity Today.
Photography by Bill Youngblood.
Previous Christianity Today articles on Robert Seiple and the Council on International Religious Freedom include:Religious Freedom Report Released | A summary of the first official U.S. report on religious persecution worldwide. (October 25, 1999)
Editorial: Persecution Is Persecution Is Persecution (August 9,1999)
Religious Freedom Panel in Place | Senate confirms appointments of Seiple and team. (June 14, 1999)
The Jew Who Is Saving Christians | Michael Horowitz played a tremendous role in the formation of the Council on International Religious Freedom. (March 1, 1999)
De-Seiple-ing World Vision | Seiple talks with CT about his move from World Vision, ties to Eastern College and his new post as ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom. (June 15, 1998)The earliest Council on International Religious Freedom report was released in
1999, the first annual report followed in May of
2000. Both highlighted persecution in China, Sudan and other nations. The
CIRF site itself takes a long time to load but is replete with information, including a biographical sketch of Seiple.PBS's Religion and Ethics Newsweeklyinterviewed Seiple in September after the release of the U.S. State Department's first report on religious freedom.
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