Mission and History

Mission

IGE promotes sustainable environments for religious freedom worldwide through local partnerships. It studies the impact of faith on state and society, it encourages governments to protect religious freedom, and it equips citizens to exercise that freedom responsibly.

History

In 2000, Bob and Margaret Ann Seiple—known as the "godparents" at IGE—felt called as Christians to steward a lifetime of experiences and relationships from all over the world. This feeling took particular form through their experience with the State Department, where Bob served as the first-ever U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom from 1998 to 2000. The Seiples were concerned that religious freedom was something everyone talked about but no one really knew how to operationalize, and that Christians were too often part of the problem. They founded IGE to address these issues and to "make Christ visible and Christians relevant."

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