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BYUtv’s ‘Voices for Faith’ Part 3 Urges United Action to Defend Religious Freedom

The series argues that mutual respect across faiths is key to safeguarding conscience.

Richard and Emelia Ahadjie, a Latter-day Saint couple from Accra, Ghana who lived through the 18-month "Freeze," are interviewed for a "Voices for Faith" episode of the Church News' 2026 "Living Record" documentary series available on BYUtv.
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Simratpal "Simmer" Singh, center, speaks with a fellow soldier during the filming of a "Voices for Faith" episode of the Church News' 2026 "Living Record" documentary series available on BYUtv.
Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and his wife, Sister Mary Cook, laugh with Reverend Eugene Rivers, left, and Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, during the Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, on Monday, June 28, 2021.

Overview

  • The three-part BYUtv documentary releases its third episode, which aired in April 2026, with a hopeful push for faiths to work together to protect the right to believe.
  • Elder Quentin L. Cook calls for Catholics, evangelicals, Jews, Muslims, Latter-day Saints, and others to link arms in defense of belief without denigrating one another.
  • New York’s Commission of Religious Leaders offers a model of cooperation as faith leaders advise city officials together, with Rabbi Joseph Potasnik inviting Latter-day Saints into the forum.
  • Rev. Marian Edmonds-Allen describes building cross-faith partnerships to serve people experiencing homelessness, saying religious freedom enables that shared work.
  • Earlier episodes feature Kori Porter, Sikh officer Simratpal Singh’s accommodation win with the Becket Fund, and lawyer Asma Uddin on the Murfreesboro mosque case, showing legal and civic tools that protect conscience.