Alabama Religious
Freedom Summit
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 10 am - 4:30 pm
Office for Regional Conference Ministries
5100 Adventist Blvd NW
Huntsville, AL 35896
The Alabama Alliance works to include members and partners from a wide diversity of religions, including Christian, Jewish, and Muslim religions, and any organization hoping to support basic human dignity and human rights. The Alabama Religious Freedom Alliance honors our state's rich history of diverse faith traditions, continuing to protect the free exercise of religion for the benefit of everyone.
"Religious liberty protects not just believers but everyone."
Elder D. Todd Christofferson, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Keynote Speaker
Judge Brasher
Andrew Brasher served as a U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama. Before that, he was Alabama's Solicitor General, arguing cases before the Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit, and the Alabama Supreme Court. He also worked as Deputy Solicitor General and practiced law at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. Brasher clerked for Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the Eleventh Circuit and holds degrees from Samford University (B.A., summa cum laude) and Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude), where he was on the Harvard Law Review.
Alabama Summit Schedule
10:00 am – Welcome Address & Introduction
Justin Miller, Chair, Alabama Religious Freedom Alliance
10:15 am – Religious Freedom Update
Barret Bowdre, Deputy Solicitor General, State of Alabama
11:15 am – 12:15 pm – Lunch
Break for lunch.
12:15 pm – Keynote Address
Hon. Andrew L. Brasher, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
1:00 pm – Religious Freedom in Our Workplaces
Joe Davis, Senior Counsel, Becket
2:00 pm – Religious Freedom in Our Schools
Matt Sharp, Senior Counsel and Director of the Center for Public Policy,
Alliance Defending Freedom
3:00 pm – Religious Freedom in Our Communities
Lauren Willardson (Moderator), Rising Generation Fellow,
International Center for Law & Religion Studies
Dr. William Lee, Senior Pastor, Huntsville First SDA Church
Dr. Timothy Mallard, Professor of Leadership & Ethics and Teaching Fellow at the
Reeder Center, Birmingham Theological Seminary
Elder Richard Youngblood, Area Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
4:00 pm – Closing Remarks
Justin Miller, Chair, Alabama Religious Freedom Alliance
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