Throughout its thirty-year history, Religions for Peace has worked toward limiting and eventually eliminating nuclear weapons. Recognizing that common security is the key to establishing a culture of peace, Religions for Peace helps communities of faith condemn policies that perpetuate the building of weapons and envision a world free from the threat of nuclear destruction.

Religions for Peace has long served as a leader among international non-governmental organizations on disarmament issues. The organization is a key participant in major United Nations initiatives, monitoring discussions, and exploring the role religions may play in helping to shape coherent arguments for disarmament on moral, ethical, and spiritual grounds.

Religions for Peace is a founder and publication committee member of the Disarmament Times, the only independent newspaper devoted exclusively to reporting on arms control and disarmament activities in the United Nations context. The paper reaches a worldwide readership of policy makers, researchers, students, organizations, and concerned individuals.

Religions for Peace also is a member of the Reference Group of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), which encourages the development of community-based programs to educate citizens about the dangers of small arms; promotes peaceful resolution of conflict among religious communities; and promotes a culture of peace, solidarity and non-violence.