{"id":18274,"date":"2012-06-26T18:57:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T22:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=18274"},"modified":"2013-04-03T21:30:59","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T01:30:59","slug":"pro-life-pulpits-pastors-who-are-unafraid-to-talk-about-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-pulpits-pastors-who-are-unafraid-to-talk-about-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-life pulpits: pastors who are unafraid to talk about abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>There\u2019s a scene from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazinggracemovie.com\/\">film<\/a> <em>Amazing Grace<\/em>, about William Wilberforce, that chokes me up every time I see it: a minister in a packed British church begins preaching about slavery and the need for its abolishment. The people in the congregation are frustrated by his message and quickly\u00a0start to walk out. The sanctuary empties as the camera zooms in on a former slave and abolitionist named Olaudah\u00a0Equiano who\u2019s sitting in a pew with tears rolling down his face.<\/p>\n<p>The minister bravely chose to speak out against injustice in the face of potential rejection and popular opinion. Early Church fathers did the same when they openly denounced methods of abortion. The Epistle of Barnabas <a href=\"http:\/\/www.priestsforlife.org\/magisterium\/earlychurchfathers\/fatherscover.html\">said<\/a> in 125 A.D., \u201cThou shalt love thy neighbor more than thy own life. Thou shalt not murder a child by abortion.\u201d Christian leader Tertullian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.priestsforlife.org\/magisterium\/earlychurchfathers\/tertullian.html\">said<\/a> in 160-240 A.D., \u201cIn our case, murder being once for all forbidden, we [Christians] may not destroy even the foetus in the womb[.]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Every generation has\u00a0leaders who are willing to sacrifice personal comfort to proclaim truth. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a well-known German pastor, was sent to a concentration camp for condemning Hitler\u2019s regime. Dietrich was hanged because he refused to be silent about the killing of the Jews. While most ministers today don\u2019t fear death, they might fear losing support from their members or being labeled as \u201cextreme\u201d and receiving harassment from the media. All of these fears can hinder ministers from sharing the truth that abortion is murder, but as philosopher Edmund Burke said, \u201cAll it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18374\" style=\"width: 138px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18374\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18374 \" title=\"john-piper\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/john-piper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor John Piper<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thankfully,\u00a0we have some\u00a0compelling voices coming forth from our pulpits. John Piper stands out as one of the most vocal pro-life preachers in the\u00a0Baptist General Conference denomination. He is a very influential and widely respected pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Piper has spoken out against abortion for\u00a0over three\u00a0decades. You can view his website\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/resource-library\/topic-index\/abortion\">archives<\/a> and listen to every sermon he has recorded concerning the topic. Piper is unapologetic when it comes to standing for the lives of the unborn. He doesn\u2019t just condemn abortion; he also supports adoption. He has four biological sons with his wife Noel, as well as an adopted African-American daughter named Talitha. In a 1996 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/resource-library\/taste-see-articles\/talitha-the-person-who-is-adopted\">letter<\/a> written to his wife, Piper shares a few of the reasons he wanted to adopt:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By adopting this child we would embrace and affirm the preciousness of life over the death-dealing industry of abortion. Talitha&#8217;s birth-mother chose against abortion. We choose to affirm that choice. By this we put our money and our time and our lives where our mouth is. There are other ways to be real and serious about fighting abortion. But here is one that is necessary and therefore some families must do it. To do it is a good and powerful thing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_18373\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18373\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18373 \" title=\"bishop_jackson\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/bishop_jackson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"233\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bishop Harry R. Jackson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bishop Harry Jackson is the senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland. Jackson is a registered Democrat, but his strong pro-life views and support of conservative candidates cause him to be labeled a right-wing fanatic. Bishop Jackson stirred up controversy when he openly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opposingviews.com\/i\/religion\/christianity\/bishop-harry-jackson-says-obamas-birth-control-mandate-attacks-black-people\">declared<\/a> the Obama administration\u2019s mandate for insurance plans to cover contraceptives part of a eugenics-driven agenda that seeks to control the population of the black community. Jackson boldly <a href=\"http:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/harryrjacksonjr\/2012\/03\/26\/contraception_mandatepopulation_control\/page\/full\/\">said<\/a> that \u201cthe black community does not need more birth control. We need men and women who respect their bodies and raise their children to do the same.\u201d The bishop continually calls for the African-American community to raise their voices and declare abortion a major crime.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18370\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18370\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-18370 \" style=\"margin: 15px;\" title=\"Walter Hoye\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/WalterHoye.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"212\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pastor Walter Hoye<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Walter Hoye is a California Pastor who was\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/2009\/03\/23\/state-3965\/\">sentenced<\/a>\u00a0to 30 days in prison after being accused of violating Oakland\u2019s \u201cBubble Law.\u201d The \u201cBubble Law&#8221; is a city law that provides an eight-foot buffer zone between pro-lifers who minister to women on the sidewalk and patients entering abortion clinics. Walter calmly stood by the clinic with a sign that read, &#8220;God loves you and your baby, let us help you.\u201d Although none of the women entering the clinic complained, the clinic workers accused Walter of harassment.\u00a0He recorded a\u00a0powerful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QHjMFGVvQy8\">video message<\/a> from his prison cell about the need to stand for life. Two years after Walter\u2019s arrest, two Planned Parenthood abortion facilities closed down in the very city in which he was arrested. Walter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevoicemagazine.com\/headline-news\/headline-news\/pro-life-pastor-walter-hoye-sentenced-to-jail-for-violating-city-law.html\">says<\/a>\u00a0of his ministry work, \u201cIt is my prayer that God\u2019s name be glorified and the life of His Son Jesus Christ be revealed in me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Every church\u00a0must have\u00a0leaders who recognize the value of life and seek to protect it at all costs.\u00a0We need\u00a0messages that bring healing to post-abortive women, encourage men to become better fathers, and teach young people the value of abstinence\u00a0before marriage. Churches should also\u00a0be involved in giving to pregnancy resource centers, voting for pro-life candidates, sidewalk-counseling, and adopting children of every age and race. If your pastor, priest, or minister is not openly pro-life, I suggest you pray for him or her and even talk with him or her about the issue.\u00a0When all the congregations\u00a0in America choose life, we will see a\u00a0drastic change in our nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need brave leaders to see the pro-life cause to its conclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":18376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[1294],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pro-life pulpits: pastors who are unafraid to talk about abortion - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pro-life-pulpits-pastors-who-are-unafraid-to-talk-about-abortion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pro-life pulpits: pastors who are unafraid to talk about abortion - 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