{"id":196448,"date":"2019-02-17T09:27:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T15:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=196448"},"modified":"2019-02-13T21:53:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T03:53:24","slug":"pastor-church-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pastor-church-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Praising God at Hell’s gate: Pastor starts church at Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When Pastor Ken Peters of Spokane, Washington, says he believes the church is the the greatest hope to end abortion<\/a>, he means it. That is why he decided to bring the church to where it was most necessary: to the very front door of a Planned Parenthood<\/a> facility. Called \u201cThe Church at Planned Parenthood<\/a>,\u201d the church plant, or new congregation of an already-established church, gathers once a month to pray and worship God right outside the facility\u2019s doors.<\/p>\n

Peters is convinced that bringing the light of faith is necessary to change hearts and minds on abortion, as is meeting people charitably where they are. “We gotta put legs to our faith,” he said in an interview with CBN<\/a> last week. “We’ve gotta find that balance between being mean and nasty and yelling. We’ve got to find the balance between that and doing nothing.” He added, \u201cWe don\u2019t want to be mean like Westboro Baptist Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ: Churches create \u2018Love Boxes\u2019 for women considering abortion<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The church in this most unlikely location has already attracted a regular following. Every month, around 300 people attend the service, which is complete with prayer teams and a worship band. Even more are watching via social media. As Peters told CBN, 65,000 watched last week on his personal Facebook feed.<\/p>\n