{"id":293102,"date":"2023-06-17T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=293102"},"modified":"2023-06-15T19:46:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T00:46:08","slug":"churches-silence-abortion-needs-end-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/churches-silence-abortion-needs-end-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches\u2019 silence about abortion needs to end\u2026 but how?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily of Live Action or Live Action News.<\/em><\/p>\n

If one looks at an overview of the American church and its relationship to the pro-life movement, some profoundly troubling issues have been prevalent and ignored. <\/span><\/p>\n

First, it is evident that churches generally embrace the Johnson Amendment, which has lasted 69 years. Then-Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson sponsored an amendment that prevented non-profits, such as churches, from endorsing or opposing any political candidate. There hasn\u2019t been any outcry from pastors or other church leaders to repeal this amendment, so it stands today. The apparent result of this legislation is that many churches have unbelievably expanded the amendment\u2019s reach to include any topic with a political element to it, including abortion. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a convenient cover for them to exclude taking a stand from the pulpit, so consequently, the congregation doesn\u2019t have anyone leading them to fight this atrocity.<\/span><\/p>\n

As many know, the Catholic Church in America has often been vocal about the sanctity of life, but sadly, so many other churches have not. It could easily be surmised that if my church doesn\u2019t think abortion is essential to talk about it, then why should I care? Even if the Johnson Amendment didn’t exist, the church may still choose to be quiet by hiding behind Romans 13:1<\/a>, which states that we must be subject to governing authorities. <\/span><\/p>\n

Also, many churches proclaim today that their focus needs to be on spreading the Gospel, and everything else should be on the back burner or nowhere in sight. Obviously, evangelism is important, but there should be room to multitask and be proactive in stopping the horror of abortion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This silence from the pulpit does not deter a few courageous souls from publicly announcing their pro-life beliefs and acting on them by using a Christianity defense of the unborn human. They usually will refer to God as the creator of life, that the small child was knit together in the womb by God, or even tell the abortion-minded woman that it\u2019s against God\u2019s word to abort her baby. Consequently, the pro-abortion movement for decades has called pro-lifers religious nuts. Their goal is to shut down the debate, and often this tactic has been successful.\u00a0 Ironically, the churches have often framed it as a political issue.<\/span><\/p>\n