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Megachurch Pastor: Abortion 'Is Consistent with' Christianity and 'I Will Fight' to Keep it Legal
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A pastor of a Georgia megachurch who also is running for U.S. Senate said last week he believes legalized abortion is "consistent with" Christianity and he would "fight" to ensure it remains legal.
Raphael Warnock, senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and a Democratic candidate trying to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler in November's election, made the comments to WGAU's Tim Bryant.
Bryant asked Warnock how the pro-choice views of the Democrat Party "square with" his "role as a minister, a leader of a church, a man of God."
"I believe that healthcare is a human right," said Warnock, who has served as senior pastor of the church since 2005. "And I believe that it is something that the richest nation in the world provides for its citizens, and for me reproductive justice is consistent with my commitment to that.
"I believe unequivocally in a woman's right to choose, and that the decision is something that we don't want government engaged in – that's between her and her doctor and her minister. And I will fight for that in the United States Senate, and at the same time continue to fight so women can receive the kind of services that they need in order to have a healthy pregnancy and healthy babies. We have a maternal death rate in this country that is exceedingly high, particularly to be the richest country in the world."
Referencing his career as a minister and in public service, Warnock added, "I've been focused on women's health, women's choice, reproductive justice. That is consistent with my view as a Christian minister. And I will fight for it."
Bryant then asked, "Do you think it's consistent with God's view – that God endorses the millions of abortions we've had in this country since Roe v Wade?"
Warnock responded, "I think that human agency and freedom is consistent with my view as a minister."
Ebenezer Baptist has more than 6,000 members and is affiliated with the Progressive National Baptist Convention.
Last week, television commentator and former NFL coach Tony Dungy referenced the interview after Bryant tweeted he had spoken with a minister who believes "abortion is 'healthcare' and 'reproductive justice' and God is cool with it."
I spoke with a Dem candidate for US Senate (and minister) today.
Abortion is "healthcare" and "reproductive justice" and God is cool with it.
And a question about the murder of Secoria Turner yielded an answer about opioids.
— Tim Bryant (@TimBryantRadio) August 20, 2020
It isn't clear if Dungy knew Warnock was the pastor Bryant had interviewed. Dungy tweeted, "When you say 'a minister' does that mean they represent a church? I'd like to know what book the candidate uses as their foundation for truth and their guiding principles? It couldn't be the Bible." Dungy later tweeted, "Anyone familiar with Psalm 139 would be against abortion."
When you say "a minister" does that mean they represent a church? I'd like to know what book the candidate uses as their foundation for truth and their guiding principles? It couldn't be the Bible. https://twitter.com/timbryantradio/status/1296535883496267777
— Tony Dungy (@TonyDungy) August 21, 2020
Megachurch Pastor: Abortion 'Is Consistent with' Christianity and 'I Will Fight' to Keep it Legal - Michael Foust
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The devil is in that house
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The devil is in that house
In the pulpit.
John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
I see agreeing with murder, and lying in his statements, not Truth.
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I'm sure that in Nazi Germany they would have thought that calling the mass murder of Jews "societal justice and health care" would be just fine. Terms and expressions can amount to pure poison some times.
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*SIGH*
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Proverbs 6 says that God hates the shedding of innocent blood. Any person who supports child murder is NOT a man of God. He may be a "minister" but Paul said that Satan has his own ministers. That man ios running a synagogue of Satan and anyone who attends that church or votes for him as a politician is a fool and will follow him to the pits of hell unless he (and his followers) repent.
I don't get angry a lot these days when I read crazy stuff going on in the world, but reading that article made me have to really put my anger in check.
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Proverbs 6 says that God hates the shedding of innocent blood. Any person who supports child murder is NOT a man of God. He may be a "minister" but Paul said that Satan has his own ministers. That man ios running a synagogue of Satan and anyone who attends that church or votes for him as a politician is a fool and will follow him to the pits of hell unless he (and his followers) repent.
Bingo.
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That man and the entire group he has been imparting spirits to now needs exorcism enmasse. He just does not have a clue what he is messing with.
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That man and the entire group he has been imparting spirits to now needs exorcism enmasse. He just does not have a clue what he is messing with.
He's a 'minister', but everything he said was spoken be a true politician.
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I pray the Lord take lampstands away from such churches and ministers as these.
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