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The elders of Cities Church have released a statement about the desecration of their worship service by protesters two days ago. Solid word from them:
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A Response to the Disruption of Our January 18 Worship Service
Jesus is real. When we gather on Sunday mornings to worship him, we are gladly giving ourselves to what is most central and sacred in our life together. “We worship Jesus” stretches as the main banner of our church, alongside two other pursuits that flow from it: loving one another and seeking the good of the Twin Cities.
On Sunday, January 18, a group of agitators jarringly disrupted our worship gathering. They accosted members of our congregation, frightened children, and created a scene marked by intimidation and threat. Such conduct is shameful, unlawful, and will not be tolerated. Invading a church service to disrupt the worship of Jesus — or any other act of worship — is protected by neither the Christian Scriptures nor the laws of this nation.
We welcome respectful dialogue about present issues, and about how the realness of Jesus, as revealed in the Bible, provides the only final answers to the world’s most complex and intractable problems.
Jesus Christ, the divine Son of God, lived, died, and rose again for the rescue of all who put their faith in him. He offers a love that transcends cultures, borders, policies, and politics. As those who have been loved and rescued by him, we will not shrink from worshiping Jesus, nor will we stop “teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah” (Acts 5:42). Church buildings are meant to be places of peace and solace, where worshipers can hear and live out this message. We therefore call on local, state, and national leaders to protect this fundamental right. We are evaluating next steps with our legal counsel.
– the Elders of Cities Church
🚨 PURE EVIL 🚨
Iran just sentenced Christians to over 50 years in prison.
Their “crime”?
• Bible distribution
• Talking about faith in Jesus
• Running house churches
All while Iran sits on the United Nations Human Rights Council lecturing the world about human rights.
And the world shrugs.
This is what the world does to truth-tellers. It mocks them, shames them, slanders them, deplatforms them, protests them, and when all else fails, it ends them. It cannot refute the truth and will not submit to the truth, so truth-tellers will be silenced by any means necessary.