Bless this Abortion

If I told you that a Baptist pastor, a Presbyterian pastor, and a Jewish Rabbi walked into an abortion clinic .... Sounds like the beginning of a joke, right? Well, what do you think I would say next? Don’t respond too fast. It’s probably not what you think.

It was reported on December 27 by the New York Times that these three went into an abortion center in Maryland, gathered the staff together, and proceeded to bless them for the work they do. If you have a subscription to the Times, you can read their article at: https://www.nytimes.com/card/2024/12/27/us/abortion-clinics-religion-blessing. If not, you can read about it here: https://www.newsmax.com/frankpavone/blessing-clinic-repentance/2025/01/06/id/1194040. It seems that the motivation of these religious leaders was “to show that religion could be a source of support for abortion rights.”

As it turns out, these religious leaders are members of an organization called the Religious Community for Reproductive Choice (RCRC). The primary focus of the organization is to bless abortion clinics.

This group emerged after the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. At that time, a group called the Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion formed. It was a network of pastors and other religious leaders who were involved in helping women get abortions before it was legalized. After the legalization, the RCRC was formed by 10 Christian denominations and other faith groups. Later it grew to include nearly 40 national organizations including Christian and Jewish denominations, other faith-based organizations, and various humanist associations.

One of the early goals of the group was to create and share a “theology of choice.” In other words, they wanted to create a theological justification for supporting abortion services and abortion clinics. They also got into lobbying government bodies and advocating in local communities to encourage more young people to take advantage of abortion services.

Right off the bat it becomes pretty obvious that these religious leaders are not guided by biblical theology. Biblical theology is very much pro life, and would never promote the murder of innocent human life – whether out in society or in the womb. So if it is not from the Bible, just where do they get their rationale for supporting abortion?

The fact is, even though most of these people belong to religious faiths that have traditionally followed the teachings of the Bible, over the years there have been people who have moved in an entirely different direction. Some of these people grew up in church, but at some point in life decided they didn’t believe the Bible and have completely left.

There is another group, however, who basically came to the same conclusion, but couldn’t bring themselves to leave. For whatever reason, they felt compelled to stay in. Some stayed to please people they loved. Others stayed because they liked the church’s pomp and circumstance or simply enjoyed the fellowship of the group. Still others felt a tie to the religious tradition of the family and just couldn’t give it up.

So what is a person to do who wants to continue in the church but really doesn’t believe what the Bible teaches? Well, for many, the answer is simply to reinterpret the Bible, using non-biblical beliefs – to make it say what they want it to say.

So, some of these people created alternative ways to interpret the Bible based on non-biblical worldview beliefs. These alternatives caught on in many theological schools, and the graduates they put out went into churches and taught them to the “people in the pew.” Over time, some of these church pastors entered denominational work and reinforced those false beliefs in the churches even more. Then, when they became strong enough, they literally took over the denominations. We have seen this happen over and over again in numerous denominations.

By the time most of the people in the pew (and even many faithful pastors) realized what was happening, it was too late. At that point, the only choice they had was to pull out and form a new denomination.

As it turns out, the denominations and churches that have gone off the deep end are declining rapidly, while the ones that have done whatever was necessary to remain faithful to the truth are growing. The reason for that is that people long for the truth. It is the truth that satisfies people’s hearts.

Obviously, the church leaders who are members of the RCRC who go out to bless abortion clinics are products of the false teachings that are prominent in many denominations and churches today. To keep from being led astray, it is essential that Christians make the effort to know the truth and live it out in their daily lives.

Freddy Davis is the president of MarketFaith Ministries. He is the author of numerous books entitled The Truth Mirage, Rules for Christians Radicals, Liberalism vs. Conservatism, and his latest book Shattering the Truth Mirage and has a background as an international missionary, pastor, radio host, worldview trainer, and entrepreneur. Freddy is a graduate of Florida State University with a BS in Communication, and holds MDiv and DMin degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a popular speaker, particularly on the topic of worldview and its practical implications for the Christian life. He lives in Tallahassee, FL, with his wife Deborah.

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