Christians Arrested Reading Scripture In Senate Office Building

[LongTomH]

Last edited Tue Dec 5, 2017, 08:58 PM - Edit history (1)

On Thursday November 30th, 12 Christians were arrested reading #2000verses and praying in the senate office building calling on senators to oppose the GOP tax bill.

EDITED TO ADD: Sojourners have a Facebook page: Another way to share this......and It needs to go viral!!!!!

[guillaumeb]

1. Recommended.

This should have been covered by the corporate media crews that are always looking for a photo opportunity to broadcast Trump's lies.

[The Genealogist]

2. Does this count as religious persecution, or does that only apply to right wing wedding cake bakers?

[Angry Dragon]

3. The Capital police used a bullhorn inside..........they made that legal

[yallerdawg]

4. Sojourners!

Diversity Statement

In accordance with Sojourners’ mission to articulate the biblical call to social justice:

• We affirm the biblical truth of every human being's inherent dignity and worth, as all people are created in the image of God. (Genesis 1:27)

• We affirm that in the Body of Christ there is no distinction or hierarchy according to racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, or social identity and economic status. (Galatians 3:28)

• We seek not to deny or erase the uniqueness manifest in God's creation, but celebrate this diversity as essential to the unity and strength of Christ's Body. (1 Corinthians 12:12-31)

• We believe that unity in diversity is not only desirable, but essential to fulfilling God's ultimate desire for God's people, as expressed in scripture (Acts 2, Revelation 7: 9), and thus an essential element of seeking God's will on earth as it is in heaven.

• We confess that both personal prejudice and systemic oppression are sin. We lament that we all have been both individually and corporately damaged by these sinful patterns, whether as perpetrators, victims, or both. (James 2:1-9; Isaiah 10:1-2)

• We humbly seek forgiveness, restoration, accountability, and healing through Christ, as we seek to be peacemakers answering God's call to the ministry of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:16-19)

From: https://sojo.net/

[bobbieinok]

5. So Jim Bakker et al were right! Christians ARE being persecuted for their faith!

Except, of course, these aren't RTC (Real True Christians, term used by slacktivist at patheos).

Slacktivist has many posts documenting how the only marks of a true 'christian' have become opposition to .1) abortion and 2) LGBT rights. Nothing about Jesus saying the 1st commandment is to love God with all your heart, soul, and spirit. And that the 2nd is like unto it - you shall love your neighbor as yourself.