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CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE and others in signing this statement:
AS PRO-LIFE EVANGELICALS, WE DISAGREE WITH VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION. BUT WE BELIEVE A BIBLICALLY SHAPED COMMITMENT TO THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE COMPELS US TO A CONSISTENT ETHIC OF LIFE THAT AFFIRMS THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE FROM BEGINNING TO END.
Many things that good political decisions could change destroy persons created in the image of God and violate the sanctity of human life. Poverty kills millions every year. So does lack of healthcare and smoking. Racism kills. Unless we quickly make major changes, devastating climate change will kill tens of millions. Poverty, lack of accessible health care services, smoking, racism and climate change are all pro-life issues. As the National Association of Evangelicals’ official public policy document (FOR THE HEALTH OF THE NATION) insists, “Faithful evangelical civic engagement and witness must champion a biblically balanced agenda.“ Therefore we oppose “one issue” political thinking because it lacks biblical balance.
Knowing that the most common reason women give for abortion is the financial difficulty of another child, we appreciate a number of Democratic proposals that would significantly alleviate that financial burden: accessible health services for all citizens, affordable childcare, a minimum wage that lifts workers out of poverty.
For these reasons, we believe that on balance, Joe Biden’s policies are more consistent with the biblically shaped ethic of life than those of Donald Trump. Therefore, even as we continue to urge different policies on abortion, we urge evangelicals to elect Joe Biden as president."
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Sign here to join with thousands of other Pro-life evangelicals in showing your support for a Biden presidency.
SIGNERS
DENNIS P HOLLINGER
President emeritus
Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
SIGNERS
ROBERT A FRYLING
Former Publisher
InterVarsity Press
SIGNERS
SIGNERS
BRYANT L MYERS
Professor, Fuller Seminary
MANFRED BRAUCH
President emeritus
Palmer Theological Seminary
JOHN M PERKINS
Founder & Pres Emeritus,
The John & Vera Mae Perkins Foundation
Founder, Christian Community Development Association
SAMUEL T LOGAN
President emeritus
Westminster Theological Seminary
RICHARD MOUW
President emeritus
Fuller Seminary
RONALD J SIDER
President emeritus
Evangelicals for Social Action
BRENDA SALTER MCNEIL
Reconciler, Professor, Pastor
JERUSHAH DUFORD
Speaker, author
Billy Graham's granddaughter
JOHN HUFFMAN
Board Chair emeritus
Christianity Today
RICHARD J FOSTER
Author, Celebration of Discipline
Founder, Renovare
ROBERTA HESTENES
Former President
Eastern University
CLAUDE ALEXANDER
Bishop
JOEL C HUNTER
Faith community Organizer
MYRON S
AUGSBURGER
President emeritus
Eastern Mennonite University
RAY BAKKE
Professor of Global Urban Mission
DAVID BLACK
President emeritus
Eastern University