“Once upon a time, Protestants had been allowed to have a wide range of views around abortion, and it really wasn’t perceived to be a religious issue,” said R. Protestant views on the issue were still evolving. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society. Several nuns from Maryland communities carry placards as they participate in an anti-abortion rally at the east front of the Capitol Building in November 1971, in Washington. The first mainstays of the movement were Catholics, who had opposed abortion long before the 1973 ruling made it legal. “Religious people built coalitions because the politics led them there.” “It wasn’t built out of an effort to bridge religious differences,” said Jennifer Holland, the author of “ Tiny You: A Western History of the Anti-Abortion Movement” and a history professor at the University of Oklahoma. Its advocates saw themselves as defending the inalienable right to life of a defenseless minority: the fetus, or to use their term, the unborn. This mighty coalition comprising mostly conservative Catholics, evangelical Christians and Mormons did not ground its aims in theological language but instead in the language of human rights. It is exactly the ruling the religious right has been waiting for since setting their sights on the Supreme Court after other legislative avenues failed. While it does not ban abortion, it leaves it up to states to decide how abortion should be regulated. The ruling upholds a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks and essentially eliminates a woman’s right to privacy guaranteed in Roe. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is the crowning achievement of a conservative Christian drive to reshape American society to hew more closely to the traditional sexual and gender values they espouse. Wade, a five-decades-old Supreme Court ruling that gave women a constitutional right to abortion.įriday’s opinion by Justice Samuel Alito in Dobbs v. The movement’s ability to overcome theological differences and build a coalition in pursuit of a political goal - ending legal abortion - created a juggernaut that has now overturned Roe v. Wade, the religious right can take a victory lap. The ministry of Victory Outreach is as exciting today as was the day it was founded 40 years ago.(RNS) - With Friday’s U.S. ![]() We are poised on the brink of a new era of growth and development. However, the primary focus of the ministry continues to be meeting needs within America. Currently, a full one-third of all Victory Outreach churches planted are overseas which has added a strong international flair to the ministry. Reaching the World From the 1990s onward, it has been a time of explosive growth for the ministry, both here and abroad. This success spurred the next daring move: A cross-cultural church planted in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ![]() Some of the churches began to grow to over 1,000 members. Reaching America In the 1980s, Victory Outreach emerged to the forefront of mission-focused ministries. Faith began to swell in the heart of every Victory Outreach member. They had little financial support, and in some cases, had no friends or contacts in cities they embraced as their own. Reaching California In the early 1970s, members of Pastor Sonny’s church felt an overwhelming sense of destiny: They dared to believe God and stepped out in faith starting Victory Outreach churches across California. Victory Outreach was born and began to flourish. They shared the basic truth of the Gospel: God loves them and has the power to change their lives. ![]() Reaching Los Angeles Victory Outreach was founded in 1967 by Sonny and Julie Arguinzoni when they invited people from their local community - people they did not know - into their own home.
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