Posted on 01/09/2020 5:14:09 PM PST by Morgana
Standing in the Kentucky Capitol on Thursday, Presbyterian pastor Rev. Wayne A. Gnatuk proudly declared his support for abortion.
Gnatuk, a retired minister from the Presbyterian Church USA, joined Planned Parenthood abortion activists for a rally to criticize two pro-life bills that could help protect unborn babies in Kentucky, according to WLKY.
“As an ordained minister, I am proudly pro-choice. I am also very proud that my denomination as a whole is pro-choice,” Gnatuk said. Along with his ministry work, he also is the chair of the pro-abortion Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.
Gnatuk slammed new legislation, state House Bill 142, which would prohibit agencies that promote abortions from receiving state tax dollars.
Years ago, when he ran a ministry-based social service agency that received taxpayer funds, he said he sometimes recommended abortions to people who came in for counseling. In one case, he said he helped a 13-year-old girl get an abortion.
“I provided to her and her parents what some people call all-options counseling,” Gnatuk said. “I helped them to obtain an abortion for the 13-year-old. I absolutely believe that this was the best course of action in that very tragic situation.”
To Gnatuk, helping women and girls abort their unborn babies was the “very best pastoral, moral and ethical care” that he could provide.
He said he is praying that House Bill 142 will be defeated so that pastors, counselors and others can continue to recommend abortions while receiving tax dollars from the state.
Though Gnatuk touts himself as a Christian leader, his actions defy biblical teachings about the value of children, the sanctity of human life and the killing of innocent human beings.
The Bible may not specifically mention the word “abortion,” but it clearly does condemn the life-destroying practice. Even in ancient times, babies in the womb were viewed as valuable, as is evident in Luke 1:41. Jesus placed great value on children when others in society did not in Matthew 19:14, and Proverbs 6:16-17 states that one of the things God hates most is the shedding of innocent blood. One of the ten commandments prohibits murder.
True religion rejects violence and raises up the most vulnerable. It defends the defenseless and offers compassion to the suffering. This is what pro-life advocates, secular and religious, do every day for mothers and babies across the world. They offer struggling families true compassion by reassuring them that every life is valuable.
Good Lord!!
Do not confuse this lost denomination with other conservative Presbyterian denominations such as the Orthodox Presbyterian Church or the Presbyterian Church in America (although the PCA is wavering on some issues these days).
Another hell bound false teacher!!
Know there is a difference but would not know them if I was at their building. Sorry
**Standing in the Kentucky Capitol on Thursday, Presbyterian pastor Rev. Wayne A. Gnatuk proudly declared his support for abortion. **
Time to find a new church and a new pastor.
It would suck to be him on Judgement Day.
Just want to make sure that people understand that the mainline liberal PCUSA is not the only Presbyterian denomination. The Orthodox Presbyterian Church is solidly conservative and Calvinistic. The PCA has been, but lately has been discussing some issues that open the door to liberalization. There are also some other conservative Presbyterian groups, but I get lost in the alphabet soup after a while. :-)
The words “depart from me ye worker of iniquity” come to mind.
The gay thingy drove us away from Presbyterian USA back in the 1990s.
I bet John Knox would call for his immediate execution.
Yea I know there was a split but don’t know which is which.
Figure I’m posting on the evil twin brother of the two. More and more these days churches are splitting over abortion and homosexuality.
It’s a shame are a past the Age of Smiting.
What kind of waverings?
The PCUSA is Satanic, among other things it amended its standards of conduct for ministers, elders and deacons to remove prohibitions against engaging in adultery and fornication.
And you are a sick blasphemous animal “pastor”
I’ve given up on all churches they’re all phony how to make money that’s it
Cumberland Presbyterian is a thing. Associate Reformed Presbyterian. I don’t know what their doctrinal or historical differences are, but they’re both pretty thick in the South.
Why not...PCUSA is wrong on everything else.
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