A Call of Christian Conscience
Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and worked tirelessly to protect and strengthen vital institutions of civil society, beginning with the family. It was in this tradition that a group of prominent Christian clergy, ministry leaders, and scholars released the Manhattan Declaration on November 20, 20099 at a press conference in Washington, DC. The 4,700-word declaration speaks in defense of the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and religious liberty. It issues a clarion call to Christians to adhere firmly to their convictions in these three areas.Read the Manhattan Declaration
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- Che Ahn, senior pastor of Harvest Rock Church in Pasadena, CA, and the founder and president of Harvest International Ministry, a worldwide apostolic network of over 5000 churches in over 35 nations, recently signed the Manhattan Declaration.
- A local church adopts the Manhattan Declaration as a proclamation of human dignity and Christian conscience. Read more
- A radio interview of Ravi Zacharias explaining why he signed the Manhattan Declaration is available at this site.
- A new Spanish translation of the Manhattan Declaration provided by the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference has been posted (pdf).
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