Louisiana Baptists fail to adopt abortion abolition resolution
By Baptist Message Staff - Posted at Baptist Press : Published November 18, 2024 SHREVEPORT, La. – Louisiana Baptists’ 2024 Committee on Resolutions reported at the convention’s 2024 annual meeting that it had declined to recommend a resolution it had received, “The Abolition of Self-Managed Abortion in Louisiana,” from Brian Gunter, a messenger and pastor with First Baptist Church, Livingston. During a time of discussion about the resolutions report, Gunter asked messengers to vote to pull his proposed resolution out of committee, leading to a floor debate. Gunter shared that this is the third year he had come before the messengers, asking them to adopt a statement on the matter. “I’m going to bring this matter to your attention year after year, because some in our state convention of churches have repeatedly opposed our efforts to unify our churches in calling for the abolition of all abortion in our state,” he said. “So, the question for us today is this – should every human life b
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