Two Government Crackdowns That Helped Spread The Gospel

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Western Christians facing legal penalties for sharing the Bible say their persecution has opened up new opportunities to share the gospel with wider audiences than ever. Police crackdowns have resulted in their broadcasting scriptural messages on TV, converting atheists, and saving emergency response personnel. The results led one Christian to exclaim he has been "rejoicing for the persecution."

Pastor Mike McClure of Calvary Chapel in San Jose became one of a relative handful of churches to reinstate in-person worship during California's draconian COVID-19 lockdowns. Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, who has stoked speculation he may enter the 2024 presidential primaries, banned all in-person worship and singing. Despite two Supreme Court rulings against state and county orders, Santa Clara County officials fined McClure nearly $4 million (later reduced to $2.8 million) for violating their invalid diktats.

Meanwhile, government officials in Finland charged Member of Parliament Päivi Räsänen with three counts of "hate speech" for sharing Bible passages. In a 2019 social media post, she asked why her Finnish Lutheran Church would participate in gay pride events, together with a photo of Romans 1:24-27. Authorities also investigated her explication of biblical doctrine in her 2004 book "Male and Female He Created Them: Homosexual Relations Challenge the Christian Concept of Humanity."

On March 30, a three-judge panel acquitted her, saying, "It is not for the district court to interpret biblical concepts." Yet the government appealed the not guilty verdict, so the MP and grandmother could still face time in prison.

Although separated by oceans -- McClure's church lies not far from the Pacific Ocean, while Räsänen's native Finland rests on the Baltic Sea -- both say their trials and tribulations have only furthered the impact of their ministries. READ MORE