Prominent Christian Leaders Introduce Statement Against Last 2 years of Govt Totalitarianism

Several well-known Christian leaders have announced and released a new Statement called The Frankfurt Declaration of Christian & Civil Liberties.

In the same vein as the Danvers Statement on biblical manhood and womanhood, the Nashville Statement on gender and sexuality (many of the same signatories), and the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy, the Frankfurt Declaration has been issued by “A few concerned pastors from different continents, moved by an emergent totalitarianism of the State over all realms of society, and particularly the Church, and the disregard of God-given and constitutionally guaranteed rights during the Covid crisis, joined in common cause to craft a solemn declaration, which seeks to address these threats with the timeless truths of God’s Word.”

Signed by pastors from all across the world and varying denominations, some of the more notable North American signatories include Voddie Baucham* John McArthur, Joe Boot, Tom Buck, Josh Buice, James Coates, Phil Johnson, Jeff Durbin, Jacob Reaume, Justin Peters, Aaron Rock, Tim Stephens, Doug Wilson, and James White.

Consisting of five articles, they serve as a repudiation of the last two years of totalitarian government policies and practices on the citizenry and the church. Summarized by snippets in the denials, their points are prescient.

Article 2: “We therefore deny that human governments are morally and ideologically neutral and always know or seek what is good for their citizens and that their narrative should be unconditionally trusted. We reject any deception, fear-mongering, propagandizing, and indoctrination by the State and mass media, and all reporting on critical world issues which is premature, selective, or ideologically manipulative. We further reject the assertions of any so-called “scientific consensus” which abandons the scientific method and ignores or suppresses the concerns of dissident voices.”

Article 3: “We therefore deny the dehumanizing actions of a governmental authority or any other
institution to subject any person to psychological manipulation and intimidation. This includes
fostering suspicion of others by portraying them as potential threats to the common and
individual good. We likewise oppose the State’s mandating of medical decisions for its citizens,
and the criminalizing, enforced segregation, vocational disempowerment, and any other
deprivation of rights of persons who choose not to comply with their government’s medical
policies.

We thus reject all forms of medical coercion and any restrictions on individual
freedoms for people who are not infected with any contagious, life-threatening disease; this
includes the implementation of vaccine passes, social distancing, or mask-wearing as a general
prerequisite for access to public places or for participation in work or social life.”

Article 4: “We therefore deny totalitarian ideologies of governments which do not recognize the
boundaries of their authority and usurp the authority delegated by God to the Church or the
family. In particular, we reject the tendency of governments to centralize beliefs and conduct
for their citizens by creating an authoritarian society in which the State is absolute.”

Article 5: “We therefore deny that any other authority has jurisdiction over the Church to regulate any
of its affairs in matters of faith and practice, or to relegate its activities to a non-essential status. We thus repudiate all actions of the State that impose coercive measures over the Church and criminalize, inhibit, or regulate any of its activities which are undertaken as acts of service toward its Lord.”

You can se more backround on the statement here:

*Baucham is in Zambia now, but you get the drift.

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