The Niagara Declaration

Oct 5, 2020 by Jill

by Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch:

Throughout the West the war on Christianity in particular and religious freedom in general is ramping up. Increasingly our liberties are being whittled down or taken away altogether as the secular state grows in power, scope and influence. How are Christians to respond to these developments? What does Scripture say about such situations?

The brand-new Niagara Declaration seeks to answer questions like these. The 1700-word document consists of ten articles prefaced by around a dozen introductory remarks. Primarily penned by Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot, along with the collaboration of some others, this is an important statement that deserves a wide audience.

Boot, who is originally from the UK, is a Canadian pastor, apologist and cultural missionary. He is perhaps most well-known for his important 2014 volume, The Mission of God: A Manifesto of Hope. I discuss him and that book in more detail here: billmuehlenberg.com/2019/05/14/a-derelict-church-and-a-moribund-culture/

While the authors of the Niagara Declaration are looking only for those who are a “pastor or authorized representative of your church or organization” to sign the declaration, and presumably only those who are Canadians, it is a helpful piece on religious freedom, the application of which is relevant for many other countries.

The website containing this document says in part:

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