THANKS & UPDATE: Your Voice Heard at the Pentagon!


Earlier this summer, thousands of you joined with us in calling on
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to affirm the religious freedom of
military chaplains in light of an atheist campaign against an Army
chaplain. I'm writing to give an update.

As you may recall, Army Senior Chaplain (Colonel) Moon Kim was
attacked by an activist group for sharing a Christian book with fellow
chaplains as a resource for ministering to their troops.

The book, Coronavirus and Christ by John Piper, asks readers to
consider that God has a purpose and a direction in all that has
happened across the globe in the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting both
believers and non-believers.  Rather than giving a specific
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why, Piper lays out a number of avenues of biblical thought on
God's purposes with the pandemic, including His response to sin
in our world. Piper specifically identifies homosexuality as one of
those sins.

That raised the ire of Mikey Weinstein, the atheist founder of the
deceptively named Military Religious Freedom Foundation. Weinstein,
with a big assist from the media, called on Secretary Esper to punish
Colonel Kim severely, including making him subject to court-martial.

That's where you came in. Thousands of you used our Action
Center to reach out to Secretary Esper, asking him to support Chaplain
(Colonel) Kim and to let chaplains be chaplains as they serve those
who protect our nation.

The response from the Pentagon was strong - acknowledging the
many voices in support of Kim and affirming the rights of chaplains.

"The Department of Defense is committed to our Constitutional
values and recognizes the unique and critical role our Chaplains play
in providing religious support to our Armed Forces," said the
letter signed by Jeffrey P. Angers, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Army.

"Theological discussions among Chaplains are an important part
of their professional development and thus are expected and not
prohibited," added Angers in his letter to Family Policy
Alliance. "Chaplain Kim, like all other chaplains, remains free
to engage in these discussions and to share appropriate professional
development material among his Chaplain colleagues."

This strong affirmation of these chaplain rights is encouraging.
Let's thank God for military and political leadership that
upholds those rights, and let's especially pray for the
chaplains and the men and women in our Armed Forces whom they minister
to.

Thanks for speaking up! It's heard and makes a difference!



John Paulton
Mobilization Manager

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