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Are you a pastor? Have you got a plan for what to do if your church ever attracts a protest?\u00a0 Think that it would never happen to you? Think again, because in the West we are living in a society that increasingly hates Christians.\u00a0 Many see us as little different to the Taliban.\u00a0 If you are drafting an action plan for what your response to being picketted would be, you would do well to take a note from the church Ed Stetzer has been an interim pastor of:<\/p>\n

One of our staff members recruited several deacons to serve at a Baptist breakfast table: coffee and donuts. It was positioned near the protesters, counter protesters, and media. Anyone was welcome to come to the breakfast table.<\/p>\n

via Ed Stetzer \u2013 God Loves Protestors Too<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you a pastor? Have you got a plan for what to do if your church ever attracts a protest?\u00a0 Think that it would never happen to you? Think again, because in the West we are living in a society that increasingly hates Christians.\u00a0 Many see us as little different to the Taliban.\u00a0 If you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,246,68],"tags":[538,510,534,533],"class_list":["post-8835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-ed-stetzer","category-leadership","tag-culture","tag-evangelism","tag-gospel","tag-mission"],"yoast_head":"\nGod Loves Protestors Too<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are you a pastor? Have you got a plan for what to do if your church ever attracts a protest?\u00a0 Think that it would never happen to you? 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