{"id":14645,"date":"2023-01-04T13:02:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T18:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/?p=14645"},"modified":"2023-01-05T19:52:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T00:52:36","slug":"sanctity-of-human-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/sanctity-of-human-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanctity of Human Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"> \n#cmsmasters_row_64ffa9a4399945_45083375 .cmsmasters_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 0px; \n} \n\n<\/style><div id=\"cmsmasters_row_64ffa9a4399945_45083375\" class=\"cmsmasters_row cmsmasters_color_scheme_default cmsmasters_row_top_default cmsmasters_row_bot_default cmsmasters_row_boxed\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsmasters_text\">\n<p>Churches across the country are dedicating January 22, 2023, as Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Thousands of people are beginning the new year, championing God\u2019s truth that all human life, from the womb to the last breath, is sacred because He created us in His image.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Genesis 1:27-28: \u201cSo God created man in his\u00a0<em>own<\/em>\u00a0image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it:\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>A Proclamation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>On Sunday, January 22, 1984, 11 years after the ruling of the Supreme Court in the case Roe vs. Wade, President Ronald Reagan issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/pafamily.org\/2016\/01\/07\/reagan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proclamation<\/a> for the first Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Here are excerpts of that proclamation:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cThe values and freedoms we cherish as Americans rest on our fundamental commitment to the sanctity of human life. The first of the \u201cunalienable rights\u201d affirmed by our Declaration of Independence is the right to life itself, a right the Declaration states has been endowed by our Creator on all human beings \u2014 whether young or old, weak or strong, healthy or handicapped.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cI call upon the citizens of this blessed land to gather on that day in homes and places of worship to give thanks for the gift of life, and to reaffirm our commitment to the dignity of every human being and the sanctity of each human life.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Numbers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Here are some staggering numbers from the darkness of the abortion industry brought to light:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Total number of abortions in US\u00a0(1973 \u2013 2020):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">63.6 million+<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Number of abortions in US\u00a0(2020):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">930,160<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Abortions per day:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">2,548<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Abortions per hour:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">106<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>1 Abortion every 34 seconds!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.all.org\/learn\/abortion\/abortion-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All American Life League<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>God Knew Me<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sanctity-of-life-pic2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-14646\" src=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sanctity-of-life-pic2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Sanctity of Life Infant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sanctity-of-life-pic2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sanctity-of-life-pic2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sanctity-of-life-pic2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sanctity-of-life-pic2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sanctity-of-life-pic2-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sanctity-of-life-pic2-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sanctity-of-life-pic2-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sanctity-of-life-pic2-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sanctity-of-life-pic2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sanctity-of-life-pic2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Isaiah 49:1: \u201cThe LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As our commitment on this day of dedication, let us value the lives of the unborn and remember the millions of lives lost to abortion. Let us bring life-affirming hope to women, families, and communities through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>There are many online resources available and special events held by local churches where you can become actively involved with saving precious lives. Here\u2019s a great <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.care-net.org\/free-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resource<\/a> to get equipped and educated about the Sanctity of Human Life movement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanctity of Human Life Sunday starts the new year by championing God\u2019s truth that all human life is sacred because He created us in His image.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[837,42,835,247,836,833,834,838,839],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sanctity of Human Life - West Park Baptist Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sanctity of Human Life Sunday starts the new year by championing God\u2019s truth that all human life is sacred because He created us in His image.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.westpark-baptist-dev.com\/sanctity-of-human-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sanctity of Human Life - 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