John Ensor is President of the international pro-life outreach at PassionLife.org.
Although abortion presents itself as a cultural and political battle in the US, only twenty-five percent of US pregnancies end in abortion,
America accounts for a very small percentage of abortions worldwide. This week John Ensor puts the statistics in context for us.
Hotspots include Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Caribbean, especially Cuba, which has the highest abortion rates in the world, likely due to the dire poverty rates. The common factor in all these areas is communism and materialism as the predominant worldview, unlike the Christian worldview which teaches the inherent value of every human being. We discuss:
- What sets America apart, even though abortion remains legal here?
- Is there a knowledge gap at the level of seminary and pastoral training? If so, what is the answer?
- What is the comparison between child sacrifice in the Old Testament and the practice abortion in our world today?
As President of Passion Life, John is training pastors and local churches to rescue lives and spread the Gospel.
From John’s bio: John is an ordained Evangelical pastor, who for the last 25 years has served as a leader in the pro-life movement as a speaker, author, mentor, and co-laborer. Currently, John serves as the President of PassionLife, where he concentrates on helping missionaries and indigenous Christian leaders serving in countries plagued by abortion to equip the church in bioethics and pregnancy crisis intervention services.
Starting in 1991, John led the effort in Boston to establish a network of six ultrasound-equipped pregnancy help centers. In 2006, he joined Heartbeat International and piloted Heartbeat of Miami, a minority-led, ultrasound-equipped, pregnancy help ministry now serving amidst 30 nearby abortion business.
John writes books on things he is most passionate about; the gospel, marriage and prolife ethics. He and his wife, Kristen, have been married for over 40 years. They have three married children and three grandchildren. They live in Roswell, GA.
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