E175 12,000 Pastors

Episode 175 In response to Hitler's "cancelling" of Jewish people from full participation in German life, Deitrich Bonhoeffer helped to draft the Barmen Declaration. This document served to draw a clear line in the sand between the National Reich Church that was subservient to Hitler, and the Confessing Church which was fully submitted to Jesus Christ as its Head. What was shocking was that most pastors refused to sign the document! They suffered from either a lack of theological clarity or a lack of moral courage, or both! They chose to sit on the sidelines and do nothing. Only 3,000 pastors had the courage to stand against the Nazi regime. Twelve thousand pastors decided to stay out of "politics" and go on with business as usual. The result was the Nazi holocaust. What lessons are there to be learned for the Church in America today? That is the focus of this podcast.

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