In August, the World Evangelical Alliance joined the World Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Pontifical Council in a dialogue at Toulouse, France, aimed at creating a code of conduct targeting “undue pressure” on people to change religions.

While the initiative affirms the “fundamental, inviolable and non-negotiable right” to spread one’s faith, delegates to a May 2006 gathering of the study group also called for religious people to “heal themselves” of the “obsession of converting others.”

Read complete Baptist Press post here.

We reported on this issue back in August, read it here.

Although we are very thankful that the Baptist Press is bringing this story to their readers, we think the response should be a little stronger.

Here is our Response:

World Evangelical Alliance, World Council of Churches, and Roman Catholic Pontifical Council lend us your ear. We do not recognize any of your efforts to stop the Gospel of Jesus Christ from being proclaimed to every tribe, tongue, nation, and kindred. If your gospel is the true gospel you have nothing to fear from others sharing theirs. However, if you are preching another gospel, be warned, Galatians 1:6-9 is upon you.

Galatians 1:6-9 (ESV)

6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. (emphasis ours).

We, like the apostle Paul, by necessity preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ to everyone we can.

1 Corinthians 9:16 (ESV)

For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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