Preacher, author, and activist John K. Amanchukwu Sr. recently told attendees of the Modern Church Leader Conference that if they weren’t being persecuted for their faith, they might be doing something wrong.
Amanchukwu frequently visits school board meetings across the nation to speak out against school literature that promotes critical race theory (CRT), intersectionality, queer theory, gender theory, and other cultural issues.
“Politics doesn’t drive the church. The church should drive and influence politics,” Amanchukwu told ChurchLeaders following his session. “So we’re called to influence everywhere.”
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Doing Kingdom Life and Kingdom Work Outside of the 4 Walls of the Church
Amanchukwu continued, “My topic today that they gave me was addressing doing kingdom life and kingdom work outside of the four walls of the church.” He further explained, “That also includes the marketplace, government, school systems, wherever you are. You know, we have this thing called a Great Commission where we’re called to go to Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem and the uttermost parts of the world.”
With that idea in mind, Amanchukwu provided some examples in culture that he believes church leaders, including preachers, should be boldly addressing.
“We should address the sanctity of life. Pastors and the church should make it plain that life begins at conception, and that we should not be endorsing [any] exceptions for aborting a baby,” he said. Amanchukwu also believes that pastors should address “gender theory and queer theory and those teaching our kids that they have to know their certain pronouns at school.”
Amanchukwu clarified that “people have a freedom and a right to do whatever they want to do.” However, he stressed, “My rub, my ax to grind, is when we push these things upon children.”
“When you go to a public school and you intentionally dress as an individual that you’re not,” Amanchukwu added, “when a man puts on a woman’s dress and the cosmetic femininity and then gets access to children, that’s where, you know, I’m angered by that.”
Quoting Dietrich Bonhoeffer, he said, “‘To fail to speak is to speak, and to fail to act is to act.’ So I think, now more than ever, Christians need to be comfortable with persecution.”
Amanchukwu Is Regularly Called Racist Names for Speaking Out
Amanchukwu said that persecution isn’t something he has been able to avoid. As a result of his activism, he has been arrested and said he is frequently called racist names.
