This article originally appeared on WND.com. Guest post by Bob Unruh ‘Holding a Sunday service has been found to be a criminal offense.’ A retired Christian pastor has been convicted of, and fined about $500 for, preaching during an open-air service in the United Kingdom. His subject wasn’t abortion, and he didn’t mention abortion, but because the service was inside an abortion “Safe Access Zone” near Coleraine’s Causeway Hospital, his speech was punished by the government. The explanation of the case comes from the Christian Institute, which represented Pastor Clive Johnston, who was convicted by Peter King, a judge who ruled against allowing the Christian message from John 3:16, the Bible’s famous verse expressing God’s love for mankind. “He had no banners or placards, and…
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