When Not to Tell the Story: The Ethics of Announcing a Religious Conversion

[Stan]

Churches like nothing more than to have a wonderful and exciting conversion story to proclaim to the world.  What happens if proclaiming such a story puts lives in danger?  What happens when a person is put in danger against his will?  These questions have been at the center of a fascinating legal case, Doe v. First Presbyterian Church U.S.A. of Tulsa, (OK Sup. Ct., Dec. 19, 2017), involving a church that announced on the internet how one converted from Islam to Christianity.  

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[rudywoofs (Pam)]

interesting dilemma...

I can just imagine some who would say, "hey, if you're being baptized, then you should just put your faith and safety in the Lord's hands, and not worry about who knows of your baptism."  But I think that sort of statement puts more importance on the baptismal act itself, than on what it really symbolizes.