The time when a church gathers on Sunday morning is sacred. A congregation turns its attention toward God amidst the chaos of the week. 

It's a rare multigenerational moment of community. We may see parents wrangling toddlers or hushing babes, and grandparents settling into a pew. It has been a core, foundational staple of life in our country since Plymouth Rock.

But in St. Paul, Minnesota on Sunday, that sacred peace was shattered when violent protesters stormed a worship service and began to violate a place of sanctuary.

Police say roughly 30 to 40 activists burst into Cities Church, a Southern Baptist congregation, and disrupted worship. The mob shouted at worshipers and rushed toward the pulpit, intimidating and seeking to provoke those who simply came to worship and rest in Christian fellowship. The alleged leader of the anarchist mob is now facing federal charges. 

Make no mistake – revolutionaries since at least 1793 have fixated on attacking Christianity. This international and increasingly American tradition appears to have continued right into recent years. The Center for Religious Liberty tracked 1,384 acts of hostility against churches from 2018 to 2024. This includes many acts of arson, physical destruction, and acts of vile desecration. We have now seen church shootings become commonplace enough for churches, such as mine, to normalize volunteers to be ready to confront gunmen. 

This group of leftist agitators, supported by members of the media and state government, opened up a new front in their escalation against Christians.........

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