{"id":11225,"date":"2026-05-08T15:21:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=11225"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:22:06","slug":"british-minister-convicted-for-preaching-near-abortion-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=11225","title":{"rendered":"British Minister Convicted for Preaching Near Abortion Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>British Minister Convicted for Preaching Near Abortion Clinic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Clive Johnston has been convicted under the United Kingdom\u2019s buffer zone laws after preaching near a hospital abortion facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, Johnston referenced John 3:16 during an outdoor Sunday service held within a restricted zone. Authorities argued the gathering violated laws designed to limit certain activities near abortion clinics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a dark day for Christian freedom,\u201d Johnston said after the ruling. \u201cThe buffer zones law is so broad that holding a Sunday service has been found to be a criminal offence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case is drawing concern from free speech and religious liberty advocates across the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CLIVE-JOHNSTON.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CLIVE-JOHNSTON.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CLIVE-JOHNSTON.jpg 512w, https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CLIVE-JOHNSTON-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Minister Convicted for Preaching Near Abortion Clinic Pastor Clive Johnston has been convicted under the United Kingdom\u2019s buffer zone laws after preaching near a hospital abortion facility. According to reports, Johnston referenced John 3:16 during an outdoor Sunday service &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=11225\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1150,34,6318],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11225"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11228,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11225\/revisions\/11228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}