Faith
Godly Warrior’s Departure Ignites Fresh Urges for Purity Revival
Faith Facts
- Pastor Jerry Kirk founded National Coalition for Protection of Children and Families to combat pornography and promote sexual purity.
- He launched Concerned Citizens for Community Values in 1983, now Center for Christian Virtue, Ohio’s largest Christian policy group opposing abortion and same-sex marriage.
- Kirk, who debated porn mogul Larry Flynt and authored The Mind Polluters, is survived by wife Patricia, five children, 28 grandchildren, and 66 great-grandchildren.
Heaven welcomed a bold defender of family purity as Ohio pastor Jerry Kirk entered eternity at age 94 on March 9.
The Center for Christian Virtue mourned its founder while celebrating his faithful service.
“The love of Jesus Christ overflowed from Pastor Jerry Kirk. A joyful warrior, Pastor Kirk inspired countless pastors and parents across Cincinnati to boldly stand for the safety of their communities and kids,” said CCV President Aaron Baer.
“While we mourn the loss of a giant in our movement and the founder of our mission, we celebrate that Pastor Kirk is hearing those sweet words from our heavenly Father, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.’”
“Pastor Kirk’s life is a testimony to what God can do through the faithfulness of His followers,” Baer added.
“If we had gotten together sooner for the battle against pornography, thousands of children would still be alive, millions of women would not have been raped, an entire generation of young people would not have been ravaged through drugs and twisted death-dealing sex,” Kirk wrote in his 1985 book.
From high school conversion to seminary training and decades pastoring, Kirk embodied Proverbs 31:8-9 by defending the vulnerable against moral decay threatening faith, family, and freedom.
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