“It is the very same God that commanded us to defend those who have no voice and to protect those who are destined for crushing. “We are insane to murder defenseless babies while God looks on,” Hibbs says. The above story is why the pro-life movement is so important to Hibbs, especially during January, designated as the Sanctity of Human Life Month. He gave His life to Jesus, and he says it was then that God really began to work in his life.Ĭalvary Chapel Chino Hills began as a home Bible study/fellowship church plant from Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in 1990, and today the church ministers to over 9,000 adults weekly. The rest of his story is history, and he began to be mentored by a young pastor named Greg Laurie in the late 1970s. “I was a junior in high school and didn’t really care, although I never forgot about it,” Hibbs says. It was during his teen years that Hibbs overheard his mother telling someone on the phone about the abortion attempt. Growing up, he said he never felt close to his dad and felt rejected by him. I tried to blend in, but I couldn’t because I stuttered, and it was really embarrassing. I stuttered from the moment a kid is supposed to start learning how to talk, all the way through to when the Lord touched my tongue, and that was a miraculous thing. Even through the years that I grew up, I had developed a severe stutter. “You might think, ‘what a sad story that is,’ but not really, in the sense that God had a plan. She was taken to the hospital when discovered, and it was there in San Diego on Jan. She attempted an abortion to end that pregnancy and to end my life.”Īnd for that, she suffered greatly. “Having two younger children, she basically caved into the pressure. “At that time, my mom was living in fear,” Hibbs says on this video from his ministry, Real Life with Jack Hibbs. Hibbs says she “hadn’t received the nurture and love that a young child so desperately needs.” She married Hibbs’ father at a young age, thinking it would be a way out for her and the life she had lived. Hibbs’ mother was raised in a Catholic orphanage in Hawaii for most of her life previous to being in California. He told her that “when he returned, he didn’t want to see a third child in the home.” He was told that his father was frustrated that his wife was pregnant again and that he wanted to get away. Hibbs’ father had left California months earlier to go to work in Alaska, leaving behind a pregnant wife and his two older siblings. 15, 1958, “God saw fit to let me come into a world where I wasn’t wanted.” On Christmas Eve in 1957, Hibbs says his mother “put her two older children to bed in their apartment, boiled a metal clothes hanger and proceeded to lie down on the kitchen floor, where she attempted to abort her third child.” Hibbs told “Calvary Chapel Magazine” that “fortunately, someone came to his mother’s rescue and the abortion failed.” She went to the hospital, and 21 days later, on Jan. While Hibbs says he wouldn’t hold himself up to be as important as the prophet Jeremiah, the megachurch pastor says he knows for a fact that God has “called me from the womb.” The Scripture reads: “Now the Word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you and before you were born I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations.'” The Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, which is in Chino, has 7,000 adult members.Jeremiah 1:4-5 has always held a special significance for Jack Hibbs, the lead pastor at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Chino Hills, California. He is scheduled to appear in court on Feb. The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office has not filed charges against Ahmed. “As a Christian, we pray we forgive him for what he did … but ultimately we seek justice,” Goody said. “He was hardworking and always on the ball.”Ĭhurch member Mike Goody of Chino said Calvary Chapel members are praying for justice. “On the surface, he was very diligent and very conscientious, and he was the kind of man that would quickly gain your trust,” Hibbs said. He is married and has children, Hibbs said. He converted to Christianity at Calvary Chapel where he became a church administrator four years ago, Hibbs said.Īhmed had been a manager at retail stores in the area, Hibbs said. The subsequent investigation led to Ahmed’s arrest.Īhmed joined Calvary Chapel about 12 years ago and regularly attended services, Hibbs said.Īhmed, who was born and raised in Pakistan, was a Muslim who emigrated to the United States in the 1980s. 8 notified the Police Department that Ahmed might have been responsible for the theft of church funds reported in April. Hibbs said evidence included tithe envelopes that were found to have been opened.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |