Out of Jail…Fellow Christian, Shawn Holes was arrested while preaching the Gospel in downtown Glasgow Scotland

On March 18th I was arrested while preaching the Gospel in downtown Glasgow Scotland.  I spent a horrible night in jail and all I can say is that it was just miserable.  Too many details from this specific incident occured for me to list here.  I will say however that what it came down to was that two people were supposedly offended when I said that homosexuality is a sin against Jesus, therefore the arrest.  I was given two options:

1- plead guilty to some really trumped up charges and possibly pay a small fine of hopefully only 50 pounds or so and go home by Monday asa planned or

2- plead not guilty and have to spend up to 8 weeks waiting for the trial NOT being allowed to leave the country with no guarentee of winning the case.

I chose option number one.  Big bummer though. The fine was 1000 pounds.  Thats 1600 US dollars.  The Christian men I am here with along with ten or so Christians from the area that we have never met who heard about this crazy arrest and false charges all pitched in and paid the fine for us!

So thank you for your prayers and please know how dearly we love you all.  I will keep you posted soon with video and photos from this outreach when I return, Lord willing.  (Photo: Shawn and team leaving the Glasgow High Court)

May the Lord bless you.

Shawn and family   (Reprinted from Luke 10:2 Ministries.

Shawn is in Scotland with a group of European and American evangelists preaching the gospel.  Earlier today, Shawn was preaching in the open-air to a crowd of people.  According to accounts from other evangelists present, Shawn’s presentation of his testimony and the gospel was loving and gracious.  When Shawn finished preaching, a lady from the crowd asked, “What does the Bible say about homosexuality?”

Shawn answered the lady’s question by turning to the Scriptures.  The crowd began to argue that the Bible doesn’t speak against homosexuality, even though Shawn tried to show them the passages in the Bible.

Police officers were present and listening to the preaching.  When Shawn shared what the Bible says about homosexuality, a police officer told Shawn that he was offending people in the crowd and that he couldn’t preach about homosexuality.

Standing not far from Shawn was a young man in the crowd who was smoking a marijuana joint, which is illegal to do in public, in Scotland.  One of the evangelists made mention of it and a police officers responded by saying, “Well, that’s just Glascow youth these days.”

Shawn was arrested for offensive preaching.  He will remain in custody until he goes before the court, tomorrow.

According to Lisa Holes, Shawn’s wife, segments of the evangelical church in Scotland plan to be outside the courthouse in protest of Shawn’s arrest and in support of our brother in chains.

Knowing Shawn as I do, I have no doubt he is boldly and loving preaching the gospel to other prisoners.

Pray for Shawn and his family as Shawn denies himself, takes up his cross, and follows Christ.

And for my American Christian brethren reading this post: what happened to Shawn today in Scotland will soon happen to Christians in the United States.  Stand firm.  Speak the truth in love.  Proclaim the gospel, no matter what the cost.

The Holes Family leads Luke 10:2 Ministries.

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