Babies Are Murdered Here (Documentary Trailer)
Jon Speed
Jon Speed (1971–) is an American preacher and pastor known for his work in missions, evangelism, and the pro-life movement, currently serving as the Pastor of Missions and Evangelism at By the Word Baptist Church in Azle, Texas. Born in 1971—exact date unavailable—he graduated from Davis College in 1992 with a degree in Bible and theology and pursued further studies at The North American Reformed Seminary. His ministry began in 1992, pastoring churches in Rochester, Callicoon, and Oakfield, New York, before planting Christ is King Baptist Church in Syracuse, New York, in 2011, where he served until 2019. Married to Kim since 1991, they have four children, and his family has been integral to his ministry, including his shift to Texas in 2019 after gaining national attention for closing his bookstore in protest of New York’s Reproductive Health Act. Speed’s preaching career blends traditional pulpit ministry with broader cultural engagement, notably through his authorship of Evangelism in the New Testament (2009) and co-production of pro-life documentaries Babies Are Murdered Here (2014) and Babies Are Still Murdered Here (2019). His 2019 protest went viral, earning interviews on Fox & Friends, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck, and praise from figures like Franklin Graham. A co-founder of Loor.tv, a Christian streaming platform, he advocates using media as a mission field, as discussed on The Missions Podcast in 2024. As of 2025, Speed remains active in Azle, leaving a legacy as a preacher committed to biblical fidelity, street evangelism—preached at universities like Syracuse and Texas Tech—and defending the unborn, rooted in over 30 years of pastoral experience.
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This sermon addresses the issue of abortion as a curse and judgment on the nation, questioning the silence and inaction of the church in the face of innocent lives being taken. It challenges the church to stand up against the shedding of innocent blood and to actively engage in pro-life efforts, even in uncomfortable and unpopular situations like protesting outside abortion clinics. The sermon emphasizes the need to expose the truth about abortion clinics and the shedding of innocent blood happening within them.
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This abortion in and of itself is a curse on our nation. It is a judgment. God has put on us a blindness and a stupidity where we don't even step up and speak out against this. I'm talking about the church. Where is the church? The Bible is clear that you shall not murder and God hates hands that shed innocent blood and we should rescue those being, you know, led to the slaughter. You would think with the hundreds of churches in surrounding areas that you'd have a few more people called to save babies that are threatened with death. I'm going to the churches across the street from the abortion clinic and I really just want to see what they, what they say. In this part of your missions program, has there been any organized outreach towards pro-life issues or going out to abortion clinics or anything like that? No, that's not something that I know the church is standing on. Do you know that there's an abortion clinic right across the street from you? Yeah. No. Go stand in front of the abortion clinic, hold signs, I don't even have to see. It's not a comfortable ministry. You're not going to be thought well of by the neighbors around or the staff of the abortion clinic. Why does my daughter have to see that? That's disgusting. I'm not killing my baby so it doesn't matter. You're going to have the ladies that are yelling at you. Mostly when you're walking in the building, cussing you out. Right here at this abortion clinic they advertise on their website that there's no protesters so the ladies can feel safe when they come and that's no more. We're going to end it now. Your secret is out. The people of this neighborhood will know that you shed innocent blood here and you sit back and laugh as the registered change turned from the blood money that you have clutched in your fist.
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Jon Speed (1971–) is an American preacher and pastor known for his work in missions, evangelism, and the pro-life movement, currently serving as the Pastor of Missions and Evangelism at By the Word Baptist Church in Azle, Texas. Born in 1971—exact date unavailable—he graduated from Davis College in 1992 with a degree in Bible and theology and pursued further studies at The North American Reformed Seminary. His ministry began in 1992, pastoring churches in Rochester, Callicoon, and Oakfield, New York, before planting Christ is King Baptist Church in Syracuse, New York, in 2011, where he served until 2019. Married to Kim since 1991, they have four children, and his family has been integral to his ministry, including his shift to Texas in 2019 after gaining national attention for closing his bookstore in protest of New York’s Reproductive Health Act. Speed’s preaching career blends traditional pulpit ministry with broader cultural engagement, notably through his authorship of Evangelism in the New Testament (2009) and co-production of pro-life documentaries Babies Are Murdered Here (2014) and Babies Are Still Murdered Here (2019). His 2019 protest went viral, earning interviews on Fox & Friends, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck, and praise from figures like Franklin Graham. A co-founder of Loor.tv, a Christian streaming platform, he advocates using media as a mission field, as discussed on The Missions Podcast in 2024. As of 2025, Speed remains active in Azle, leaving a legacy as a preacher committed to biblical fidelity, street evangelism—preached at universities like Syracuse and Texas Tech—and defending the unborn, rooted in over 30 years of pastoral experience.