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Quiverfull is a Christian theological position that sees large families as a blessing from God. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It encourages procreation, abstaining from all forms of birth control , natural family planning , and sterilization reversal . [ 4 ]
Vyckie Garrison (born December 14, 1965) is a former member of the Quiverfull movement. She published a "pro-life, pro-family" newspaper, The Nebraska Family Times, widely circulated in northeast Nebraska. The newspaper was fundamentalist and theocratic, but not necessarily aimed at families that adhered to Quiverfull philosophy.
The Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) is a nondenominational Christian fundamentalist organization that serves as an umbrella organization for several ministries established by American Christian minister Bill Gothard in 1961.
Stemming from ideas from the Quiverfull movement, some Protestants such as Bill Gothard advocate for couples to undergo sterilization reversal surgery, while Brad and Dawn Irons of Blessed Arrows Sterilization Reversal Ministry advocate for Quiverfull ideas while providing funding, physician referrals, and support to Protestants wishing to ...
Bill Gothard received his BA in biblical studies from Wheaton College, 1957 and then his MA in Christian education in 1961. [8] He completed his Ph.D. in biblical studies at Louisiana Baptist University in 2004.
At this time, 5/18/2021, the Quiverfull article opens with “ Quiverfull is a theological position held by some conservative Christian couples who belong to Christian denominations that see children as blessings from God.[1][2][3]” Does this phrasing imply that other denominations don’t see children as blessings from God?
Among some conservative Protestants, the Quiverfull movement advocates for large families and views children as blessings from God. [14] [15] [16] Those who adhere to a more traditionalist framing may therefore seek to limit access to abortion and contraception, as well. [17]
The pro-natalist Quiverfull movement invokes the less quoted latter part of the psalm, verses 3–5 concerning the blessings and advantages of numerous offspring, as one of the foundations for their stance and takes its name from the last verse ("Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them [i.e. sons]"). [23]