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$\"\"$ <\/a>One of the best ministries I know of is called Speak for the Unborn<\/a>.\u00a0 It\u2019s based out of Louisville\u2019s Immanuel Baptist Church, a congregation led by powerful preacher Ryan Fullerton<\/a> that is absolutely on mission for Christ.\u00a0 The ministry opposes Satan by sharing the gospel with women at abortion clinics, praying for them, and generally doing whatever it can to promote life in a gracious and bold way.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a bit of info on this ministry:<\/p>\n

We are a group of Christians from Immanuel Baptist Church<\/a> who heard a sermon<\/a> on the sanctity of life by our pastor in January 2009 and made a commitment to no longer let our pro-life beliefs remain theoretical.<\/p>\n

Therefore, we started a ministry called Speak for the Unborn in obedience to the passage found in Proverbs 31:8-9:<\/p>\n

\u201cOpen your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute.
\nOpen your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The two main components of our ministry are sidewalk counseling and prayer.\u00a0 We go out to our local abortion clinic twice a week and seek to persuade women not to go through with their abortions and also stand and pray for the Lord to end abortion in our town.\u00a0 We are also seeking to mobilize other churches to do the same.<\/p>\n

Visit the site, which is filled with \u201chow-to\u201d resources to get similar efforts off the ground.<\/p>\n

Some churches may already be involved in such ways.\u00a0 It is a great thing, I think, for churches to a) engage women who need the gospel and b) promote a culture of life by opposing abortion clinics and strengthening crisis pregnancy centers.<\/p>\n

Churches themselves do not have to found such efforts, in my view, but it is truly God-honoring when they foster a culture of gospel-driven concern in which members band together, push away from apathy and a \u201cquietist\u201d<\/a> faith, and plunge into the world to be salt and light (Matthew 5:17).\u00a0 My own congregation, Kenwood Baptist Church of Louisville<\/a>, is involved in this ministry, which I love.<\/p>\n

How can your church, in whatever community in which it finds itself, go and do likewise in the name of a sinner-welcoming, crisis-conquering, all-children-loving savior?<\/p>\n

(Photo of Immanuel\/SftU)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"