Four Things To Do Before Preaching About The Sanctity of Life
Will you step up for the glory of God and the good of God's people? They need you, pastor. I am a firm believer that pastors are biblically called to address the issue of the sanctity of life and abortion from the pulpit in our current culture. As we prepare for...
5 Things Pastors Need to Know About Pregnancy Centers
Struggling to know how to address abortion, many pastors decide to ignore it altogether. Yet getting engaged is not as difficult as one might think. I personally know many pastors who have distanced themselves from the pro-life issue. Struggling to know how to...
Care Net Launches First-Ever Program to Address Abortion in the Church
Making Life Disciples is the only curriculum designed to equip churches to provide compassion, hope, help, and discipleship to women and men considering abortion For immediate release August 30, 2016 (Lansdowne, VA) - Care Net, a nonprofit ministry that supports one...
Abortion & The Loss of Reason
"It's just what I believe," my friend Tom said with a sense that the discussion was over. The tone of the conversation was amicable yet intense. Understandably, abortion's a heavy topic, yet for me, it's a common occurrence to find myself in discussions like these. ...
The Question Churches Can No Longer Ignore
If a woman in your congregation faced an unplanned pregnancy, to whom could she turn for support? As a member of my church's leadership team, this question has bothered me for too long. I have grown up in the church. My father is a pastor, my grandparents and...
5 Fears That Keep Pastors from Preaching about Abortion
I recently found myself in a discussion with an extended family member about parenting. This loved one turned to me and said, "I never wanted to tell my children what to believe." To which I responded immediately, "Why not? Everyone else is trying to tell your...
Care Net Launches “Making Life Disciples”, Equipping Churches to Minister to Women & Men Considering Abortion
Last fall, Care Net and Life Way Research released groundbreaking research abortion and the church. It found that women go silently from the church to abortion clinics. More than 4 in 10 women who have had an abortion were churchgoers when they had the abortion. This...
Does Your Church Speak for the Unborn?
There are approximately 2,500 pregnancy centers in the nation but there are approximately 350,000 churches. In 2014 alone, Care Net centers saved communities $56 million dollars so there is no denying the enormous impact Care Net Pregnancy Centers have on...
5 Ways Abortion Negatively Impacts Men
By Warren Williams As a student of Fatherhood Lost I've listened to hundreds of men relate their affective difficulties in adjusting to abortion losses. Men grieve privately. Men need action. Robert Frost in his poem Home Burial gets it. Part of the man's grief...
Abortion and the church: What can we do?
In the pew on Sunday, in the abortion clinic on Monday.This is what a new national survey commissioned by Care Net found about abortion, women, and the church. The survey found that nearly 4 in 10 women who have had abortions were attending church regularly at the...