- 4000 babies are aborted daily
- 75% of women have abortions because of financial pressure
- Planned Parenthood is funded mainly through state/federal government
- Your Pastor preaches and your church believes that abortion is homicide, abortion doctors are murderers, and women who get abortions are accomplices
- Your church building/land is worth hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars
- Your church invests thousands of dollars on websites, video projection systems, and TV/radio airtime
- Women pass at least 12 churches on the trip from their house to the abortion clinic
- 99.9% of those churches have never offered financial, spiritual, or counseling services to encourage, educate, or equip pregnant women with a way out of the financial pressure resulting from their pregnancy
75% of abortions could be eliminated if the church would stop building "crystal cathedrals", buying the newest choir robes, remodeling their foyer to "remain relevant", hiring additional staff to "minister" to an already saved age group, etc. and instead invest (not politically) in the lives of women in their community by supporting them in any way necessary to eliminate their "need" for abortion.
But I'm a realist. These things will never happen. The truth is the church isn't really pro-life. Because pro-life only happens at a cost (ask Jesus) and for the most part the American church is not willing to invest in people, we'd rather elect someone else to do it for us. So we'll continue to criticize Donald Miller for praying at the DNC but have no problem spending more on Christian books and CD's then we invest in people struggling to decide between homelessness and parenthood. It's the American Gospel Enterprise.
We'd rather go through prayer lines than to minister to people in bread lines. So keep on voting pro-life, but call it something else. Oh yeah, and remember... Jesus beat the crap out of half-baked hallelujah phonies who we're using the Gospel for personal gain, because they were making it difficult for hungry people to enter the synagogue to encounter Him.
Vote for whoever you want, but don't be so naive as to think that your saviour will come dressed in a tailored suit (or pantsuit) on election day. Instead remember the words of a true Saviour, who was less interested in voting for life and more interested in dying for life "This is the best way to love, put your life on the line for others."
