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NAE Insight Guest Article |
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 |
By Rebecca St. James, Recording Artist
My passion for the pro-life message began when I attended a crisis pregnancy center fundraiser in Los Angeles. There I saw the incredible work of pregnancy centers – children’s lives being saved, unmarried mothers finding the support they need to give life, wounded women receiving healing.
I remember asking God to show me how to help, and he was not long in responding. A couple months later, I was asked to play the lead role in the pro-life film, “Sarah’s Choice,” and God gave me a song called “Little One’’– a tribute to life. Since the release of the film last year, I have been singing at fundraisers for pregnancy centers, and I cannot describe the incredible joy of being involved in this work.
But the very sad reality is that at the current rate, about one-third of American women will have had an abortion by age 45. Studies have shown that evangelicals are having abortions at about the same rate as the general population. This is an issue that the church is often afraid to address, but desperately needs to.
Ministers and church members need to creatively address issues like sexual purity and abortion with courage and compassion. A respectful, biblical understanding of sex needs to be taught and lived in our churches. Purity is a largely ignored virtue in our culture today and because of this, the consequences are devastating.
I’ve been inspired to see more and more Americans working together to protect human life. But we need to continue to pray for godly change in people’s hearts and actions.
“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain” (1 Corinthians 15:58).
(This article originally appeared in the Summer 2010 NAE Insight. Read more here.)
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