This past weekend in Washington DC, while parts of the country were being snowed in, hearts were burning hot for the Lord, and changing our nation at Evangelicals For Life 2016, an effort from Focus on the Family and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Convention. This was the first ever major pro-life conference for evangelicals, in conjunction with the March for Life. This gathering was built around the premise that “Every life is valuable because every life is made in the image of God.”
Here are some of the powerful, life changing truths that were shared:
We don’t need to be aggressive, we just need to express the truth of God’s Word. -Jim Daly
The more we bring the truth about abortion to light, the more people become pro-life. -Jeanne Mancini
Pick one thing (you can do to move forward the pro-life cause in your church’s community) and do it really well. -Dean Inserra
We need to help our congregations differentiate between the political and ministerial aspects of being pro-life. -Thabiti Anyabwile
It comes back to us, as pastors, to model and teach what it means to share and actually live out a pro-life life. -Nathan Lino
Every service Planned Parenthood claims to provide, the church does. Except abortion. And we do it for free. -Nathan Lino
We are called to our city, just as we are called to our church. -Nathan Lino
Let the Gospel be the offense, not your personality. -Jim Daly
Not everyone is called to adopt, but everyone is called to do something. -Sharen Ford
As Christians, we need care about working toward the end of injustice in all areas of life and the world. -Dan Darling
Looking at the culture and thinking ‘all is lost’ is the wrong premise. -John Stonestreet
The ability to have civil discourse – to disagree well – is absolutely crucial for Christians.
God places value on life. Our role as the church is to affirm that value. -Emily Colson
Christians should have the biggest, brightest, most alive version of what it means to be human. -John Stonestreet
We are going to be the people who speak of justice and the justifying grace of God at the same time. -Russell Moore
Any time you advocate for the vulnerable, there are forces invisible to you that try to strike back. -Russell Moore
We are all sinners, and Jesus has called us to reach out to other sinners. -Russell Moore
Caring for others is worth it because the kingdom of God gives us a different perspective of who we are and who they are. -Russell Moore
What we have to offer the world is the gospel of freedom from condemnation. -Russell Moore
The church needs to reflect the truth that the power and priorities of God are different than the power and priorities of the world.
We are living in a time filled with pain and suffering, and we have been given a mission to be gospel people. -Russell Moore
I am convinced that if we love those we disagree with, they will start to see something different. -Kelly Rosati
Jesus called his disciples, and us, to engage a broken world with a glorious Gospel. -David Platt
There has never been a human being who was not created by God in God’s image.
Let the church be the first place a woman with an unwanted pregnancy goes. -Garrett Kell
