WARNING: This post contains mature subject matter. We strive to keep this blog family-friendly, but the subject-matter of Abortion doesn’t allow for that.
This post is loooong: a whole year’s worth of activity in one post. But it’s really really interesting – I promise! So please read to the end when you have some time. I promise you’ll find great encouragement amidst the trials.
Dear friends,
Every Friday, a small team has begun ministering outside an abortion clinic in our State Capital. It’s the most intense Spiritual Warfare I’ve ever experienced. We’ve had the clinic lie to Police about us. We’ve seen very young girls go in, pressured by their parents. We’ve seen young women come out of that building with clear trauma on their faces. We’ve seen the clinic engage Social Justice Warrior Activists on Social Media to overwhelm our Facebook page with disgusting (and sometimes pornographic) content. And we’ve seen people hear and receive the gospel message who might not otherwise have heard it.
And that’s the open secret that we’re happy to share. You see, as passionate as we are to see the unborn spared from death, and the Mom spared from being lied to and manipulated by the clinic for $500, there is something we care about even more.
Our #1 priority is to share Jesus with people who need Him, and there’s A LOT of those people who walk by the busy sidewalk in our State’s Capital.
It is more important that a soul is saved than that a person becomes anti-abortion. (And we’re really-really anti-abortion so that shows how much we really really care about where a soul spends eternity.)
I’ve learned a few things in the year we’ve been doing this:
- The clinic will lie and do whatever it takes to silence our peaceful opposition. (In the photo to the right, Dahlia, the woman who runs the clinic, has called the Police on our team, telling them we were blocking the sidewalk, blocking the stairs, following women back to their cars, and that we were a much larger group than we were – all of these allegations were untrue.)
- The clinic will lie about us on Social Media, and even try to profit from it financially. They wrote on Facebook that we are “aggressive, hateful protesters” and claim that we call Moms “murders, evil beings, spawns of Satan, and the list goes on.” This was in their pitch for a fundraiser called “Protest a Protester.”
- The clinic has lied to us repeatedly about the legality of us being there, even calling a Code Enforcement Officer and manipulating him to tell us the wrong info about City Ordinances. (The City Solicitor eventually apologized to us for the wrong information given to us – Praise God!)
- The clinic will lie about us to our employers and certifying authorities to wreck our careers (yes, this happened).
- The Clinic Workers appear to have genuinely bought the inaccurate caricature that Pro-Life people are unstable, uneducated, anti-Science, horrible, and ready to blow up Abortion Clinics and gun-down Abortion Doctors. I’ve told them so many times, “We’re not a physical threat to you. We’re Pro-LIFE, not death.”
- Abortion is not about Science. We show 3D ultrasounds and medical fetal models, while they call a “12-week” fetus, and even a 38-week unborn baby “a group of cells.” (See video below).
- Abortion is not healthcare. Healthcare is professional. We’ve seen the Clinic Workers use children’s kazoos to try to silence our message, wear strange clothing (unicorn hats), and sing and dance while their clients walk up the stairs to pay them for their service. Legitimate doctors don’t sink so low to those techniques.
- The Lord Jesus is in charge and is in the business of reaching people with the gospel! Despite the ridiculous childish behavior of the clinic, Jesus has sent us people from all demographics to hear the gospel. Rich people, and homeless people, and all different skin colors. We’ve talked with Gay people and transgendered people and International people. Is it worth it to stand on the sidewalk outside this clinic? Oh yeah!
I want to be clear: Dalia and her team are not our enemies. They’re deceived and being used by the devil to do evil. “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12).
But we must have wisdom. With the lying, manipulating, bullying, and harassment the Clinic has routinely done, are these really the people we want counseling vulnerable and scared young girls?
Perhaps you’ve seen Anti-Abortion sidewalk counselors characterized in the media as hateful horrible people, spewing nastiness at women trying to get abortions. Perhaps there are actual Anti-Abortion people who do that. That’s not how our group operates.
From the beginning I’ve been convicted to only ever treat the Moms with dignity and respect, never name-call, and only offer help.
When people walk by who aren’t going to the clinic, we merely offer them a gospel booklet and say, “Good morning, this is for you.” And if they don’t take it, we kindly say, “Have a great day.” When Moms walk by who want an abortion, we offer them a gift bag with chocolates, some nice-smelling fancy soap and lip balm, an info sheet on a Pro-Life Pregnancy Center up the street that can help them, a “Gospel of John” booklet, a booklet with fetal development and the gospel message, my card, a newborn diaper, a 12-week fetal model, and a personal note from a pregnant Mom offering help. That’s it. We’re very peaceful out there. We never demonize the Moms. But Dalia doesn’t like it one bit.
Our team does call out the clinic, warning Moms that the clinic wants to kill her baby for $500, but we do not call the Mom a murderer, nor do we attack the Mom. We have decided to take the position of Jesus who was willing to call out the Pharisees (Authorities), but say this of the normal every-day people, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34).
If you’d like to see and hear for yourself what we typically say to a Mom, please watch the video below…
So, what did you think? Were we hateful to the Mom? Yes, we did warn her about the danger of what the clinic wants to do, but we were kind to her. We often offer her adoption services and financial services. And we offer her hope in Christ.
I’ve learned that if someone says anything against the Abortion Industry, they consider that as “hate” and “harassment.” They have redefined “hate” and “harassment” just as they’ve redefined “life.” It’s very sad, and it’s why I’m asking for you to please pray for the Clinic workers. How amazing when Jesus saves them!
I’ve also learned that no matter how nice we are, no matter how much we keep our voices calm, they will be mean and nasty to us. We’ve been called “terrorists,” “cult leader.” The men on our team have been told that we don’t have a say because we have, quote, “a penis.” (Ironically, they also say that there’s no such thing as gender and we can be whatever gender we want to be. So if that’s true, then why, in their way of thinking, would it matter if one of us is male? But it’s not about logic with them.)
If you’d like to know which side is bitter, and unprofessional, and hurling personal insults, and which side is calm, and shows respect, I offer the following evidence:
God has done amazing things at the clinic in the past year. Rather than have me rattle-on about it, here are a bunch of photos. Please read the descriptions so you can be encouraged by the victories, praise God for the answered prayers, and pray for the hardships.
We stand with a non-offensive sign and offer hope and peace in Christ. The clinic can't stand any alternate ideas other than theirs. They'll lie and call the Police and post ridiculous claims on social media, and use bully tactics, and do anything to silence dissent. It's very sad. They don't want the vulnerable Moms to hear that there are options other than death.
The Abortion Clinic routinely called the Police and lied to them about us. Finally, I began wearing a body camera and told Dalia that if she lied to the Police again, I'd have video evidence and she'd be cited for making a false report. Amazingly the calls to the Police stopped!
Amanda shared her salvation testimony with Dalia, and even gave her an Evangelistic DVD about abortion.
This is Christina and Nathan. They were walking by and saw me and Chris and stopped to encourage us to keep at it! Christina got tearful when we talked about the reality that babies were being dismembered right there on the other side of that wall. In fact, a number of people stopped to encourage us and thank us.
This is Beth, and she runs a Roman Catholic anti-abortion ministry called "40 Days for Life." Dalia, the head of the clinic, called Beth and convinced her to come and talk us out of being there. Seriously! This Roman Catholic woman, Beth, shook hands with Dalia and tried to persuade us to stand there and silently pray, but not offer help, nor talk to anyone. Beth said that's the right way to do this. Seriously? No wonder Dalia likes Beth. Beth doesn't reach out to the Moms. She just stands there with a large poster of Mary around her neck. The clinic will do ANYTHING to silence the truth that babies don't have to die, and young vulnerable Moms don't need to be injured.
This is Eli and he works for the Abortion Clinic. His job was to escort people in so we wouldn't "bother them." What happened was REALLY GREAT! Eli started off cold to us, but became so much softened and kinder to us! Because it was a slow day, Eli didn't have much work to do, so he spoke with Mal and me for nearly 3 hours! It's ALWAYS my goal to share Christ with someone, not merely win them over on abortion. I want to see them redeemed by The Savior. The best part was that I got to take him through some of the 10 Commandments to clearly get him to understand WHY he needs forgiveness and clearly share WHY Jesus is the only way. His reaction was telling. He said a few times that Mal and I were not what he expected. He said we were nice and caring and reasonable. I asked him what he thought we'd be like, and he presented a view of Pro-Lifers who want to blow up Abortion Clinics and assassinate Abortion Doctors. We assured him that the only violence going on here is when babies are torn apart in the wombs of their mothers. As Christians, we are not violent. The prejudiced way they judge us in that clinic is really awful! But Eli got really friendly with us and even took an evangelistic DVD from us which he promised to watch. I think he messed up too. He let it slip that one of the appointments for abortion called and said she didn't want to come in because we were out there. I praise God that the Mom drove away! At one point, Eli accused me of being "Anti-Choice," and I said, "Actually, I'm for choice. You and I are a lot closer than you think. Here are the four choices I support: 1) abstinence, 2) birth control, 3) being a Mom, 4) adoption. The only difference between us, Eli, is that you support a 5th choice, and that is brutally tearing a baby apart in her Mother's womb, and I don't support that choice. And nobody should. It's barbaric and immoral and you really should consider stop supporting that terrible 5th choice." Mal and I had a great conversation with Eli and he appeared to soften so much over the hours of talking with him. Please pray that God will grab a hold of his heart. How glorious would it be if the workers at this clinic came to know Jesus and stopped murdering babies!
Abortion Ministry isn't just about reaching Moms and Dads. We're also trying to reach the people who happen to walk by. Like Cameron here. It turns out he recently began attending a Mormon church. I asked him if he knew all their teachings, like that there are many gods, that our god was once a human, and that humans can become a god someday. Cameron didn't know any of this. Not surprising because Mormons often don't tell people what they truly believe. So I gave Cameron an article I wrote called, "Letter to a Mormon" which points out from Mormon scriptures what they believe, but they probably won't tell you. And it compares what the Bible says. In this photo I'm showing Cameron some of these strange Mormon beliefs. He and I talked about the fact that Mormons are totally nice people - terrific people. But they teach the wrong things about God and the Bible. Please pray for Cameron! And if you want to see the article, "Letter to a Mormon," you can download it for free here: https://luke-15.org/Mormon_letter.pdf
This is Richard (on the right). He came up to us and asked, "What are you guys doing here?" Eliot (on the left) said, "Standing for the unborn. What's your spiritual background?" Richard told Eliot that his Spiritual background is "Not much." He believes in some sort of "a higher power" but doesn't know anything more than that. Richard said, "There's something. " Eliot said, "We can't know unless God tells us, and he did and the best way he did is through Jesus. He is the representation of God. So you have a Bible?" Richard said, "No." Eliot asked if he'd like one. He said, "yes," and he took a copy of The Gospel of John. Praise God!
HUGE PRAISE TO GOD! In one of the photos above, the City Code Enforcer, along with a Police Officer, gave my team STRICT RULES about how we must conduct abortion ministry. We must get a permit if we have more than 3 people (at $15/day and the city can cancel it at their discretion). We must be 10 feet away from the property (which nearly puts us dangerously on the street). We were complying, but I decided to push back and ask questions to the City of Concord. To my HUGE SURPRISE, I got a call from James Kennedy, the City Solicitor. His name is LITERALLY on the cover of the City Ordinances (photo attached). He's the head honcho. Mr. Kennedy called me to APOLOGISE to me that the Code Enforcer and the Police gave me wrong information. He told me there is no permit required for the ministry we're doing, and we certainly can have more than 3 people. Woo hoo! And he told me there is no 10 foot buffer that we need to avoid. We can stand anywhere on the sidewalk, as close to the clinic property we want. YES! THIS IS HUGE! PRAISE GOD! Mr. Kennedy did warm me that we must not block people from entering any buildings, nor obstruct the flow of traffic, but that's true no matter where people gather in a city. And that's no problem. We don't do those things. Thank you and may the name of our Lord Jesus be praised!
This is Beth. We met her and her husband, Jeff, as they walked by the abortion clinic. Beth and Jeff were both very tender-hearted and eager to learn more about Jesus and the gospel. Jeff told me about his near-death experience where he fell from a scaffolding, landing him in a coma, while the other man who fell with him died. I explained to Jeff that his biggest problem was not that injury, but sin against a Holy God, and Jesus is the Only Cure. Michael did a great job reasoning with Beth while I spoke with Jeff. In this photo you can see Beth emotionally accepting a gift of "The Gospel of John." They wanted info on a good Church to attend and Michael and I were able to point them to a great Bible-believing Church nearby! Praise God!
This is Krishna. She wasn't coming for an abortion, but she stopped to meet Jarvis, "The Evange-Poodle." And she ended up taking a gospel booklet! Jarvis has been doing a SUPER JOB helping us start conversations with people who walk by. Good dog!
This is our message. It's not a "clump of cells." It's not an "accident." It's not "fetal tissue." There's an actual BABY in the Mom's womb, and science proves that.
This is Wayne, a disabled man with a slight speech impediment and in a wheelchair. He was so glad we were outside the abortion clinic standing for life. He gave testimony of his faith in Jesus Christ! As he was leaving, he asked if Christine would pray for him. In this photo she's doing just that. After Wayne left, I turned to the five abortion center employees and said to them, "So many of the babies you destroy have their lives ended because they're going to be disabled. They might need a wheelchair. They might need a caregiver. Instead you 'fix the problem' by violently murdering them." I told them, "You saw Wayne. He's happy. He's glad to be alive. He's human and he has dignity and you kill tons of Waynes all the time. I hope you got a good look at this remarkable man, because you kill so many just like him. It's barbaric and you're using violence instead of caring for those who need help. How can you live with yourselves for killing those like Wayne? Why is his life less valuable than others?" They wouldn't answer me. Honestly, they can't. Abortion is using violence to get rid of someone to try to solve a problem. Please understand that I don't normally speak so firmly. I never speak so firmly to the Moms. But these weren't Moms. These were abortion clinic workers, so an extra bit of firmness was appropriate in this case. Why is Wayne, with a disability, less human than others? He isn't! He's created in God's image and has worth whether he can walk or not. And the abortion workers have worth too, so please join me in praying that God will use Wayne to open their consciences to get them to repent, trust Jesus, and leave their evil work.
This is Duke. He took a gospel booklet from us when he walked by in front of the abortion clinic, told us to "F#&% off" and threw the booklet on the ground in front of us. But get this... Duke walked by again later on, and Ted got into a civil and fruitful conversation with Duke! Ted shared his testimony and the gospel message with Duke. Duke said he already had a Bible, but he took the written testimony of a former member of the violent MS-13 gang. Because Ted does Chaplain work in the prison, he met a former MS-13 gang member who came to Christ and had his story printed as a booklet. Duke took a copy of that. Please pray for Duke to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ!
Guess what? We talked to Duke again the next week! Duke is clearly a very intelligent man who knows quite a bit about the Bible. He quoted Jeremiah, referenced Acts, and has evidently spent time looking into God's Word. Yet, tragically, despite his studying, he missed perhaps the simplest and most vital teaching of the Scriptures: that we are sinful and Jesus saves by GRACE through faith. He kept talking about how he thinks Christianity is flawed because God expects us to be good to earn Heaven. And he doesn't like that bad things happen to good people (even though we know there are no truly "good people.") Michael and I tried to explain to Duke that we're all sinners. None of us are good. I tried to use God's commandments to illustrate that we fall short. We are all needy of God's grace. But Duke didn't appear to "get it." We know that only the Holy Spirit can make someone "get it" that they need grace. Please pray for Duke, that he will be humble and see himself as a needy sinner, and he will cry out to Jesus.
The more people show up to stand for Life, the easier the spiritual battle. Usually there's only 2 or 3 of us. This week we had a WHOLE BUNCH! It was great having so many stand on the truth of the Gospel! If you want to come and join us, please contact me.
What do you know? The abortion clinic posted THREE new signs right by where we minister to the Moms. Here's why I was happy for the new signs and praising God for them: 1) God is using us to make Equity Health Center (EHC) worried, and that's a good thing. 2) EHC used to be discrete about their abortion services before we got there. Lots of people walking by would tell us that they didn't know they did abortions there. But now everyone who walks by will know what happens in there. All because of their new signs. 3) EHC is showing their hypocrisy, because they have told us that we're wrong to speak for God, but that's what they're doing. They're breaking their own standard. 4) EHC put those signs up to shame and bully us, yet the signs appear to be against shaming and bullying. Again, breaking their own standard. 5) These signs will be a great springboard to talk about what Jesus DID say about looking after those who can't defend themselves. I'm sure there's more reasons to be happy, but those are a quick 5. Praise God! P.S. if the photo is hard to read, the top-left sign says, "Abortion is a personal decision best left in the hands of a woman and her god. Pro-faith, Pro-family, Pro-choice." The bottom-left says, "Pray to end sidewalk bullying." The right-hand sign says, "Jesus never shamed women!" P.P.S. Once the clinic read my post on Facebook about why I was happy for these signs, they abruptly removed them.
Not all interactions at the abortion clinic are hostile. A lot of them go very peacefully! This is Paige. She has a 7 year old and a 2month old. She was very interested in the gospel booklet Mal handed her. When Mal offered her a Gospel of John she was excited about that too! They talked about how sweet and wonderful children are and that they are a gift. Paige said she has gone through phases with her family of going to church and not going to church. Mal encouraged her that although life brings seasons, not to base her faith on her church attendance, but to read the booklets and find out what it means to be right with God. Paige thanked her and said she was excited to read. Very sweet young lady.
This man (right) walked by us in front of the abortion clinic and encouraged us to stand against abortion. We're happy when people are against abortion, but we're MUCH more concerned that people are saved Born-Again believers. Michael got to talk to this man about the claims of Jesus and gave him much to think about.
This is Ingrid, and she was so happy about the clinic offering abortions that she stood outside for hours arguing and yelling at us. After she was done chewing us out, we'd attempt to give a soft, kind reply, but she'd shut us down and snap, "I don't want to talk to you!" She did this a few times.
This is Devin, and he walked by the abortion clinic on his way to a political rally. Ted and Devin had a very productive gospel conversation. You can see that Devin took a free "Gay Pride Flag" the Abortion Clinic was giving away, but Devin also took a New Testament from Ted. That's GREAT because there's much more power in God's Word than any propaganda from the world.
This is Theodore, and he engaged us at the abortion clinic. He started off by swearing at me and it went south from there. We answered his questions respectfully and calmly but he got DANGEROUSLY AGITATED. I actually thought he'd assault my ministry partner, Mal. So I distracted him to talk to me. He was loud, rude, and getting too physically close to us. My daughter, Vivienne, wisely called 911. The Police knew Theodore. He apparently causes a lot of trouble with a lot of people. And he's known to get violent. It was great to have the Police on our side. They moved Theodore along and allowed us to keep ministering at the abortion clinic. Praise God. Please pray for Theodore. He's a very disturbed man who needs redemption.
This is Deb, a kind, civil, woman who we had a respectful conversation with outside the abortion clinic. Deb illustrates that for many people, it's not about logic or ethics or morality; they just want abortions because they want them. Deb, a retired Social Worker, hit Michael, Kayla, Hailey, and me with every pro-abortion argument under the sun. She argued that life begins at viability. We pointed out to her that viability keeps changing as science changes. She argued that there are so many unwanted babies now, so abortion is good. We answered that. Then she changed to "it's none of our business." We patiently answered that. Then she brought up that men ought not have an opinion. We answered that. Then she circled back and repeated the same invalid arguments that aren't really sound arguments. We spoke for over an hour! And it showed that people just want abortion because they want it. There's no medical, logical, or moral reason for it. I realized that we had to change the topic to the gospel, and what I regret is that when we did that, her friend said it was time to go. Deb said a number of times that she was surprised we were so nice. She really thinks Pro-Life people are nasty and hateful and have no arguments. She was shocked we didn't fit her stereotype. The conversation was so civil and respectful that Deb asked for a group photo at the end (with Jarvis the Evange-poodle included in the photo!) Please pray for hearts to change on abortion, and, more importantly, that hearts will turn to Jesus!
This vomit helped us sooo much. Sometime the night before, someone vomited on the sidewalk. I noticed that not a lot of people passing by were taking Gospel Booklets from us, but when I'd tell them, "Careful, don't walk in the vomit," then just about EVERYBODY took Gospel Booklets from us! God can even use vomit to increase His Kingdom!
Clinic Workers, it's also about reaching those who happen to be walking by. Like Amanda here. Amanda approached Ted and Michael because she wanted to pet and play with Jarvis the Poodle! (Good dog!) But it didn't take long for the conversation to swing from cute poodles to what really matters in life. Amanda's husband committed suicide. Amanda's has been taking illegal street drugs to cope. She told Ted and Michael that she had some "religious instruction" as a child, but she's not Born Again. Amanda said that she sometimes feels God reaching out to her. Amanda, Ted, and Michael spoke for about 25 minutes. Ted and Michael took her through the gospel message, which is her true need. They also recommended a solid Church to attend near where she lives. Amanda promised to go! She thankfully took a New Testament and they all prayed together. Praise God! Please pray for this sweet, hurting young lady.
"You're lucky I'm on bail or I'd punch you!" That is what the woman on the right said to Mal. To their shame, the "Health Escorts" who work for the clinic clapped and thanked this woman. Mal helps us plead with women to not let the clinic hurt their babies. We offer hope, life, assistance, and the love of God. And sometimes that's met with violent threats. The woman got so angry that we were there. She stayed for a long time to yell at us. We learned that this woman used to volunteer for the abortion clinic. That's why we're not just trying to reach the Moms and Dads, but trying to reach the clinic workers too with the love and forgiveness in Jesus Christ. They can turn from their wicked ways and turn to the Lord. PLEASE pray for the parents going to the clinic, the babies, the workers, and for us, that God will continue to protect us at that dark location.
I didn't expect this! We were outside the abortion clinic and I looked over to see that our 12-year-old helper, Taliah, had TAKEN IT UPON HERSELF to approach THREE of the ADULT Abortion Escorts. I was amazed at the questions she was asking them, and the courage and conviction given to this young lady by The Holy Spirit. Taliah asked them how they can be okay with hurting babies in the womb. They were snarky to her, and snapped at her that she's following "her truth, but not their truth." Audrey even flashed his "Satanism" necklace at her to try to intimidate her from her faith. Taliah testified sweetly and confidently, "There is only one truth. There is only one God." When they told her that we're not accomplishing anything out here, she stood her ground and told them we were. Wow, and this was so ironic, because the very first time Taliah came out to volunteer with us, Eileen, one of the Abortion Escorts, posted on Facebook and described her as a "confused, scared-looking little girl brought by her mom." Eileen obviously was fine with publicly posting a stereotype without getting to know Taliah. In contrast to Eileen's prejudiced caricature, Taliah is a "Lioness for Jesus!" "The righteous are bold as a lion" (Proverbs 28:1).
A spontaneous and beautiful thing happened. Jennifer and Mal started singing praise songs to Jesus. Then we all joined in (even me, and I have a horrible singing voice.) We probably sang for over a half hour. Right in a dark spot that satan has claimed for evil, we proclaimed through song that the WHOLE WORLD belongs to King Jesus. Worship is powerful because it is something the world and the devil will not do. Only true followers of Jesus can truly adore him. It was really wonderful. We have done that a few more times since then (when we have good singers!)
This is Sylvia (left) a sweet older woman who approached us outside the abortion clinic to tell us why abortion is necessary. Amanda (right) did a super job reminding Sylvia that the Mom is carrying a baby, and not a clump of cells. In this photo, Amanda is showing Sylvia what an unborn baby looks like at just 8-10 weeks after conception. (Photo on the bottom-left). Sylvia barely looked at it. She didn't appear to be interested in the medical facts. Her scenarios weren't really thought through very well. For instance, if a child isn't wanted, it's better to abort then have them grow up to find out they weren't "planned." Really? Being "unplanned" is worse than death? On the plus side, it was a civil conversation, which, sadly, is becoming more rare these days. Also on the plus side, many people took gospel booklets from us, and a handful of people stopped to thank and encourage us for standing for the unborn. Praise God!
This is Steven, and he was walking by the abortion clinic and chastised us for being there. Mal spoke calmly and softly with him and his demeanor changed. Mal patiently shared "The S.L.E.D. Test" with Steven, and it changed him. S.L.E.D. is an acronym that demonstrates the immorality of murdering babies in the womb. The difference between an unborn baby and a born baby can be described through S.L.E.D. S - size. Babies in the womb are smaller. But that doesn't mean we can kill them. We don't assign value to people based on size. We can't murder the unborn because of their size. L - level of development. Babies in the womb aren't as developed. But babies keep developing well into their Teens and further, and we don't allow killing toddlers just because they're less developed than pre-schoolers. We can't murder the unborn because of their level of development. E - environment. The unborn baby is in a different environment than a newborn, (womb verses hospital nursery) but we don't allow the murder of a person just because they're in a different location. We can't murder the unborn because of their environment. D - dependence. Free unborn baby is dependent on the Mom to survive. This is true. So is a newborn. If nobody helps a newborn in significant ways, the newborn will die every time, and that's immoral. In fact, babies are dependent on us for years. And many elderly are dependent too. But we can't go through a nursing home and murder elderly people just because they're dependent on us. And we can't murder the unborn just because they're dependent on us. Steven changed. He was much less hostile. I suspect he assumed that all Pro-Life people are like the caricature our society makes of us. That we're dumb and uninformed and unscientific. Mal demonstrated through her logic and intelligence that reason is on our side and it is immoral to murder unborn babies. But we don't want to win arguments. We want to see Jesus win people for God's Kingdom. So please pray for Steven, that the Holy Spirit will not let him rest until he comes to terms with his own immoral position and sinful nature, and embraces The Savior!
Crazy incident at the abortion clinic - wow! I offered a gift bag to a man and woman approaching the clinic. The man slapped the bag, and said angrily, "I'm gonna come after you tomorrow." I honestly felt in physical danger, so I called the Police. He came out and then said "I'll F-ing drop both of you" referring to me and my ministry-partner, Michael. The Police came and the man changed his tune completely. He apologized very humbly to me and said he had no excuse for saying what he said. But the Policeman was annoyed. He said he's sick of coming out there, insinuating that it's our fault. In the many months we've been there, our team only called the Police 2 times. But the Clinic has called many more times, all under false pretenses. I think they're intentionally trying to get the Police to get tired of coming to the Clinic. I asked the Policeman if we're breaking any laws. He said we weren't. I asked him if we're only exercising our 1st Amendment right to Freedom of Speech and Religion. He admitted we are. I asked him if it's acceptable for others to make verbal threats of violence. He said it is not acceptable. And I asked if it is the proper protocol for us to call the Police when violent threats are made, and he said, "Yes, please call us when violent threats are made." From there the Policeman was more friendly to our cause. But you can see how the Spiritual Battle affects even the unsaved Police Officers. They're getting weary. All of this is a distraction to the reality that unborn babies are having tubes placed in their Mother's womb, with a high suction to literally tear apart the legs, arms, spine, skull, and other body parts in such a barbaric violent procedure, that if the same thing were done to an unborn endangered species, it would be a felony. The body parts land in a dish where the baby is pieced back together to ensure there aren't any pieces left in the mother. We must not get distracted from WHY we're there. Unborn babies are being brutally torn apart, and we must stand against that peacefully and firmly. We're there to share information and offer HOPE, something the clinic is unable to do. Some people want to react to truth with violence. I thank God He protected us from this man's violence.
Can I admit a guilty pleasure I have? I really get a kick out of getting Police Officers to break their "all business" demeanor and crack up laughing. So, yes, we had the Police called at the abortion clinic. It was because two ladies we didn't know started screaming and swearing at one another, and it nearly turned into a fist-fight. Multiple people had to get physically between them to prevent punches. The Police came and I was concerned the clinic would try to lump us in on the incident, even though we truly had nothing to do with it. I asked the Officer on my left if he deals with domestic altercations. He said he does. I told him that my wife and I are close to getting into a fistfight because we can't agree if our kids look like me or her. I pulled out a photo I keep in my wallet (you can see it on the right). I gave it to the Officer and asked him to "settle the matter" and tell me who he thinks the kids look like. He laughed, and showed the photo to the other two Officers! Thankfully the Officers believed us that we had nothing to do with the incident and we were allowed to stay and minister unhindered, praise God! And looking at the photo on the right, who do YOU think my kids look like, me or Shelby???
The Abortion Clinic started a fundraiser because of us and I couldn't be happier! You know why? Because we're hurting them financially and there are fewer Babies being murdered!!! You see, you don't try so hard to get rid of people who aren't impacting you. Planned Parenthood says that when people are outside pleading with Moms not to abort, the abortions go down by as high as 70%. And this small independent abortion clinic in Concord, NH, must be feeling the weight of decreased profits because they started a new campaign called "Protest a Protester Donation Drive." And they've stooped so low to blatantly lie to the public about us. (But why not? They've already lied to the Police and to other Pro-Life groups about us.) On their Facebook page they said we are "aggressive, hateful protesters" and claim that we call Moms "murders, evil beings, spawns of Satan, and the list goes on." This is 100% false. We never call Moms or Dads any of those things - ever. Any anybody who comes by will see and hear us begging and pleading with Moms and Dads to protect their Babies. I commented on their Facebook Post with the lies about that it wasn't true, and gave video evidence, but they deleted my comment and blocked me. Because we care, we do tell the Clinic Staff that they are accessory to murder, because they are. There is a time to speak the truth in love, and when Babies are being literally torn apart 30 feet away in a small white building, that is the time. For the Moms and Dads, We offer gift bags with information for a real choice to not abort. We offer hope. We offer resources. We literally beg them not to let the Clinic kill their Baby. And we do what this Clinic can't do - we offer them eternal hope through forgiveness in Jesus Christ. And the Clinic hates us for that too. They despise us because people who walk by take gospel booklets from us, and talk to us, and take copies of "The Gospel of John" from us, and take advice on a good Church to attend. The clinic hates that. But it's okay because nobody was more hateful and rude and nasty to Christians than I was. And in December of 1993, at age 20, Jesus reached me through His Holy Spirit. If God can save and change me, He can do it for ANYONE - including those working at the Clinic. They often make fun of God and Christianity, but that makes it all the sweeter when God grabs a hold of their heart and gives them a new birth and a new heart. In this photo you can see Dalia, the Clinic Director. She made a "Dog and Pony Show" of getting a photo of some of her staff with the donation sign while we were out there. We're not idiots. We know why she did it while we were there. Setting up a spectacle to try to discourage us, but I think it's GREAT! You don't try to discourage people who aren't making a negative impact on you. And we're happy to make a negative impact on the Abortion Industrial Machine. It's funny, Dalia even lied about that. She told me that we're HELPING them get more money, because people are donating because of us. But if we were a net profit to them, then they wouldn't lie to the Police, lie to us about City ordances, lie to other ministries to try to pressure us away, and treat us with bitter hatred to get rid of us. You don't try to get rid of people who are making you money. That's why I love this new donation campaign from the Clinic, and thought it encouraging that they even trotted out a photo opp while we were there.
This is Jen and Mel. Jen saw the 10-12 week unborn baby replicas we have out and asked if she could keep one. I said yes but asked why she wanted one and she told me she recently had a miscarriage. We both got teary and emotional. She let me hug her. I told her that my wife had a miscarriage many years ago, but then we had a wonderful baby girl and she's 18 years old now. Mel got excited and said, "See Babe? This isn't the end for us. We can try again." They asked why we were out there and we told them we were standing for the unborn outside the abortion clinic. They didn't even know that this "clinic" did abortions and thanked us and agreed that it's awful to murder an unborn baby. They said people will adopt. Our #1 reason to be there is to share Christ, and even though Jen and Mel were Pro-Life, they weren't saved Born Again Christians. Michael and I spoke to them about faith. Mel went so far as to say that he thinks God may be reaching out to him lately. They both took gospel booklets and we encouraged them to attend a great Bible-believing Church up the street. Mel said he had been thinking of going to church. Please pray for this sweet young couple.
This is Kayla. She walked by and was excited to see us standing up for the unborn. She told us she was pressured into an abortion when she was 15 by her guardian, and we could see the pain she's still experiencing from that. Kayla admitted that she knows that being a Christian should lead to a changed life, and she knows she doesn't have that, but she wants it. Kayla and Mal hit it off really well, and get this... They're going to study Gospel of John together! It doesn't get much better than that! Praise God!
Chris here said to me, "The Old Testament can't be talking about Jesus, because I've never met even one Jew who believes in Jesus." I kid you not, that's what he said. "Well," I said to Chris, "today, is your day. Because for 15 minutes you've been talking to a Jew who believes in Jesus. And like you, I was skeptical and thought believers were crazy. But when I studied the Bible, God showed me I was wrong." And he took a copy of my testimony, "A Jew and His God." https://mystory.great-news.org/ But that wasn't the only miracle with Chris! I met Chris outside the abortion clinic. He's very animated and passionate and doesn't like Christianity very much. He came right up to me to discuss Numbers 5 where God allegedly prescribes abortions. Here's what's so cool about this... the night before I found this video in my YouTube feed. https://youtu.be/PPZeW8Iy71w It's about that passage in Numbers 5. So I watched the video and listened. Then the next day Chris at the Abortion center brought up Numbers 5 and BOOM I was ready! I opened the Scriptures with him, we read it together, and I was able to show him why it's not about Abortion. All because a YouTube video showed up in my feed! Woo hoo! God can even use YouTube for His glory. What amazing timing! Praise God! Please pray for Chris. He told me he grew up in a Bible-believing home, but has abandoned his faith. It appears after talking with him that he had a bunch of misunderstandings about the gospel, and how we got our Bible. He needs the Holy Spirit to work in his heart and mind. Your prayers for Chris are much appreciated. Thank you!!!
This is Brian and he IMMEDIATELY got angry with us for being outside the abortion clinic and dropped quite a few "F-Bombs." He got so intense with Mal, and in her face, that I nearly put my body between them because I thought he might physically assault her! (Daddy Protection Mode began to kick in!) But we practiced Proverbs 15:1, "A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." We used only soft, kind, and friendly words and tones with Brian and he calmed right down. Praise God! Brian even shook Ted's hand, as you can see on the right, and get this, he let Ted pray over him, and he took materials!
Why can't this happen more often? This woman began by chewing us out for standing for life in front of the abortion clinic. We answered her kindly and with a calm tone, and asked her a thoughtful question. And get this... She softened. She realized we weren't the horrible nasty exaggerated caricatures the clinic tells people we are. We had a dignified and respectful conversation that ended with her taking a gospel booklet and even laughing at my funny "family photo" I carry. (If you know me well, you know the photo. If not, email me and I'll email you a copy.) It's amazing how much better these conversations go when both sides treat the other with respect, dignity, and work to hear one another. I wish that happened more often.
This is Melissa. She told us she was forced into an abortion in the 90s. She was told her baby was already dead and the pregnancy would kill her. After her abortion Melissa learned that her baby was NOT dead and she was not in danger from her pregnancy. Do abortion clinics lie to vulnerable young women? All the time. Even worse for Melissa, the abortion was botched and made her infertile. She thanked us for what were doing, standing outside the clinic, standing up for life. Most importantly she took a Gospel booklet and we were able to encourage her to follow Jesus and go to a good Church. The Babies aren't the only victims of abortion. I've said it before, abortion should not just be illegal, it sounds be unthinkable.
There's a Transvestite man who walks by us in front of the abortion clinic from time to time. I've seen him before, and even given him gospel tracts, and he's taken them. He's clearly an older man dressed as a woman. Jeanine took the opportunity to learn about him. To talk with him. He knows he's a man. He's not transgendered. But he feels anxious when he's not wearing women's clothing. His Mom used to dress him as a girl when he was a little boy, and to this day it impacts him. He knows it's wrong, but he has such a hard time stopping. How awfully sad! He even said he believes in God and attends the Catholic Church and is against abortion. But being pro-choice doesn't save, and attending a Catholic Church doesn't save. Jesus and His Gospel saves! Jeanine encouraged him in Psalm 139. "Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!" (Psalm 139:23-24). Please pray for him that God would save him and also release him from transvestism. My heart is so heavy and sad for this hurting older man. I intentionally took the photo to hide his face to protect his privacy.
Gill, the Transvestite man we've been praying for, stopped by AGAIN and we had a good long talk about God, the Bible, Jesus, and sexuality. Very encouraging! Patrice, Melissa, and I had a fruitful conversation with him! At one point Gill told me he's bored and watches a lot of DVDs, so I asked him if I could give him one about God and the Bible? He was very appreciative. I gave him an excellent evangelistic DVD and you can see it in his hand. A big part of our Abortion Ministry is reaching the community as they walk by, and Gill is a testament to that. Please pray for this man and the others we met outside the abortion clinic.
This is 4-year-old "G" and she joined us on the Frontline outside the abortion clinic. She smiled and giggled often and brought light to a very dark place. Her Dad, Kyle, explained to the Clinic Escorts that he adopted her from China and that she has a missing/disfigured right hand. He said, "You would be willing to abort a baby for that. Why shouldn't this child be alive?" They looked coldly at him and at "G" and said, "That's the choice of the Mother." Are these the people who should be counseling scared and vulnerable pregnant women? "G" is not a "choice" to be kept or discarded by someone's will. She's a real living human being who deserves life. And she's living proof that adoption works! You know who else deserves life? All the unborn Babies who die at this clinic. Please pray that God changes the hearts of the workers of this place.
Standing outside an Abortion Clinic is not something I wanted to do.
Maybe it’s because I’m Jewish, but I am especially passionate about when a society considers one type of people “less human” than others. The Nazis did this with my people not very long ago, with disastrous consequences. Before that, our own country did that with African-Americans, with disastrous consequences. Today we’re doing that with the unborn.
During Slavery and Jim Crow, we had William Wilberforce and Rosa Parks to stand up and do something.
During the Holocaust, we had Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Corrie ten Boom who did something to fight the injustice.
I’m not suggesting that the Team and I are like these great and faithful people, but we want to do something. I want to be like the man in the photo to the right who wouldn’t salute The Fuhrer. The simple act of standing outside on the sidewalk, offering hope and a choice, is something we can do.
Please pray about joining us! The more people we have, the better it goes. Even if you don’t say anything, but just pray, you’d be a HUGE HELP! Please contact me if you’d like more info.
Our message is simple. The baby is alive. It’s immoral to kill her. We offer hope by helping Moms take care of their baby, or adopt the baby to someone who will.
As troubling as it is to think about, we must consider what happens in an Abortion.
- A Mom’s cervix is forcibly dilated to allow a tube inside. The amniotic fluid is removed.
- The unborn but living Baby is literally torn apart, sometimes by strong suction, and sometimes by a stainless steel instrument. Arms, legs, the spine, the head, are all violently removed.
- It gets worse. The dismembered baby must be carefully put back together like a puzzle to ensure no pieces are left inside the Mom’s uterus (as that will lead to infection.)
- The remains are then discarded as common medical waste.
I understand that was difficult to read. But that is what is happening. Over 1 million times per year in the US alone.
To hear from a Board-Certified Obstetrician-Gynecologist who performed over 1,200 Abortions, please watch this short video:
Abortion shouldn’t just be illegal, it should be unthinkable.
As horrible as abortion is, leaving this world without the forgiveness Jesus offers is so much worse. That’s why we talk about Jesus, and give out Gospel Booklets and DVDs and Gospel of John booklets. The Gospel must always be the heartbeat of our work at the Clinic.
It’s not uncommon for new volunteers who come out to help us to remark over and over that they can’t believe how childishly the Clinic workers act. This is the type of stuff you wouldn’t believe unless you saw it for yourself. So here are a few more eye-opening videos.
The clinic claims to give “unbiased facts.” Unfortunately for them, the camera was running when one of their representatives gave medical information about a 12-week-old unborn baby (and then 38-week-old unborn baby).
Please watch and listen for yourself.
The clinic claims we are harassing and hateful. Please listen to what we say and decide for yourself…
They claim to be pro “choice,” yet physically block us from giving out information about choices other than murder. They also claim that abortion is a solemn, difficult decision. Yet they dance and play music while innocent Babies are literally brought to their violent death.
It’s not healthcare when the aim is to murder a child.
The clinic claims to be a Professional Medical Clinic that takes Reproductive Issues seriously. Please watch and listen for yourself.
Abortion is a controversial topic worthy of dignified reflection and consideration. We might not all agree with one another, but can’t we all approach this as adults?
The Clinic makes use of childish Kazoos, Unicorn Hats, and Star Wars music. And they want to counsel vulnerable and scared young girls?
Not all the videos we’ve captured are sad.
One time a man was literally walking up the stairs to donate money to the Abortion Clinic when our team lovingly challenged him. You’ve just GOT TO SEE what happened!
Abortion is a blight on our society, and it takes The Holy Spirit to change hearts. That’s why Gospel Proclamation is at the heart of what we do.
Since “Roe vs Wade” was decided in 1973, over 60 Million Babies have been slaughtered through surgical abortions, and more than 250 Million Babies through medical abortions.
The Babies murdered surgically alone could fill over 857 NFL Football Stadiums.
Abortion should not just be illegal. It should be unthinkable.
As horrible as Abortion is (and it is horrible), it is EVEN WORSE for souls to go to Eternity without the forgiveness that Jesus offers through the Gospel. Please pray that Jesus will lead and bless our Gospel Outreach outside the clinic.
One last thing, I want to thank my friend, and fellow OAC Missionary, John Risner, for helping me get started in Abortion Ministry. When I had no idea what to do, he encouraged me to just get out there, and gave me some great ideas to start.
We love you and thank Jesus for you!
Thank you so much for your prayers, financial support, and notes of encouragement, without which we would not be able to reach the Lost for Jesus Christ!
Please contact us anytime and let us know how we can pray for you!
And please feel free to forward this to anyone you think would be blessed by it!
For Christ and His gospel,
Mark, Shelby, Vivienne, Juliana, Caleb, and Gabriella
Harassing patients, having the audacity to think there are people in this country who have not considered religion, not respectful of the choice to believe differently, believing men have a legal say in the choices women make, and so on.
No, I do not respect you. And no, you don’t worry me. I’ll always stand stronger.
Hi Nelle,
Thanks for reading my blog. We’ve chatted A LOT on Facebook – like “A lot a lot.”
We’ve reached the point where typing back and forth isn’t getting anywhere.
I’m more than happy to meet with you in person, because these types of things go so much better in person. Typing on Social Media typically doesn’t get anywhere.
So where and when shall we meet? I’ll pay for coffee or snacks or whatever. And we can be 6 feet apart during the Covid crisis.
Meeting in person would be so much more productive. Please let me know where and when is good for you. Thanks so much!