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An organization called The Missionaries To The
Preborn yesterday sent me the pamphlet that follows; they also enclosed a
financial contribution to me. That event created a delayed reaction in
me. I woke up this morning and
realized I had learned something about myself while I was asleep: the
Missionaries To The Preborn sent me a contribution because I’m a missionary
too! I had never
really thought of myself as a missionary before. When you read the pamphlet, you'll see that most Christians in
this generation were like me in not recognizing that the ministry to the
Preborn is in fact a missions field of truly historic proportions. This is one time when my denseness did not get me in
trouble. In spite of the fact that I
didn't know I was a missionary, I’ve been responding to a missionary call on
my life from the Lord Jesus Christ for about 17 years now. That’s how long ago the Lord Jesus Christ
first forced me to understand what was happening to His preborn babies in the
Now my financial uncertainty has caused me to see
things that were once invisible. It’s amazing
how something can be right before your eyes--even a part of nearly every
action you take in life--and yet still remain invisible until some event
causes you to look at things in a certain way and then, bam!, there it is,
clear as day and as close and plain as the nose on your face. Read the pamphlet
that follows and see if it doesn't illuminate some things that have been
hidden from most Christians in this generation.
ARE
PREBORN BABIES A PEOPLE GROUP WORTHY OF OUR MINISTRY? (An
Apologetic Presented by Missionaries to the Preborn) Preborn children are
the most oppressed people group in the
world today. In All across the world
there has been a campaign to strip
preborn children of their humanity.
They have been called "blobs of tissue,"
"products of conception," and "fetuses."
All these terms are meant to dehumanize
the preborn, in order to make killing
them seem acceptable. As Christians, we
know that this is nothing new. Down
through the years, man, in all his
wickedness, has labeled people groups which
he wants to oppress in terms which dehumanize
his victims. In Just because people
say that another people group is
"less than human" doesn't mean that
they are. In fact, as Christians, we know
that they are made in God's image, that
Jesus Christ died for them, and therefore,
they are worthy of our love and ministry. This is why Christians ministered to Jewish people in The
question we pose is: "Shouldn't
we, as Christians,
minister to preborn people today?"
A while back, one of
our missionaries was told by a pastor
that she was not a missionary and that
Missionaries to the Preborn was not a legitimate
mission. We submit that
Missionaries to the Preborn is
legitimate. Earl Parvin, in his book, Missions USA, rightly declared what
legitimizes a mission when he said,
"The crucial factor that determines
whether or not a particular group is a
mission field signaling the need for parachurch
assistance is a decision by the church
that she cannot effectively evangelize that
group by any other means." The preborn meet the
criteria of the "crucial factor."
The Church in its regular functions has
failed to properly minister to them. Their unjust slaughter has gone on for 24 [28 and counting, editor] years
now! Missionaries to the Preborn was
established because there was clearly a
need to have people set aside all in
their lives and minister to the preborn
on a full-time basis. One pastor from “Our experience, and that of others across the country, has shown that pro-life missionaries are essential. Of course, they are not any more important than you or me, but having their full-time effort is critical if we are serious about winning the war.
"You see, I'm a
pastor by calling, not a missionary. I
have a role in this battle, but I can't
devote myself to it full-time. I can
provide leadership within the realm of my
calling, hut I cannot do all of me 101 things
that must be done to fight the battle. "Likewise, you
also have responsibilities that prevent
you from devoting yourself to full-time pro-life
missions. It's not that you don't care, or
that I don't care, we simply have different callings and time limitations. That's why we need full-time missionaries. "They can be
there when we can't. They can do me
things that we don't have time to do. They stand in our place and represent
us just like foreign missionaries do."
This is truly a
cross-cultural ministry. The babies are
preborn and we are postborn. The parents
who come to the abortion centers are from
every race and nationality imaginable. How did the Good Samaritan
bring the gospel in his cross-cultural
ministry to the guy left for dead in me
ditch? He ministered to his most immediate need. The preborn are in need. They
are about to be murdered! Just because they
can't pray the sinners prayer or give money
in the offering plate doesn't mean they are
not worthy of our love and ministry. Amy
Carmichael was often criticized by fellow missionaries
for starting an orphanage for the little
girls who were oppressed by the practice of
temple prostitution. They said, "What you are doing is not spiritual." Amy's response was, "souls are more or less attached to
bodies." Missiologist J.
Herbert Kane, in his book, Understanding Missions, talks about the love missionaries have for people, especially the people group to which God has called them. He states, "Nor was this love confined to a
passion for souls. With the love of God poured
into their hearts by the Holy Spirit ( "The
missionaries went where others would not
go, and remained with the people they loved through
famine, flood, plague, pestilence,
and war. Often they endangered their
own lives to save the lives of others. They
may not have raised the dead; but they healed
the sick, fed the poor, and clothed the naked.
They cared for widows and orphans. They
took in abandoned baby girls, fed, clothed,
and educated them..." As Christians, we
are to care for people and minister to
their needs. This is the command of
Christ. By doing so, we are obeying God and
are afforded the opportunity to share God's
way of salvation with many. Missionaries
to the Preborn exists to do exactly that!
Since
Christianity affirms the
humanity of preborn children,
and affirms that abortion
is the murder of preborn
children, don't you think
there should be a Christian
mission devoted to their
love and ministry? Before
the year 1990 however,
there was not a single
Christian mission in existence
in Missionaries To The Preborn
One of these days, if the Lord tarries, a different
kind of awakening is going to happen to millions of Christians in this
nation. All the Christians in this
nation who have ignored their personal collaboration with the people making a
living butchering God’s children are going to wake up and they're going to
see something they managed to ignore way too long. They’re going to be confronted with the most horrible fact
they’ve ever seen in their lives--the knowledge of their personal, mortal
bloodguilt in allowing this holocaust against God’s preborn children to
continue in this nation for nearly three decades. I hope I am there that day to tell them that the grace of God
in Christ Jesus is sufficient even for these things. But even if I’m not, the Holy Spirit will
be there to minister to those who are in Christ Jesus in more than name only. “If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 I am now a
missionary who must depend on the support of God's people to provide for my
family and provide me with the means of carrying out my missionary work. Please consider approaching your Church
about supporting me as a missionary. I would love to have a chance to come
and talk to your congregation about the things the Lord Jesus Christ is
moving me to share with His people about the many needs we have on this
mission field. Neal Horsley,
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