I believe abortion is genocide, a modern-day holocaust of Biblical proportions. Slowly but surely, people are coming around to recognize the obvious truth. However, what many people have not recognized is that more than one person is hurt by abortion. It is true that an innocent life is killed before it has a chance to truly live. But what about the woman who commits the act? What about the husband who either encourages or stands by helplessly? What about the grandparents and siblings of the baby?
The fact is that abortion hurts many people, not just the baby.
For too many years, the loudest voices in the pro-life movement have been the most obnoxious. And for too many years, the Christian Church has missed out on numerous opportunities to reach out to those hurt by abortion. Instead, there has been little more than condemnation for the post-abortive woman.
That\’s why I am so glad to see InOurMidst.com, a new site created to help awaken the Christian Church to the fact that there are thousands upon thousands of hurting and wounded people sitting in our pews every Sunday. They sit in silence, ashamed to share the pain that cripples them emotionally. And in many churches, it is probably a good thing that they have remained silent. Too many so-called churches do little more than shun and condemn the post-abortive women.
In Our Midst awakens the Church and challenges them to treat those who have sinned the way that Jesus would! Using the example of the woman at the well, the site encourages the church to love those who have committed sin and seek to restore them to wholeness by the power of God.
It\’s about time!
Randall Terry and Operation Rescue have meant well in their attempts to save babies, but it is through the hearts of women who have walked through healing from abortion that the truth about this horrendous practice will come forward and finally brought to an end!
Post-Abortion Syndrome is a very real disorder that affects many post-abortive women (and men).
Sites like SafeHaven Ministries do a fine job of ministering to the needs of the post-abortive. But InOurMidst.com provides post-abortion training and materials for a Church much in need of learning compassion for those who have been hurt. For more information about reaching the post abortive, visit In Our Midst.