THE QUEST TOWARD PRO-LIFE PARTNERSHIP

by Rev. John Hopkins, PPL Board Member

 

Picture with me an acre of wheat. From that parcel of land, the usual harvest provides a grocery store with 2450 loaves of bread. Suppose a creative person decides that he could generate simpler productivity by turning grain into crumbs instead of loaves. What foolishness! How pathetic and tragic it is when churches serve crumbs instead of the Bread of God. Literal distribution aside, does the average American citizen describe the Church’s witness as crumby or unified?

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God has called us to holiness (Leviticus 20:7-8, 1 Peter 1:16). However, before we can be holy, we must first become children of God. This is done by receiving Jesus as the Bread of Life and the perfect sacrifice for sin. Every believer must feed on Jesus as the Bread of Life and obey His commands as recorded in Holy Scripture. Too many Christians concentrate on their own personal path of applying the Gospel. We remain crumbs! Too many churches focus on their turf as if that “sacred” property were the sole purpose of God’s eternal Kingdom. Can anything more than crumbs result when churches are divided?

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The unity of churches stems from adopting a perspective based upon the authority of the Bible. The Church family of Christ has far more in common in the essentials of faith than the non-essentials that segregate it. Consider this: When a person’s body is laid to rest after death, denominational labels cease to matter. What are some critical defects caused by the divided testimonies from our churches? The American Family Association publication, The Stand, states in their August 2025 issue: “Planned Parenthood received $792.2 million in taxpayer dollars and performed 402,230 abortions in 2024” (p. 10, “Guess who’s paying for all those abortions”). These statistics reveal a pervasive passivity and lethargy among the sleeping congregations in the United States.

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But we can be assured God is not ignoring the sin of abortion while we snooze! When bonded together in obedient service, corporate alliances and Christian actions emerge! Jesus said, “For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world” (John 6:33 NIV). Children in the womb and the vulnerable among us need to know that gift of life, too! PRAY that the sovereign Lord will shape churches of the United States into unified communities that exhibit the pro-life standards of the Bible. Anything less is crumby and crummy! How can our nation ever be remorseful about killing babies and medically assisting in death of the vulnerable, if our churches fail to lead the way of Christ?

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"Doctrine divides, but doctrine also unites.

It binds together the hearts of God’s people who celebrate the truth of God.” —R.C. Sproul
 

 

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