Posted on 08/23/2015 8:05:30 PM PDT by VinL
Senator Ted Cruz will hold a nationwide conference call for tens of thousands of pastors this Tuesday August 25th in an attempt to begin the process to defund Planned Parenthood. Working with the American Renewal Project, he’s recorded a video invitation for the event, which was sent out to an influential list of 100,000 evangelical pastors. Watch here. Below is the specific invitation from Cruz:
Dear Pastor,
The recent exposure of Planned Parenthood's barbaric practices of harvesting the body parts of innocent babies and selling them to the highest bidder has brought about a pressing need to end tax payer support of this institution.
As the son of a pastor, I know you bear a high and holy calling on your lives. I am urging you to confront this evil in our nation by praying and preaching with an unbridled passion until funding for Planned Parenthood ends, and this barbaric practice is purged from the land.
Over the next two weeks, with the support of your prayers and the impact of your preaching, I intend to lead an effort to end taxpayer support of Planned Parenthood.
The battle we face is not political. It is spiritual. To enter this arena in a prayerless condition invites failure. May I ask...
1. Join me for a Pastors Conference Call on August 25th to hear how you can be a part of this effort.
2. Preach a message on August 30th calling on your people to enter into this spiritual battle for the soul of their nation.
3. Lead your people in a "Day of Prayer and Fasting" on September 9th as thousands of churches call on God, during their Wednesday night services, to move in the hearts of men and women in government to vote to end the slaughter of the innocents.
These days are challenging. Those who have faced similar challenges did so with the courage of their convictions. When Esther was called to stand on behalf of her people, she was reminded that her life was not her own, and that God had placed her at a critical point in history do be an instrument for the protection of the innocent. May we be found as faithful as she, "For such a time as this."
God bless America and God bless America's pastors as they lead the way to the healing of this nation.
Senator Ted Cruz
Cruz also points pastors toward an outline they can use for specific sermon notes when preaching about this topic. Read here.
Look folks, these undercover Planned Parenthood videos have clearly woken people up to the horrors of the abortion industry. Still, defunding Planned Parenthood is no easy task. Cruz and leaders at the American Renewal Project strongly believe that pastors must take the lead on moral issues like this and many of the other cultural issues of the day. It’s a two-fold process: first, speaking out from the pulpit and second, getting those in the pews motivated enough to pick up the phone and call their local congressman. “We the people” must rise up before politicians will listen closely.
Cruz and ARP hope for a Christian onslaught of activity on this issue led by the pastors. They’ll have some help. That’s because major Christian media outlets will be promoting the message as well. They include the Bott Radio Network, the American Family Radio network and the National Religious Broadcasters.
On separate political note, let me just say that I have observed Cruz up close when he’s speaking to evangelical audiences. He captivates them with his substance and style. He really does have the perfect mix of both. And evangelical voters are telling me that they love his passion and conviction. He’s going to be a serious player in this presidential nominating contest way past Iowa. He has the money, street cred and resume to seriously compete. And you can be sure there will be plenty of pastors lifting him up in prayer.
Loud just like their leader......lol
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