2022 Church Leaders Conference
Roe is gone, but abortion has not yet been abolished.
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Friday, August 19, 2022
Houston, Texas
ONE-DAY CONFERENCE, 8:00am - 6:30pm
Calling upon pastors and other church leaders to use their God-given gifts of preaching, teaching, and leading with one unified, principled voice to abolish abortion for the glory of God.
Speakers
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Virgil Walker
Executive Director of Operations, G3 Ministries
Virgil also serves as the co-host of the Just Thinking podcast. He is heavily involved in jail ministry, side-walk ministry at abortion clinics, and street evangelism.
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Bill Ascol
Pastor, Bethel Baptist Church of Owasso, Oklahoma
Pastor Ascol has also served as the Chairman of Founders Ministries, and he has been a leader in bringing resolutions before the Southern Baptist Convention to call for equal protection to abolish abortion.
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Jeff Durbin
Pastor/Elder, Apologia Church in Tempe, Arizona
Pastor Durbin also leads Apologia’s ministry, End Abortion Now, whose goal is to criminalize and end abortion through the work of the local church and state legislation.
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Dr. Blake Gideon
Pastor, First Baptist Church of
Edmond, OklahomaPastor Gideon was convicted that abolitionism is biblical and he repented of working against it. He now fights for abolition in Oklahoma.
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Brian Gunter
Pastor, First Baptist Church of
Livingston, LouisianaPastor Gunter is also founder of Cenla Pregnancy Center in Alexandria, LA, and worked in Louisiana to bring HB 813, a bill to abolish abortion, to the House floor for a vote. HB 813 was the first abolition bill to successfully make it through committee in any state.
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Brian Ottinger
Pastor, Convergence Church of Charlotte, North Carolina
Pastor Ottinger also serves as the National Director of Expansion for Love Life ministry. Love Life exists to equip churches to provide a holistic pathway for pastors to activate their churches from apathy to action.
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Bradley Pierce
Constitutional attorney and president of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion and Abolish Abortion Texas
Bradley has also drafted more than a dozen equal protection bills filed to abolish abortion and, on behalf of 21 organizations and 20 state legislators, he filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs.
PANEL SPEAKERS
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Phil George
Pastor, Grace Life Church of
Dallas, Texas
Pastor George has been active in abolition efforts in Texas and a leader in teaching the Church how to address the current genocide. Grace Life Church has organized and hosted the Pro-Life Is Not Enough conference in 2020 and 2021, with another upcoming in 2022. -
Jon Speed
Pastor of Missions and Evangelism,
By the Word Baptist Church of
Azle, Texas
Pastor Speed is co-producer of the films Babies Are Murdered Here and Babies Are Still Murdered Here and has been active in evangelism at abortion mills and abolition efforts in Texas. -
Brett Baggett
Pastor, Ekklesia Muskogee of
Muskogee, OklahomaPastor Baggett founded Rescue Those, a ministry that seeks to engage the Church and answer the question: How can we rescue those being taken away to death? He has been active in the abolition movement in Oklahoma.
Dear Church Leaders,
Roe is gone, but abortion has not yet been abolished.
In spite of what the news claims, the laws of every single state in America still allow for the slaughter of preborn children made in the image of God.
This fight is far from over, and your congregation needs you to lead and equip them for the battles that still lay ahead.
The success of efforts to abolish abortion in states across the country depends heavily on the faithfulness of the Church.
Will the Church of Jesus practice love, mercy, and justice toward our preborn neighbors, or will we cross to the other side of the road and pass them by?
The Church needs godly church leaders, submitted to God’s Word and the Holy Spirit, in this fight right now.
Please join us on Friday, August 19, in Houston, Texas for this unique opportunity to learn from other pastors and leaders and to connect with other church leaders who are active in the fight to abolish abortion.
ADMISSION IS FREE. Please register to attend.
Unique Opportunity
THIS ONE-DAY CONFERENCE WILL:
Inspire and train you how to equip your congregation to do the righteous ministry of standing up and speaking up for our most vulnerable neighbors, loving those mothers in difficult circumstances, and proclaiming the Gospel in word and deed.
Give you the opportunity to connect and fellowship with like-minded pastors and church leaders from around the country.
Schedule
8:00 AM - Doors Open
8:30 AM - J.R. Haas - Worship
8:45 AM - Bradley Pierce - Welcome and Introduction
9:00 AM - Blake Gideon - How American Churches Have Failed on Abortion
9:45 AM - Bill Ascol - How to Preach about Abortion
10:30 AM - Break
11:00 AM - Virgil Walker - Pro-Life & the Black Church
NOON - Lunch Break: boxed lunch provided by Grace Life Church of Dallas to everyone who RSVPs
1:00 PM - Brian Ottinger - Organized Unity
1:30 PM - Phil George, Jon Speed, Brett Baggett, Brian Ottinger - Pastoral Wisdom from the Front Lines
2:15 PM - Break
2:30 PM - Brian Gunter - Why We Must Insist on Abolition
3:15 PM - Jeff Durbin - End Abortion Now
4:00 PM - Break
4:30 PM - Bradley Pierce - Overcoming Evil with Good
5:30 PM - Speaker Panel - Q&A
6:30 PM - Conference Ends
Abortion is not yet abolished.
The Church must lead in a post-Roe America.
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Why is this important?
GET TRAINING
You will learn why abolition is the biblical response to abortion; how to preach about abortion; what the failures of the church have been over the last 49 years and how we must respond; how to take your church to the front lines; how to engage civil leaders; how the church can create a culture that abolishes abortion; and much more.
GET ENCOURAGEMENT
The FAA Church Leaders Conference will not only provide teaching from pastors and other biblically faithful leaders who are engaged in the fight to abolish abortion, it will also be a unique time to connect with other pastors and church leaders who are involved in the work to abolish abortion.
RSVP to Attend
The conference is free but we ask you to RSVP at the button below to register. You will receive additional details after you register. We hope you will join us as we seek to help equip the Church to abolish abortion for the glory of God.
Sponsors
Parking
The venue is located at:
First Lutheran Houston
1311 Holman St Unit
Houston, TX 77004
There are two parking lots on the First Lutheran property which can be used.
Once those are full please park in the two lots on Francis St. directly across from the church.
If all of those spaces are unavailable we can park in the Houston Community College lot one block away at the corner of La Branch St. and Holman St.
Metered street parking may also be available. For that please download the ParkHouston app for Apple & Android.
FAQs
Foundation to Abolish Abortion Church Leaders Conference
Friday, August 19, 2022
See additional information on speakers and location above.
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Registration is FREE. Attendees are responsible for their own travel and accommodations.
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No. Although those who hold office in the church carry special responsibilities, you do not need to be ordained or hold a title in your church to attend this conference. Committed and knowledgeable lay leaders are also an important part of the work to abolish abortion.
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Yes. You are welcome to bring anyone who you believe would be blessed by attending along with you. Please make sure you include them when you RSVP.
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Yes. A boxed lunch will be provided at the conference venue for those who RSVP. This will be a good opportunity for fellowship with other attendees. If you want to help contribute, please feel free to donate.
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No. But if you know someone who you think needs to be there, we encourage you to sponsor their travel expenses if you are able.
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Because the fight to abolish abortion must be led by the Church. Jesus rebuked the religious leaders of His day for tithing on their mint and cumin while simultaneously neglecting the “weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness.” Church leaders of our day should take this warning seriously and work to faithfully exhort and instruct their congregations in what it means to practice “justice and mercy” toward helpless preborn children in our day. The FAA Church Leaders Conference will help equip you to do this and allow you to fellowship in-person with other church leaders who are engaged in the effort to abolish abortion.
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Because Jesus commanded us to live by the Golden Rule. Roe was overturned, but abortion has not yet been abolished in any of the 50 states. Equal protection of the laws must be extended to preborn children before they will truly be protected by the same laws that protect born people like us. To fulfill the Second Greatest commandment and the Golden Rule, we must do for innocent preborn babies as we would want done for us.
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The word politics refers to the act of getting someone elected. But it can also be used in reference to policy. This is not a conference about running political election campaigns from the pulpit of your church.
This conference will help pastors and church leaders understand how they can operate within their calling as pastors and leaders to teach and train their congregations in what it means to, “cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless…” (Is. 1:16-17).
The Bible says, “Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.” (Prov. 28:5). This is why the Church must exercise her prophetic voice and speak from God’s Word on issues of policy like abortion. The flock of Christ should not be going to worldly-wise instructors for their understanding of justice for their preborn neighbors.
The Church needs godly church leaders, submitted to God’s Word and the Holy Spirit, in this fight right now. -
Yes. While a church's federal tax status could arguably be threatened if it as an organization explicitly supported or opposed a political candidate for office, nothing restricts pastors and other church leaders from speaking about current events, law, policy, justice, ethics, morality, and a thousand other things related to loving our neighbors as ourselves and seeking justice for the fatherless. Church leaders must be speaking about these things so Christians can understand how to think and act biblically about them.
RSVP to Attend
The conference is free but we ask you to RSVP at the button below to register.