When I speak, I often say that pro-life is so much more than just anti-abortion.  I believe that being pro-life is not a political stance or even just a stance against the procedure of abortion.  I believe that being pro-life is a personhood issue and even more a gospel issue. I believe that God is the creator of every single human person and has given every human person a soul, and that is why I am pro-life.

My pro-life stance does not stop when that child is born, that is merely the beginning.  My pro-life stand does not stop at their physical life, but also includes their soul.  Being pro-life to me means loving more than just the baby, but also loving the woman, the abortion doctor, the nurses, and the clinic escorts.  It means loving my neighbor as my self, and that means loving my fellow human person. 

We at Stand True believe that doing pro-life work does not end at stopping abortion, but really begins there.  We don't just want to see women change their minds about abortion, we want to see their hearts changed and see them come to Christ.  We don't want to just see the doctors stop killing babies, we want to see them come Christ and seek His forgiveness. 

We look around and see so many things that we can do that are pro-life.  Recently we were talking to a clinic escort in Richmond, VA and sharing with her about life and Christ.  She talked about how there is a large group of homeless people that gather in a local park to be fed by a group on Sunday nights.  We talked about this and believed that this would be a great pro-life thing to do and made plans to go and help the following week.

That next Sunday night we got in our van with a bunch of fruit we had bought and headed to Richmond to help out.  From the moment we got there I could tell that the people there were uneasy about our presence.  Many of them were also people that worked as escorts at the local abortion mill.  We told them we wanted to make a donation every month to help them feed people and would come down twice a month to help serve. 

A few days later I received a phone call from one of the group and was told that we were not welcome to help anymore.  I tried to talk to her, but it was useless, and we were unwelcome.  Unfortunately this group decided that because we were pro-life we were not welcome to feed the homeless with them ( I wonder how the homeless would feel about this).  I can't tell you how many times I have been asked by pro-abortion activists if I ever do anything for people who are already born.  Then I show up to help and I am told I am not welcome. It just seems kind of ridiculous. 

We may not be welcome at that park in Richmond, but that shouldn't and won't stop us from doing what we feel is important.  We looked around and found a place in Fredericksburg that feeds the homeless, and we will be volunteering there on Sunday nights.

I get so many people asking me what they can do to be pro-life,  how they can get involved.  While the first thing we may think of is standing up for the pre-born, and that is so important, there are also many other things we can do.  Look around at school, work, or where ever you spend a lot of time and ask yourself what you can do to love your neighbor.  Is there an abortion mill in your town that you can pray at?  Are there homeless shelters near you that you can volunteer at?  Where ever you live there are people that need to be loved, there are people who need Christ, and there are people that may just need a friend. 

Can you be more pro-life in your everyday life?

For Christ I stand,

Bryan Kemper