Now here’s a refreshing religious story for a change.
The Rev. James Snyder, pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, has a common-sense approach to combating abortion. Instead of using scare tactics and condemnation, Rev Snyder has resorted to using his mind and his heart. Yea I just saw that pig fly by too!
Pastor Snyder has decided to embrace pregnant teens and provide them with an alternative to abortion. The Family of God Fellowship purchased 13 acres in a Florida residential neighborhood. Here they plan to build five 5,500-square-foot homes and a 10,000-square-foot recreational and educational facility. This will provide sanctuary for up to 48 pregnant and at-risk teenage girls.
Over the course of their stay, these women will receive an education, job training, and of course a good healthy dose of spiritual development (there’s always a catch). In addition, each house will be run by housemothers and a young married couple, to provide a solid family-like structure.
And the best part of this entire project is how it’s being paid for. They are solely funded by private donations and will not be supported by any government funds. Amen to that ;)
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March 3rd, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Well, something good out of religion being reported for a change.
It is a good idea, nice to see christian funds being put back into society instead of into bigger churches.
wooo, a preview button. thanks gasmonso
March 3rd, 2007 at 2:23 pm
LOL QUICKLY TO THE KOOL AID!
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Best of all the church gets to own 15 more acres of tax free land.
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Yea I hate that whole tax free thing. But several houses helping teen mothers is much more useful than a church holding prayer services.
To be honest, after attending services for eight years as a kid, I never really understood the point of it. I’ve always felt that a relationship with God is a very personal matter.
Sometimes when I hear people at work talk about going to church, it seems like they do it for the bragging rights.
gasmonso
March 3rd, 2007 at 4:05 pm
I wonder how easy it will be for the girls to leave if they change their minds.
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:27 pm
I honestly have to say, I’m impressed. Too often do I see Christian Society (As a whole, not in an individual sense) try to do good but mess it up one way or another. The impression that I get from the article is actually rather heartening. More so I’m impressed to see that they’re only going from private funding and not taking any government funding. I rarely support Christians in a great many things, but this is indeed something that they have me cheering whole heartedly for.
March 4th, 2007 at 2:39 am
Give it time, the catch here is going to end up being bigger than we all realize.
MMmmm camp for pregnant teens….
March 4th, 2007 at 7:33 am
Obviously. “Give me the child till he is seven, and I will show you the man”. Deeply alarming. AND a reason for government funding to help to be cut. Well, the nice jesus-freaks are already there, are they not?
March 4th, 2007 at 11:24 am
I don’t see that, Gilbert. I do see people who are saying “Abortions are murder, and that’s bad. How can we stop this without taking freedom of choice from people?”
They’re not telling you that you cannot abort. They’re telling you there’s another alternative, even if you wouldn’t normally have it.
Seems pretty bloody reasonable to me. They’re playing by your rules, but you don’t trust them… But as long as they play it straight, they’re doing a great service, whateer their motivations.
March 4th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
This is an interesting solution, for it allows teenage-mothers-to-be to respect their religion. The downside is that children grown there will be more easily “forced” into religion, for they won’t have friends with different backgrounds.
March 4th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
See, that’s not the thing at all, as this isn’t a prenatal orphanage, but a prenatal adoption service/postnatal care center.
It’s not about holding on to the kids, but getting them out of their mothers alive. Whomever adopts these kids will be able to choose the life they want to lead with their kids; it’s no different than having kids yourself, except you don’t have to get pregnant (which is something of a bonus for those that can’t).
March 5th, 2007 at 3:12 am
Outsider is right on this i think. Sometimes a nice gestures is indeed a nice nice gesture.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Didn’t Hitler do something like that in the 30’s and 40’s but under a similar pretense?
This seems more like breeding grounds for Jesus.
March 5th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Hitler did a lot of things. Just because someone evil does something does not make it evil. Hitler had dinner every day at supper time. Should we all avoid dinner now?
What they are doing is a good thing. Watch them, sure, to make sure they’re not putting the babies in gas chambers or inculcating them with blind obediance… but if they play by the rules, they’re doing a good thing.
And just because they’re religious people doesn’t automatically mean they will do something underhanded. They’re human, so it’s a possiblity… But not guaranteed, not any more than a non-religious organization doing the same thing.
March 6th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
I think outsider hit this one right on, this is generally a good thing. Instead of just taking sides and creating a pro-life vs pro-choice all out war like we’re used to, these people have reached a compromise and are trying to ACTUALLY HELP the mothers. Some “by accident” mothers dont feel right getting an abortion, so this is a viable(albeit religiously indoctrinated) way out for them. More centres like this need to be created, not only by christians. If people want to be truly christian they need to love thy neighbor, help the sick and poor, and all that good stuff.
August 3rd, 2007 at 11:22 am
This is a very good story.It shows what christians should do. Stand by our beliefs without throwing stones. Somtimes Christians with the best of intentions get into mudslinging instead of loving. We need to speak the truth but we must do everything possible to give someone a chance to do the right thing. Jesus was severly beaten and nailed to a cross to give us a chance.