Sanctity of Life Sunday 29 January 2023

Sanctity of Life Sunday 29 January 2023

Wednesday 1st of February 2023 will mark the 26^th anniversary of the legalisation of abortion on demand in South Africa. Legalised abortion is a national disgrace. For this reason, many Christians who respect the Sanctity of Life will be observing Sunday, 29 January as a day of Prayer and Repentance for the national sin of abortion. Pastors throughout the country will be preaching on the Sanctity of Life and congregations in every province will join in prayers of repentance for the national sin of abortion. "If My people who are called by My Name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14

Rescue the Perishing
For over thirty years Africa Christian Action has been standing for Faith and freedom, campaigning for Life and Liberty throughout South Africa. “If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. Deliver those who are drawn toward death and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, ‘Surely we did not know this,’ does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?” Proverbs 24:10-12

March for Life 2023
Every year, on the anniversary of this disastrous legislation, Africa Christian Action has organised the March for Life to parliament, followed with a Prayer vigil and Repentance service outside the gates of parliament. Our March for Life this year, will be on Wednesday, 1 February. The March for Life is in the form of a Funeral Procession, in which we take a walk through the centre of town to Parliament. The procession will gather at the Hanover St. (old Keizergracht St.) parking lot below Cape Peninsula University of Technology (near the wall painting of an African woman) and march down Darling Street, past the Castle and City Hall, left into Adderley Street, left into Spin Street, then right into Plein Street to assemble outside the gates of Parliament. The march will start at 12:30 pm. Please dress in black for a greater impact to accentuate the need for national repentance and bring your own water. We will provide placards and crosses for you to carry. “Wisdom calls aloud outside; she raises her voice in the open squares. She cries out in the chief concourses, at the openings of the gates in the city she speaks her words…” Proverbs 1:20-22

Prayer and Action
Once at the main gates of Parliament (at the corner of Roeland and Plein Streets), Africa Christian Action will lead a Prayer Vigil from 1 PM. You are welcome to slot in with that if you are unable to make the Funeral Procession/ March for Life. A Memorial Service prayer vigil and wreath-laying ceremony will be held in memory of the babies killed by abortion in South Africa since 1997. "They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters . . . the land was desecrated by their blood." Psalm 106:37-38

Save Lives – Stop Abortions
In order to alert Capetonians to the reality of the abortion holocaust taking place in our land, Africa Christian Action aims at dramatizing the event, by hiring a hearse to lead our procession. Participants/mourners will also carry coffins, crosses and flowers in memory of the victims of abortion. Special obituary notices will also be posted on social media. Alternatively, you can organise your own Pro-life Prayer Vigil, or demonstration outside an abortion clinic/hospital in your own city. "Could you men not keep watch with Me for one hour?" Matthew 26:14

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Resources for Life
Contact us if you would like to screen a pro-life film (such as LIFEMARK https://lifemarkmovie.com/ , Unplanned, Gosnell, Babies are Murdered Here, The Abortion Matrix, The Silent Scream, or The Hard Truth) at your church or youth group (or obtain these from Christian Liberty Books). “Who will stand up for Me against the workers of iniquity? Who will rise up for Me against the evil doers?” Psalm 94:16

Resources to Empower You
To assist pastors in informing and inspiring their congregations to prayer and action, Africa Christian Action can provide a Pro-life Pack: This includes pro-life sermons, prayers of repentance, the Bible Study: Scripture and the Sanctity of Life and audio sermons: Abortion is Murder, or, Do Christians Care? Sanctity Life Sunday Service and Sermons. Christian Action also has pro-life books, especially Make a Difference: A Christian Action Handbook for Southern Africa, DVDs, bumper stickers, T-shirts and Precious Feet lapel pins available. "In everything, do to others what you would have them do to you . . ." Matthew 7:12

Pro-life sermons, prayers, Powerpoints, articles, books, DVDs and leaflets are available to help you mobilise your congregation in the Fight for Life.

View the March For Life video.

To view the Stand for Life video, click here

See the special photographic celebration of Christian Action magazine online: Celebrating 30 Years of Africa Christian Action

"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves." Proverbs 31:8

Yours for Reformation and Revival

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