Urgent Care situations require a response from church leaders. This overview outlines major steps you should take when responding to a woman's crisis pregnancy. These steps are explored in greater depth and detail in the remainder of this packet.
Immediate Concerns
The woman who is facing an unwanted pregnancy probably feels alone, scared, and extremely sensitive about her pregnancy. She needs to experience acceptance, love, and stability.
Amy Laura Hall researches and teaches theological ethics, focusing on bioethics and the beginning of life. In this article, originally written for The Christian Vision Project, Dr. Hall was asked, How can followers of Christ be a counterculture for the common good? Her answer challenges our culture's use of shame to stigmatize unwanted pregnancies. As an alternative, she proposes that Christians "be ...
ARTICLE Daddy, I’m Pregnant A pastor recalls the lessons of his daughter’s unplanned pregnancy. Haman Cross
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"I'm pregnant."
After Cori, my 21-year-old, unwed daughter, said those words, I went through all kinds of emotions.
Yes, it would be embarrassing. After all, I wrote the book Sanctified Sex. I had criss-crossed the country telling thousands of young adults like my daughter to "just say no."
Yes, it broke my heart. I stayed awake many nights listening to my wife's muffled sobs. I came home many days to ...
Mary Cunningham Agee began reflecting on the needs of women who have abortions as she was processing the grief of losing her own child in a miscarriage. Her reflections led her to research on the needs of women who have abortions, which in turn led to the founding of the Nurturing Network. In this article, Agee recalls her research—how it enlightened her on the needs of women who undergo crisis ...
We know the phrase "crisis pregnancy" aptly describes the situation of an unmarried woman who discovers she is pregnant. A crisis pregnancy is also any pregnancy that is unplanned or untimely that stimulates a sense of crisis for the birth mother, father, and family members.
One place to start pastoral counseling for this situation is to find out who considers the situation a crisis, explains Kris ...
Fear. Shame. Uncertainty. These are some of the emotions a woman faces during a crisis pregnancy—especially if she was raised in the church. Of course, these feelings vary in degree for each woman. Yet one thing is sure: what God intended as a joyful experience full of wonder and expectancy is tainted with crisis emotions. A crisis pregnancy, however, is not outside of God's reach. Within this ...
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