Welcome to ProjectJosiah
Challenging churches to adopt the nearest abortion center in prayer until it closes
Welcome to ProjectJosiah
Challenging churches to adopt the nearest abortion center in prayer until it closes
Our Story
In 2011, several Evangelical Christians participated in the international ministry 40 Days for Life in Fairfax, Virginia. 40 DFL holds prayer vigils in front of abortion centers for 40 days during Lent and again for 40 days in September and October. This bi-annual event has resulted in the closing of over 100 abortion facilities and has saved over 17,000 lives! Repentance and fasting are also essential components of the ministry.
Answers to Prayer (2015)
After praying weekly in front of the largest abortion facility in Virginia, several Evangelicals and Catholics decided to pray weekly for 52 weeks until the abortion center in Fairfax closed. Two years later, the owner of the large building complex took the abortion center to court and shut them down on the grounds that they were a nuisance to the other businesses in the building. This abortion center averaged 300 abortions per month (3600/year) in the years before it closed.
Answers to Prayer (2017)
Several of us joined an ongoing prayer vigil at the abortion center nearby in the city of Manassas and others prayed in nearby Falls Church. Two years later, the abortion center in Manassas, which had been in operation for 25 years, closed its door and that office space was taken over by Catholic Charities! This abortion facility averaged 200 abortions per month or 2400 aboritons per year in the latest years before it closed!
Answers to Prayer (2018)
We joined in year-round prayer with others in Falls Church, during which time two other abortion centers in Falls Church also closed. At that point, we started Project Josiah. Our purpose is to challenge the Evangelical churches throughout Virginia, to adopt an abortion facility in prayer, both publicly and privately until the abortion facility closes.
While we applaud the great success of the 40 Days for Life vigils, we think if the EVANGELICAL Church would join in praying year-round, far more than 100 abortion centers could close in 10 years. We need to make the idea of an abortion center in a neighborhood abhorrent! While 40 Days for Life is open to all Christians, the movement has not influenced the Evangelical churches. It's been almost 50 years since Roe, and well beyond time for the Evangelical Church to step up!
Why the Name Project Josiah?
King Josiah was one of only two kings in the Old Testament who tore down the High Places. These were the altars of Ba'al worship, where the Israelites joined with pagan nations to offer their children in sacrifice.
Jeremiah said of the High Places in his day, "They have filled this place with the blood of the innocents, they have built the high places of Ba'al, which I did not command or speak, nor did it come into my mind." The prophet warned, "I will make this place desolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by will be astonished." (Jeremiah 19:4-8)
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When the leaders lead the people will follow. We are calling pastors to lead their flocks by example in praying at the nearest abortion center. Visit www.americasblackroberegiment.us for information on reasons pastors need to engage personally in ending abortion. Encourage your pastor to promote this endeavor from the pulpit, on social media, and church publicity. If the pastor prays in front of the abortion center, the people of the church members will follow suit.
- One or two individuals can start a prayer vigil.
- Ascertain available parking and the best places to stand at nearest abortion center. Public sidewalks are ideal, but parking lots may be restricted to abortion center or employees/customers of other companies in the building. Inform vigil participants of these regulations.
- Do not block driveways, or entrances.
- Take signs that contain positive messages with helpful alternatives such as the nearest Crisis Pregnancy Center (CPC) and its phone number.
- Never engage in angry altercations with couples or workers entering the building.
- If you obtain literature from a CPC, simply offer it to couples as they enter.
- If a local prolife organization offers training in sidewalk counseling, we recommend those offering the literature to attend the training.
- Be there to love the women or couples who may not know there are other alternatives.
- You can download prayers from this website or pray as God leads you.
Contact us with any questions at projectjosiah@protonmail.com
Prayer Ideas for the Vigil
In your own words pray:
- For the abortion facility to go out of business.
- For the Holy Sprit to move on the women who are in the facility to have the revelation to leave without having the abortion or taking the pill.
- For women who have taken the pill to receive the information from sidewalk counselors about the Reversal Pill. (Please have that info available).
- For women to receive information on post abortion counseling. (Please have that info available). Many CPC's offer post abortion clasees.
- For women driving to the center to turn around and opt to not abort.
- For women going into the center to be turned away by the Holy Spriit, angels, seeing the signs and feeling the prayers.
- For salvation, repentance and reformation for all who work in the center.
- For Christians driving by to be convicted to join you or to pray on their own.
- For local churches to join.
Bible Verses to Inform Your Prayers
There are many scriptures you can pray. These are just a few to get you started.The Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword. (Hebrew 4:12)The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds. (2 Cor.10:4, Isaiah 43:7)
- Isaiah 43:21
- Isaiah 44:2-3; 6
- Isaiah 44:24
- Isaiah 45:12
- Isaiah 49:25
- Psalm 79:10-12
- Psalm 82:3-4
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