Quebec Life Coalition

You probably already know that Montreal will be hosting its next 40 Days for Life, 40-day, 12-hour-a-day prayer and fasting vigil in front of an abortion clinic this September 23 to November 1, 2009. What you might not know is that the founders of the 40 Days for Life have decided to take the whole venture to “The Next Level”.

The latter phrase is the title of their new project, which includes two very exciting elements. The first is that the next 40 Days (this fall) will “piggy back” onto other, existing pro-life organizations, making it possible for the 40 Days to take place in many, many more venues than it had taken place in a given season so far. So if last fall the 40 Days was held in 179 cities, we could be witnessing this fall a staggering 500 cities participating simultaneously in this prayerful show of solidarity with the unborn and their families.

The second element is part of what David Bereit, co-founder of the 40 Days, called the “Ending Abortion Initiative” or EAI. As part of this initiative, the 40 Days headquarters will be providing, free of charge, an extremely powerful online tool which will help local pro-life efforts (such QLC) set up their own strong, grassroots pro-life ministries. In a way, one can see this new system as a type of franchise model for pro-life ministries: the successes and lessons learned from the 40 Days founders and their group (called Coalition for Life) in College Station, Texas, will be documented and put into modular lesson format for internet users to securely access and implement in their own cities. This system, which will cost upwards of $30,000 US to set up, and is similar to the online training programs used by multi-national corporations, will be implemented this summer.

Rest assured, QLC will be making the most out of this new technology and much of the projects outlined in the Operation Mustard Seed flyer will be accomplished using this wonderful service. We’re talking: Sidewalk counseling ministries Pregnancy centre partnerships Post-abortion healing ministries, and more. Please note: neither sidewalk counseling nor post-abortion healing ministries are very well known in Quebec. Bust soon, with your help, they will be! What’s more, by January of 2010 the next phase of the EAI will include personal one-on-one coaching for local pro-lifers on how to better set up pro-life ministries in their own towns. “The Next Level” and the EAI: More fruits of these amazing 40 Days for Life!