{"id":160835,"date":"2017-01-29T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=160835"},"modified":"2017-01-28T09:43:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T14:43:02","slug":"new-way-churches-helping-save-babies-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/new-way-churches-helping-save-babies-moms\/","title":{"rendered":"The new way churches are helping moms and babies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"In early 2016, Embrace Grace<\/a>, a pro-life group that works to\u00a0empower churches across the nation to be a safe and non-judging place for girls experiencing unplanned pregnancies, reported that they launched a pro-love tester called\u00a0<\/span>Love in a Box. They gave out almost 500 gift boxes to pregnancy centers around the nation that included a baby onesie, <\/span>A Bump in Life<\/span><\/i> book, an encouraging letter, journal, and more. Pregnancy Centers that received the boxes then gave them to any young, single women with a positive pregnancy test as an invitation to a local church for support and love. <\/span><\/p>\n

Embrace Grace is a 501c3 organization that has\u00a0over 300 groups around the nation in 43 states, and in five countries. They want churches to be safe places\u00a0for young girls with unplanned pregnancies to run to instead of away from because of shame and guilt. <\/span><\/p>\n

The initial results show that out of about 480 boxes that were distributed, <\/span>130 brave moms reached out to Embrace Grace to to receive a free gift and to find out more information on how they can get plugged into a church group in their local area. \u00a0All of the young women who\u00a0received the gift were inspired and filled with hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

Embrace Grace is seeing less and less churches that are turning girls away<\/span>
\nin this situation and\u00a0instead are seeing churches with their doors open and the body of Christ with their arms wide open to walk alongside brave single young moms.\u00a0When churches reach out to expectant mothers in crisis, babies lives can and will be saved.<\/p>\n

One young mother, Madeline M., told Embrace Grace, \u201cThe Love Box saved my baby. Embrace Grace saved me.\u201d<\/p>\n

This month Embrace Grace is launching\u00a0the new and improved <\/span>Love in a Box with even more items to inspire a young mom to choose life. Each box includes: <\/span><\/p>\n