August 15, 2007

Dear Pastor Mark,

I am praying for you and so are all our folks around the country as you prepare for your press conference tomorrow outside of Mr. Tiller’s abortion mill.  God has given you a platform.  Now use it, and use it boldly in Jesus’ Name.  Do not worry about what you are to say, the Holy Spirit will guide you.  This does not mean you are not to have a plan – that would be presumption.  It does mean that you will plan your way and the Lord will direct your steps.

Here are some points of remembrance for you:

1. I have chosen this venue (George Tiller’s abortion mill) because thousands of little baby boys and girls have been slaughtered, baptized, and burned to ashes here.
2. I have been called to this specific manifestation of the “gates of hell,” and for the past 16 years it has been a large part of our ministry to the city of Wichita.
3. I have been arrested here, for laying my life down that children might live.
4. I have been assaulted here, for speaking for those who have no voice.
5. I have been enjoined for the past year from coming within 1,000 feet of these premises.
6. I have prayed here, that one day this abortion mill would be closed forever – it has been closed for the past two and a half weeks. Thank God!
7. I have prayed in utter desperation that George Tiller would repent of his murderous ways and give his heart to Christ.
8. I have been privileged to lead mothers in crisis situations to Christ here.
9. I have witnessed hundreds of babies lives saved here through the powerful witness of faithful sidewalk counselors.
10. I have wept here!

Today my Church is being hunted by a governmental agency that I would not wish upon my worst enemy – the Internal Revenue Service.

It is not just my church the IRS is after.  It is sending a message to any pastor that would dare to stand boldly in Jesus’ Name at the gates of hell (local abortion mills) in any city that, “If you continue to do this (speak the truth about the sanctity of life in the public fora) you too could forfeit your 501 © 3 tax exempt status.”

I won’t give up, shut up, or let up; until I have stayed up, prayed up, paid up, and preached up; all for the cause of Christ! 

I am a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  I must go til He comes, give til I drop, preach til all know, and work til He stops me. 

And when He comes for His own ---- He will recognize me.  My banner will be clear! 

Give ‘em heaven Pastor Mark.

In Christian love,

Flip