40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life campaign with a vision to access God’s power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil to end abortion in America.

MISSION

The mission of the campaign is to bring together the body of Christ in a spirit of unity during a focused 40 day campaign of prayer, fasting, and peaceful activism, with the purpose of repentance, to seek God’s favor to turn hearts and minds from a culture of death to a culture of life, thus bringing an end to abortion in America.   

One of the strengths of 40 Days for Life is its simplicity. The campaign is made up of three key components:

All of these results have actually been realized in other communities, and – with God’s help – could happen here in our town as well.

God has used the period of 40 days throughout history to bring about major transformation…

• Noah experienced transformation during 40 days of rain
• Moses was transformed by 40 days on Mount Sinai
• David was transformed by Goliath’s 40 day challenge 
• Elijah was transformed when God gave him 40 days of strength from one meal 
• Nineveh was transformed when God gave the city 40 days to remain faithful 
• Jesus transformed the world following His 40 days in the desert 
• The disciples were transformed after spending 40 days with Jesus following His resurrection 
  
  From the last Ottawa Fall 2008 Campaign:  "Over the last 40 days, some 750 vigilers braved the rain, wind, cold, snow, and sleepless nights to witness to the Dignity of the unborn. Some of us were violently assaulted; and many of us were verbally abused. But we did not return the insult and we didn't raise our hand. We remained in solidarity with the unborn in their silent holocaust, and, as a result, the sacred cows of the pro-abortion propaganda were exposed. Many people were touched and a few were converted. The reverberations of this campaign are hard to assess. Certainly, the stats were very impressive indeed:
  
  Number of Participants: 750
  Blogged Stories: 70
  Consecutive Hours: 960
  Babies Saved: 3 (minimum)
  Volunteers: 60
  Volunteer Hours: 2000
  Abortion Mill Disruption: Very High
  

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  Between 2004 and 2008, more than 180 communities have conducted the 40 Days for Life campaign creating measurable, lifesaving results:
  
  

  • College Station, Texas rallied 700 people -- only two percent of whom had ever been active in pro-life efforts before -- and saved two babies from abortion during the first hour of their campaign
  • Green Bay, Wisconsin spared 17 children from death by abortion, united 89 churches, and mobilized over 1,000 people
  • Dallas, Texas organized 150 people and sparked a flurry of news stories and letters to the editor of the local paper. During the campaign, and perhaps because of it, the local Planned Parenthood facility abruptly cut back its hours and closed two full business days a week
  • Kitsap County, Washington gained news coverage in the Houston Chronicle (a paper that actually funds Planned Parenthood), directed 120 pregnant women away from an abortion facility to nearby pregnancy care centers, and saw another local abortion operation go out of business
  • Houston, Texas brought together many different Christian churches in a rare display of unity and experienced a harvest of women -- and men -- finding healing through post-abortion counseling programs
  • Charlotte, North Carolina united Catholics and Protestants from across the region and reported hearing from a source inside the local Planned Parenthood abortion facility that the clinic experienced the most turnarounds in its history
  • Madison, Wisconsin conducted a 40 Days for Life campaign that was put together in eight days and mobilized hundreds of people and generated dozens of media stories in an attempt to prevent a new 22,000 square foot Planned Parenthood abortion facility from opening.
  • Aurora, Illinois
  • Indianapolis, Indiana: Our local state-of-the-art Planned Parenthood abortion facility closed on at least two of their busiest abortion Saturdays. Sidewalk counselors believe the number of abortion decreased from an average of 20 a day to as few as five a day. Side-by-side abortion clinics begged us to end our effort. One manager said, "I thought this 40 days thing was over already. You are killing our business!" The second manager said, "Why don't you pick on one of the other places!"
  • New York, New York: 40 Days for Life was the kick-start that our community needed to get motivated to pray at the abortion clinics. Many more people are now involved and do not want to stop with day 40! Attendees signed up to pray at least one hour per month.
  • Akron, Ohio: A local newspaper for the first time ever ran a positive front page pro-life article with two color photos. We had 50 churches sign up for days of prayer and fasting. Thirteen of them interacted with the pregnancy care center for the first time.
  • Wilkes County, North Carolina: I thought I would be one of only 3 people praying at 10 a.m. and there were thirty! God shows His love in the generosity of these volunteers. Many of them are willing to continue to witness in front of Planned Parenthood over the winter.
  • Scranton, Pennsylvania: Planned Parenthood was closed and no one went in. There were nine of us there. We stood in a circle and prayed, sang, read scripture. God worked wonders in the hearts of the pedestrians. Our presence had such an impact. You could just feel it.
  • Baltimore, Maryland: The response of our volunteers, the majority of whom have never done any pro-life work before, has been amazing. A local pregnancy help center said since the campaign began, they've never been busier, which they attribute to the campaign.
  • Knoxville, Tennessee: The last Friday of the campaign, the private clinic was not doing any business and the doctor's car was nowhere in sight ... a rarity for a Friday! On Saturday, we observed only one couple driving through the main access street to Planned Parenthood, also a rarity.
  • Tucson, Arizona: We have redefined the pro-life movement in Pensacola. There is so much to build upon and you can feel the tide turning. Pensacola is cautiously becoming pro-life again. We know of at least 84 lives saved over 40 Days for Life.
  • Pensacola, Florida: People who have never done anything about their pro-life values are coming to the sidewalk for the very first time. Lives have been saved as abortion appointments were canceled when the abortionist didn't arrive for work on two scheduled killing mornings. 
  • Sacramento, California:

  NATIONAL UNITY

  There are numerous advantages to holding 40 Days for Life campaigns in many areas at the same time:

  • National unity is fostered as cities and towns join together for this initiative
  • Our city will have a network of support from other communities that are engaged in the same activity concurrently
  • Better coordination and training will be available since all participating communities are at the same stage at the same time
  • The national media will stand up and take notice when many cities are generating local news coverage during one focused period
  • The costs of conducting a local campaign will be significantly reduced by sharing resources across all participating communities
  • The abortion industry will have a difficult time defending itself when it is besieged with prayer on many fronts simultaneously
  • The positive results experienced during the 40 days build strong momentum which leads to involvement long after the campaign

  
  TAKE A STAND FOR LIFE
  
  While all aspects of 40 Days for Life are crucial in our effort to end abortion, the most visible component is the peaceful prayer vigil outside the Abortion Mills in every participating city throughout the 40 days, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
  
  The results of the 40 Day Campaigns have been outstanding with hundreds of mother and their babies being rescued from despair and death.
  
  But the Campaign really depends on you and your willingness to stand up for what's right and be counted. That's why you need to get involved and join us in praying and witnessing to the dignity and worth of every human life at the place where it is attacked the most: at your local abortion mill.  
  
  Join us in this campaign.  Help us save more lives. And, eventually, by God' grace and with enough prayer, fasting, peaceful witnessing, and plenty of courage, we can rid our culture of the scourge of abortion forever!
  
  What will God accomplish when people of faith across our community and throughout our nation unite for 40 days of prayer and fasting, pulling out all the stops to end the violence of abortion? We don’t know, but we’re sure excited to find out.