Care Net's CareCast
A Pastor’s Wake-Up Call: How Churches & Pregnancy Centers Can Work Together to Make Disciples
What happens after a mother and father choose life? For Pastor Danny de Armas of @FirstOrlando First Baptist Orlando, the hope is that they don’t just leave a pregnancy center with the help they need. They find connection to the local church and people who will continue walking with them. In this episode of Care Net's Care Cast, Pastor Danny de Armas sits down with Care Net President and CEO Roland Warren to talk about what it looks like when churches and pregnancy centers actually work together. Danny puts his vision simply: “that every pregnancy center director has a direct conduit to pastors in their community who say, ‘We’re with you. How can we help you? What do you need?’” Churches have volunteers. They have resources. They have rooms sitting empty throughout the week. Danny’s challenge is for churches to take the initiative: go to pregnancy centers, build the relationship, ask what they need, and get to work alongside them. Because serving isn’t separate from discipleship. Danny talks about how Christians can stunt their own growth when they don’t serve and why partnering with pregnancy centers gives the Church a very real opportunity to live out the Great Commission. And choosing life isn’t the end of the story. The goal is for mothers and fathers to find lasting Christian community, hear the Gospel, and become disciples of Jesus. Caring for unborn life, serving mothers and fathers, strengthening families, sharing the Gospel, and making disciples is the work of the Church. IN THIS EPISODE: • What real partnership between churches and pregnancy centers can look like • Why local pastors need to make relationships with pregnancy center directors • Simple ways churches can offer volunteers, space, and resources • Why serving matters for Christian growth and discipleship • What happens after a mother and father choose life • How First Baptist Orlando and First Embrace work together • How pregnancy center ministry connects with the local church and the Great Commission FREE RESOURCE: PRO ABUNDANT LIFE PERSPECTIVES DEVOTIONAL Want to go deeper into what it means to be Pro Abundant Life? Care Net’s free Pro Abundant Life Perspectives Devotional looks at the factors that can lead mothers and fathers to consider abortion and how Christians can respond with a Gospel-centered, ministry-focused approach. Download the free devotional: https://carenetresources.org/online-learning/?__hstc=39996797.bfec7e2058541d01be5fddb333f2c248.1777334935577.1789752250334.1790096165774.98&__hssc=39996797.1.1790096165774&__hsfp=0d9c40899c4ea73e50e0016dccd08926 FIRST BAPTIST ORLANDO: https://www.firstorlando.com/ FIRST EMBRACE PREGNANCY CENTER: https://www.firstorlando.com/resource/centerforpregnancy/ CARE NET + THE CHURCH: https://care-net.org/church/ Care Net offers compassion, hope, and help to anyone considering abortion by presenting them with realistic alternatives and Christ-centered support through our life-affirming network of pregnancy centers, mobile medical units, churches, organizations, and individuals. #prolife #pregnancycenter #church #discipleship #greatcommission #proabundantlife
