The Psalm 139 Project, a pro-life ministry of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), has donated an ultrasound machine to a pregnancy resource center in Williston, Vt., in a partnership with multiple Baptist state conventions and Send Relief.
The ultrasound machine was placed at Aspire Now Pregnancy Care Center with funding provided by the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board (TBMB), the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions (ALSBOM), the Baptist Churches of New England, Send Relief and individual donations to the Psalm 139 Project.
“This gift is the result of faithful cooperation among Baptists across the country.”
Miles Mullin, ERLC executive vice president and chief of staff
Mitchell Kimbrell, senior pastor of Christ Memorial Church in Williston, an ERLC trustee and chairman of the ERLC’s presidential search committee, said Christ Memorial has supported Aspire Now for many years, and this new ultrasound is an exciting update in what can be a difficult ministry context.
“As a pastor in a state where abortion is tragically so readily available and embraced as a viable option for pregnant women, I’m thrilled that the ERLC’s Psalm 139 project has placed an ultrasound machine in our local pregnancy resource center,” Kimbrell said. “And it’s especially encouraging that Southern Baptist brothers and sisters in faraway places like Alabama and Tennessee – who might never come to Vermont or see the Gospel fruit of their generosity – have teamed up with us to make this machine placement possible.”
Rachel Wiles, director of the Psalm 139 Project; ERLC Executive Vice President Miles Mullin; Mike Jackson, ALSBOM associate executive director, and a number of other local ministry partners attended a dedication ceremony Tuesday (Nov. 18).
“Together, we are able to serve alongside Aspire Now as they walk with women and families in moments of great need, offering both practical support and the message that every life is precious and because every person is made in the image of God.”
