We are getting closer to reaching our goal

By: Steve Huston

Solid December support has always been key to this ministry.  This year is no exception.  This December we have no match challenge to extend to you having met a challenging summer match grant of $15,000.   Yet, I would like to ask you to help us reach a goal of $50,000 for December!   With God’s grace and help, together we can reach this realistic figure and be strengthened as we begin what promises to be a year of significant embattlement!

We are getting closer to reaching our goal of $50,000 for December with continued good support. Our total (as of yesterday) is now at $38.246.37

You can make an online donation at:
https://secure4.afo.net/ada/main.php?f=donate/display9

or mail a donation to the address below.

American Decency Association
P.O. Box 202
Fremont MI 49412

American Decency Association is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
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American Decency Association
Bill Johnson, President
P.O. Box 202
Fremont, MI 49412
ph: 231-924-4050
www.americandecency.org
http://www.twitter.com/billwjohnson

I don’t pretend to have the answers, but this I know:  man does not have the answers.  Only with the help of God are we going to be able to recover not only from the financial slide but more importantly the moral/spiritual slide that has a death hold on America right now!

So in the midst of a time like this what can American Decency Association do to make a difference?

What we’ve done from the very beginning back in 1987:  Hate evil.  Love good.  Expose darkness.  Be salt and light.  Call God’s people to pursue holiness (without which no man shall see the Lord).   Fight the fight of faith.  Be faithful and true to Him and to those around us.   Be men and women of God who love His Word and, by the grace of God, walk in His ways.    Be a ministry of integrity in our handling of gifts received and monies spent.

Review our emails, newsletters, and website!  We believe you have seen the above in and through our ministry again this past year.
http://www.americandecency.org

However, will this effort make a difference?  Will we drive “Cougar Town” or “American Dad” off the air?  Will we influence Victoria’s Secret to truly tone down their advertising approach and their yearly “fashion show”?  Not too likely.  What ministry – large or small – is having such an impact?  Unfortunately, not one, and that’s not to demean any one of us doing ministry in this way!   God calls and leads us into such ministry, and He uses us to accomplish His purposes.  His ways are not our ways.    Yet, He uses us as His instruments to warn, exhort, convict, remind, encourage, strengthen, build up.  Often we aren’t even aware of the way in which God has taken and used us.  Much could be said about this, but this is not the time.

In all my years of leading this ministry I have never been more acutely aware of the serious financial shortfall so many are experiencing in America right now and particularly in my home state of Michigan.  It is with great concern and humbleness of heart that I write this letter in the closing weeks of 2009.

I’m under no illusions.   It’s tough going for most in these days.   My best word is that I would just ask you to ask God if this is a ministry that He would have you support now and in the coming year.   If you believe He would, please support us with as generous a gift as possible to complete this year.

And so, in closing I want to take this moment to thank you for standing with us.  You are important to us.   God bless and keep you in His care and service!

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