1.2.07

Please Pray for ADF Co-Founder Dr. D. James Kennedy...
Last Thursday, December 28th, ADF co-founder Dr. D. James Kennedy (right) suffered a heart attack at his home in Florida. As of yesterday, the news was VERY encouraging. Dr. Kennedy was off life support, was sitting up, and speaking with members of his family.

Please join with me and the ADF team in pleading for God's grace, mercy, and healing for this warrior statesman. His faithfulness and unwillingness to compromise on what counts has been a great undergirding for me. His witness and the humility of this servant of the Lord have affected my life in many ways. It is in great part because of his voice, his vision, and his perseverance that ADF exists and is making such an impact today. We will update you on his progress. Thank you!

2006...A Year of God's Abundant Blessings...
Sunday night, the bell tolled for 2006...bringing to close another year of tremendous blessings as we continue, with God's grace, to defend the right to hear and speak the Truth. A few reflections on the year gone by:

• ADF and its allies go nine-for-nine for marriage in less than three months. This summer we saw the fruit of ADF's legal efforts to preserve marriage as the union between one man and one woman. ADF and its allies emerged victorious in the legal battle to affirm marriage in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, Tennessee, and Washington. In addition, eight more states passed constitutional amendments protecting marriage: Alabama, Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Learn more...
  
  
• ADF – in various roles – assists with five more victories at the United States Supreme Court. This past spring brought five more ADF-assisted victories at the United States Supreme Court - bringing our total number of victories to 31! For a more complete listing of victories, go to www.telladf.org/actions/victories/default.aspx?cid=3197
  
  
• Nearly 1,000 NLA-trained allied attorneys now available to serve the Body of Christ! In October, ADF finished its last NLA-training program for 2006, bringing the total of NLA-trained allied attorneys to 976. These trained attorneys have already reported over $60 million in dedicated legal service to the Body of Christ!
  
  
• Over 500 graduates of the Blackstone Legal Fellowship Program. This past summer, ADF conducted its seventh Blackstone Legal Fellowship leadership training program. With this class, ADF has graduated 503 of the best and brightest law students in the land – many who are already making a significant impact on our nation's legal system.
  
  
• ADF's Center for Academic Freedom Goes on the Offensive to Protect Religious Freedom at our nation's taxpayer-funded universities. In March, ADF launched the ADF Center for Academic Freedom to go on the offense against discriminatory policies with regard to religious freedom at our nation's public universities. In less than a year, the Center has achieved significant legal victories at Penn State University, Georgia Tech University, University of Georgia, Southern Illinois University, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Missouri State University, and Ohio State University-Mansfield for the right to hear and speak the Truth at the so-called "free marketplace of ideas."
  

• ADF lawyer Nate Kellum extending his amazing track record of success (now eight victories!) before the U.S. Court of Appeals, the second highest court in the land.
  


• ADF's lawsuit on behalf of VoteOnMarriage regarding the unconstitutional actions of the Commonwealth's Legislature, which had refused to vote to allow a proposed constitutional amendment protecting marriage on the Fall 2008 ballot. We just learned that the Massachusetts Legislature finally voted to allow the amendment process to move forward! (You can read Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby's excellent opinion piece on this issue here.)
  
  
• And most of all, the ongoing prayers and support from our ministry friends – YOU – who, along with God's grace, have made all of this possible. THANK YOU!

Prayer Requests | Visit the ADF prayer page
"Without Christ, we can do nothing." - John 15:5

1. Please pray for wisdom and for victory in the many legal battles ahead
   
2. Please pray that ADF can continue to increase its capacity to take on the ACLU and its allies.