We are pleased to announce that, in an effort to help us raise operating funds for 2024, a number of generous donors have offered to match donations to IFI all the way up to $150,000! So between now and the end of the year, you can double the impact of your giving!
Yes, you read that right! Every donation to IFI through the end of the year is DOUBLED upon receipt.
So if you give $50 it becomes $100.
If you give $100 it becomes $200.
If you give $500 it becomes $1,000!
If you donate $1,000, it is the same as giving $2,000, etc.
Despite the Left’s relentless attacks on the natural family, the sanctity of life, and religious liberty, the Illinois Family Institute refuses to back down. There is too much at stake. We want our children and grandchildren to enjoy the freedoms most of us enjoyed as we grew up. We want our children and grandchildren to have the freedom of religion to live their lives each day in accordance with the convictions that guide their thoughts and conduct.
Will you join the cultural battle in the public square by supporting the one organization in Illinois that is willing to expose the deception of the Left and offer a Christian lens through which to view, understand, and respond to the culture?
For thirty-one years now, IFI has worked to counter the Left’s aggressive efforts to advance oppressive and pernicious legislation in the General Assembly and to exploit public schools for their role in transforming the hearts and minds of other people’s children. The fact that we are always vastly out-spent and out-manned doesn’t dissuade us from fighting for what is true and good. We are accustomed to battling against great odds and have been able to stop or forestall many of their plans.
While it may appear that good work bears little fruit in Illinois, appearances can be deceiving.
What cannot be measured is where Illinois would be without resistance.
What would Illinois look like without the Illinois Family Institute pushing back hard against the ideology and efforts of Leftists?
What would the state look like if IFI were not here to alert, equip, and encourage Illinoisans?
According to a Gallup poll released in June, 55 percent of Americans believe “changing one’s gender” is immoral — up four points from 2021. And according to a June poll from left-leaning Public Religion Research Institute, 65 percent of U.S. adults believe there are only two genders.
As you can see, we still have much work to do!
IFI exists to help Christians fulfill their call to be salt and light in the culture. We strive to equip, encourage, and activate Christians to take a stand for biblical truth. If more Christians would speak up in the public square, we could create ripple effects throughout the culture.
Our problem isn’t political in nature, it is spiritual. We’ve drifted away from God and His standards and are now reaping the consequences. Romans chapter one call our cultural condition futile, vile, and debased.
Therefore, we must understand that the best course of action is to focus on advancing a biblical worldview one person at a time, one family at a time, and one church at a time.
Everyone has a worldview. But sadly, many Christians have a flawed worldview that falls short of God’s perfect standard. It is tragic to see how the incoherent ideology of humanism has captured the hearts and minds of many Americans and is destroying lives and families. Far too many Christians are also ill-informed or misinformed on the issues of the day and are buying into destructive lies.
We must work to correct our thinking and align it to the Word of God. It is vital that we intentionally pursue worldview training for ourselves, our children, and our grandchildren. This is especially true when it comes to the sanctity of human life.
Your support is critical to our mission: to boldly bring a biblical perspective to the public square.
Every year we face an onslaught from the Left: relentless attempts to advance and fund the so-called “right” to destroy unborn lives; to erode conscience rights and religious liberty; to enlist government schools in the effort to normalize the “trans” ideology and homosexuality; to expand marijuana use and increase gambling locations; and to eliminate all public recognition of sex differences–including drafting our daughters into military service and sexually integrating all sex-specific private spaces and activities.
The stakes in 2024 are high. The Left doesn’t give up on their godless worldview or walk away from the battle. They are already planning marches, forming coalitions, and devising strategies. They are preparing to redouble their efforts in the 2024 election cycle to push their foolish agenda in the media, through pop culture, in our government schools, and in our legislatures and courts.
If we can learn anything from the Left, it’s to be tenacious, persevering, fearless, and bold.
We must be prepared to counter their message with our message of hope and truth! Will you stand with us in 2024 and double the impact of your donation today? Donate online today!
Please join us to make sure we can start next year strong by making a special tax-deductible gift before December 31st. Every dollar up to $150,000 will be matched!
With your prayers and support, IFI will continue to speak unashamedly and unequivocally about the fundamental truths concerning life, marriage, faith, freedom, decency, and the natural family.
Illinois Family Institute is needed now more than ever.
Please DONATE ONLINE or call the IFI office
at (708) 781-9328 to support our work.
Thank you for your support! We look forward to partnering with you in 2024 to stand courageously and winsomely for the values we share.
May God bless you during this Advent and Christmas season.
Sincerely,
David E. Smith
Executive Director
P.S. Help us reach our goal of meeting this matching challenge by the end of the month, Please donate today! To make a credit card donation over the phone, call the IFI office at (708) 781-9328. You can also send a gift to:
Illinois Family Institute
P.O. Box 876
Tinley Park, IL 60477
P.P.S. It is important to mention that next year we’ll be turning our attention to ensuring that pro-family incumbent state legislators remain in office and that more are elected. That will happen with your help in getting out the 2024 IFI Voter Guide in the hands of more Illinois values voters, particularly those in districts where there are key races. But we need the funding to complete this important project. Click HERE to make a online donation today.
