{"id":7340,"date":"2004-05-06T10:03:12","date_gmt":"2004-05-06T10:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/going_out_of_business.html"},"modified":"2004-05-06T10:03:12","modified_gmt":"2004-05-06T10:03:12","slug":"going_out_of_business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/going_out_of_business.html","title":{"rendered":"Going out of business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/state551.html\">Abortion clinic closes &#8211; pro-life center takes its place.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>First built as a Jewish synagogue in the late 19th century, the building at 72 Ransom Street NE in Grand Rapids had been leased to abortionist Thomas Gordon who performed abortions there at the Heritage Clinic for Women since 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1998, the vision of reclaiming the house of God was before Kurt Dillinger, then Executive Director of the Pregnancy Resource Center of Grand Rapids. Later, in February 1999, the property was listed for sale. <\/p>\n<p>After years of prayer and unwavering faith in the vision of the reclamation of the old synagogue, local businessmen purchased the building and deeded it to LIFE International, the organization that had formed in October 2001 as an offshoot of Pregnancy Resource Center&#8217;s overseas ministry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abortion clinic closes &#8211; pro-life center takes its place. First built as a Jewish synagogue in the late 19th century, the building at 72 Ransom Street NE in Grand Rapids had been leased to abortionist Thomas Gordon who performed abortions there at the Heritage Clinic for Women since 1996. 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