We use nonviolent methods, including direct action (primarily protests and emails), political lobbying, and public education, to achieve our mission. Our ministry performs animal blessings at
events to highlight the inherent dignity of all creatures. Additionally, our ministry advocates for the legal personhood of animals.
Our mission entails the eventual abolition of industries (abolitionism) that harm animals for entertainment, fashion, experimentation, and food. However, our ministry follows the popular
sports motto, ‘take what the defense gives you.’ We work both idealistically and pragmatically with a strategy known as incremental abolitionism. Meaning, our ministry has a goal
of animal abolitionism. Yet, we will work with politicians, industries, and individuals to improve the conditions of animals exploited within the entertainment, fashion, experimentation, and
food industries (welfarism) if abolition is not feasible at that moment. Even though the Christian Animal Rights Association may work on welfare campaigns (such as cage-free campaigns), we
aim for abolition in the long term. Though we have this lofty long-term goal, we will accept any progress in the meantime that improves the lives of animals.
