Churches for Life

Churches for Life is a gospel-centered, multifaceted ministry that affirms the sacred dignity of human life from conception through life's natural end. While abortion is the life issue that may first come to mind, there are many other issues that are biblically and ethically similar. There are many ways and places that human lives are put in peril.

Churches for Life is an non-denominational ministry; however, our particular focus is Protestant evangelical churches, where there is often a significant lack of engagement concerning life issues. Most Protestant denominations have no organized effort to train, coach, and encourage groups of people within local churches regarding life issues.

For thirteen years, Churches for Life has been providing the training and coaching necessary for churches to establish and sustain life ministry. The cornerstone of this ministry is a Life Team - a small group of people in a church who are trained by Churches for Life and then in turn provide events and activities to equip people in their congregation to affirm life.

The professionally developed training that Churches for Life provides for Life Team Members and Life Team Leaders is available in a live, video, or print format. It includes the following components:
• Life Team Basics (acquaints people with the 9 Qualities of a Life Team)
• Life Team Roadmap (gives a step-by-step plan for starting a Life Team)
• Life Team Leadership (provides guidance for leaders)
• Mission Discovery Process (presents a strategic-planning process for Life Teams)

Here's how much it costs Churches for Life to impact churches:
• $5.28 helps us print one Life Team training manual (need to purchase at least 500)
• $52.80 helps us print the materials to start one Life Team
• $528.00 helps us host a Leadership Breakfast for Pastors and Ministry Leaders
• $5,280.00 helps us strengthen Life Teams by hosting our annual Life Summit

How Life Teams Equip Their Churches
By educating and informing

• Holding half-day seminars to give practical, biblical counsel on end-of-life issues, including medical ethics, legal matters, and personal worth
• Offering a ten-week adult Sunday school class with experts and agencies addressing a variety of life issues
• Hosting a life-themed movie followed by a short discussion
• Providing a panel discussion for parents about how to parent teens
• Holding a regional conference to equip ministry leaders to engage students in life issues, such as sexuality and abortion, from a gospel-driven worldview
• Having a luncheon after church with a speaker from a local adoption agency
• Hosting a trivia night to raise money for a refuge home for people rescued from sex-trafficking
• Holding a workshop that equips people to present a reasoned case against abortion to believers and unbelievers alike
• Building/maintaining a display or brochure rack with life-affirming materials
• Reading and discussing popular books, such as The Hunger Games, that deal with life issues

By serving

• Equipping teens and adults to graciously minister to moms and dads in a crisis pregnancy on the sidewalk in front of an abortion facility
• Partnering with a local crisis pregnancy center that trains parents to care for their child
• Collecting baby items and diapers for a local Christian crisis pregnancy center
• Collecting money through a baby bottle fund-raising campaign to benefit local life-affirming agencies
• Providing meals for foster parents when a new child arrives in their home
• Packing backpacks with essential items for children going into foster care

By encouraging

• Consistently encouraging pastors and church leaders to champion life
• Orchestrating prayer and worship services focused on the gospel and life issues