Lutheran Family Service is working to activate and equip individuals, pastors and congregations to engage in supporting our elected officials to uphold the value and sanctity of all human life. We believe that life begins at the moment of fertilization and ends at natural death. Life is valuable, purposeful and meaningful at all stages and ages.
“Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.” (Proverbs 31:8-9)
Support the Life Advocacy work of Lutheran Family Service so that we may continue to equip others to Be a Voice for Life and stand up to defend the value of life through countless hours and efforts.
Value does not come not from what we are able to do or not do. It comes from what God has done. Human life has value because:
Through this positive and joyful God-breathed truth, God moves us to dispel the myths about life’s value such as:
This is a critical time in a “pro-death” culture to be the voice for those vulnerable to abortion and physician-assisted suicide. If we don’t stand up now to defend life, who will? Lutheran Family Service works with LCMS Pastors and Congregations to inform, educate and call-to-action through a Kingdom of the Left Sunday each year.
Jesus calls us to influence our culture. He tells us we are the light of His truth in this dark world (Matthew 5:14) and that we are to be like salt preserving this truth and defending it (Matthew 5:13). One of the ways we do this is in the public square is through our elected officials. Part of our Christian responsibility as citizens is to be a voice for God’s truth in the ears of those who represent us.
We affirm and defend life in the womb not just because it is the right thing to do or the moral thing to do. It is the God thing to do! Our heavenly Father crafted those lives with His hands (Psalm 139:13-14). Jesus died for those lives (Romans 6:10). The Holy Spirit desires to call those lives into an eternal relationship with Him in the waters of Holy Baptism (1 Timothy 2:4). God’s people in the pews need to hear this message over and over again. Defending God’s gift of life in the womb is much more than a political issue. It is a God’s truth issue. Lutheran Family Service stands ready to help equip congregations to understand this distinction and move them to be voices for the lives of the unborn. You can help educate and equip your congregation by holding a Kingdom of the Left Sunday in your church using materials that Lutheran Family Service has created for this purpose.
Once informed and motivated, Christ calls His people to engage our culture. We do that in two ways:
Doctor Assisted Suicide is becoming legal in an increasing number of states. Even if you’ve not heard of it being debated, you can guarantee that pro-death groups are pushing for passage and legalization. Compassion and Choices, the pro-death group pushing for this, will not give up trying. Moved by our responsibility to be and share the Gospel, we too must be vigilant and proactive in a couple of ways.