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First Life Conference encourages LCMS to speak out, serve

Marking the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion for any reason, more than 240 Lutherans — adults and youth from coast to coast — gathered at the first-ever LCMS Life Conference Jan. 25-26 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel here. LCMS Life Ministries organized the Synod convention-mandated conference, [...]

Record 350-plus Lutherans join 2013 ‘March for Life’

More than 350 people from across the nation donned neon-green hats reading “March for Life with the LCMS,” braving snow and freezing temperatures for the national “March for Life” here Jan. 25. A record 500,000 are estimated to have participated in the annual march — in a line stretching from the National Mall to the [...]

“People who have joy over life” complete March for Life 2013 at Supreme Court steps

Photo: Lutherans pray the Lord’s Prayer outside the U.S. Supreme Court building Friday, Jan. 25, 2013, at the conclusion of the “March for Life” 2013. (LCMS/Vicki Biggs) With below-freezing temperatures and snow falling throughout the day, LCMS Lutherans and hundreds of thousands of other participants of the national “March for Life” 2013 completed their march [...]

Lutherans gathering under LCMS Life Ministries banners for today’s March for Life

Photo caption: Students from Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, are ready for the national “March for Life.” (LCMS/Vicki Biggs) A record number of marchers – many of them Lutherans – are expected for today’s national “March for Life” in Washington, D.C., which marks the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. More than [...]