WASHINGTON, D.C, July 13, 2015The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and Focus on the Family will host a major pro-life conference called Evangelicals For Life in conjunction with the March for Life event.
The event will take place Jan. 21-22, 2016, in Washington, D.C. at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. Evangelicals will gather from across the country to hear from leading speakers on this issue of a pro-life Christian ethic.
Speakers will encourage evangelicals to engage the culture on issues like abortion and end-of-life decisions, and the event will affirm the evangelical belief in the sanctity of life, that every life matters to God and is created in His image.
Scheduled speakers include:
“Russell Moore,”:http://www.russellmoore.com/ President, ERLC
“Jim Daly,”:http://www.focusonthefamily.com/about_us/profiles/jim_daly.aspx President, Focus on the Family
“Kelly Rosati,”:http://www.focusonthefamily.com/about_us/profiles/kelly-rosati.aspx Vice President of Community Outreach, Focus on the Family
“David Platt,”:http://www.radical.net/about/david_platt.html President, SBCs International Mission Board
“Samuel Rodriguez,”:https://nhclc.org/ President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
“Ron Sider,”:http://www.palmerseminary.edu/about/faculty/ron-sider Author, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger
“Trillia Newbell,”:http://www.trillianewbell.com/ Director of Community Outreach, ERLC
“Eric Metaxas”:http://ericmetaxas.com/, Author, Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
“Charmaine Yoest,”:http://www.aul.org/about-aul/charmaine-yoest/ President & CEO, Americans United for Life
“Jeanne Mancini,”:http://marchforlife.org/march-for-life-staff/ President, March for Life Education and Defense Fund
“Roland Warren,”:http://www.care-net.org/roland-warren CEO, Care Net
The gospel speaks to all of life, including the question of whether all human beings matter, said Moore. The Evangelicals for Life initiative is pursuing a pro-life, whole life agenda for a new day. Because we follow Jesus, we believe we should prioritize the vulnerable- the unborn, the elderly, the sick, the poor, the orphaned, the widowed-and we must do so with a clear gospel message of redemption through the sacrifice of Christ. The reborn should stand up for the unborn.
“Registration”:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/evangelicals-for-life-tickets-16584364280 is now open and complete conference details can be found “online.”:http://evangelicals.life/
The main sessions will be live-streamed on erlc.com. Follow the conversation on Twitter by following “@ERLC,”:https://twitter.com/ERLC “@dmoore”:https://twitter.com/drmoore and #EFL2016.
The Southern Baptist Convention is Americas largest Protestant denomination with more than 15.8 million members in over 46,000 churches nationwide. The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is the SBCs ethics, religious liberty and public policy agency with offices in Nashville, Tenn., and Washington, D.C.
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