She could not have been more than 16 years old. Her head was buried in her arm as she leaned against the side of a car outside one of the Southeast’s busiest abortion centers. An older woman stood nearby. They had just come out of the clinic. And the young
This is what a House of Refuge looks like: the body of Christ stepping in, meeting real needs, speaking truth with compassion, and walking with families long after the crisis moment has passed.
His girlfriend was inside the abortion center. Their baby’s life was hanging in the balance. And he was standing outside, believing he had no voice. A Love Life sidewalk team met this young father in a moment when fear, confusion, and silence could have cost his child’s life. He wanted
Every time the Church steps out of the four walls of the church building, we are on mission to bring the Gospel to a broken and hurting world. A foundational part of the Love Life movement is calling the Church to step out of our buildings and be a light
Across the nation, Love Life prayer walks are bringing churches together outside abortion centers to pray, worship, and stand in the gap for the least of these. Last month, we gave live updates from our East Coast cities and invited people across the nation to see what God was doing
Pastor Isaac Fetterhoff still remembers his wife Anna’s face when she came to him with the test results. They had recently found out they were expecting baby number five. At first, Isaac felt overwhelmed. Two boys. Two girls. No more room in the van. Not much room in the bank
In 2008, Tanya Jones sat in the waiting room of a Greensboro abortion center, every part of her soul telling her she should not be there. Her boyfriend had tricked her. He told her he was taking her to lunch to talk about what they should do, but instead, he
When Faith Christian Center adopted a week with Love Life, Ryan and Alyssa didn’t expect it to change their lives. Like many others in their church, they showed up to the prayer walk. They stood outside the abortion center with their church family, not to protest, but to pray. That
Last Saturday, during the very first official Love Life prayer walk in Washington D.C., a couple pulled up in front of Planned Parenthood while believers stood outside praying. For a moment, they sat there while the Church prayed. Then they drove away. They never came back. And as believers continued
“His Lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your Lord.’” Matthew 25:21 This Mother’s Day, we honor a mother and daughter whose quiet faithfulness has helped shape
We all remember 2020. In the midst of COVID, chaos and confusion were everywhere. In many of our Love Life cities, authorities were threatening arrest if we continued to hold prayer walks and sidewalk outreach. In both Greensboro and Charlotte, police actually arrested some of our leaders and local pastors
People often wonder what it looks like for a city to change. Not in theory.Not someday.But in real time. This Saturday, across 26 cities, we saw it. 36 churches stepped into the mission field. Different denominations. Different backgrounds. But all with the same conviction that when the Church shows up,
