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Christian Life Resources Charity Profile
The mission of Christian Life Resources is to use life and family issues as bridges to convey the love of God and to share the message of salvation through Christ. This organization educates people on what God's Word has to say about the value and sanctity of human life. The intent is to mobilize Christians to make God-pleasing decisions about life and family issues. We focus attention on many issues such as: abortion, infertility, birth control, post-abortion syndrome, infanticide, medical directive statements, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. More information can be found in our topical library.
When the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion nationally on January 22, 1973, members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Libertyville, Illinois, saw the need to do something. Working with their pastor and with members from area Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) congregations, they opened the first WELS Lutherans for Life pregnancy counseling center. As time passed, more and more independent centers sprouted up around the country until 1983 when they united to form the national organization that exists today as WELS Lutherans for Life. In 1999, the name was changed to Christian Life Resources, Incorporated.
The national office provides counsel to clergy, teachers, and lay people on a wide range of life- and family-related topics. It is a resource center of materials and services on these issues. Most importantly, the national office educates others on the perspective of God's Word as it relates to these issues. Through its official publication, Clearly Caring, lending library, and resource files the national office seeks to answer the question, "What would God have me to do?" based on the direction found in God's Word.
To date, the organization consists of 24 chapters which operate 22 pregnancy counseling centers across the United States. These centers are visited by approximately 4,000 clients each year. In addition to these regional chapters there are currently 32 congregational branches (including one in Canada, as well as 1 college and 7 Teens for Life affiliates).
Christian Life Resources also helped to organize and fund most of the work of New Beginnings - A Home for Mothers located in the Denver, Colorado, area. This program began in 1993 in response to the needs of single mothers and their newborns by providing residence and assistance in spiritual, academic, and vocational concerns. It is currently staffed by two full-time house parents and one part-time relief staff members.
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