Life Ministry

Synod Resources

• Motherhood Under the Cross — These devotions, written by mothers, are intended to help keep your eyes fixed on Jesus in the midst of the challenges of raising children. The words in this booklet are written for you, anticipating the circumstances and emotions you might experience day in and day out.
  
  
• Organizations That Provide Resources For Adoption And Foster Care — Directory of Synod entities, LCMS Recognized Service Organizations, and additional organizations

• Ultrasound Curriculum — Email lifeministry@lcms.org to obtain access to the written school curricula and supporting videos

• 40 Prayers for Life — This prayer booklet has been prepared for use by individuals or groups — laypeople, pastors and church workers — during pro-life prayer vigils. Peaceful times of prayer, abiding by ordinances and laws and using public rights-of-way, occurs near abortion clinics in local communities throughout the U.S.

Worship

• Worship Resources for Life Ministry — LCMS Worship and LCMS Life Ministry created this resource to assist congregations, schools, and families in marking special occasions with an emphasis on the sanctity of human life. The resource includes Scripture passages, prayers, hymns, and sermons to assist in preparing for worship services, prayer gatherings, and group meetings.

• Sermon in Memory of Abortion Victims

• Service in Memory of Abortion Victims

LCMS Convention Resolutions

on Life Issues — 1941-2023

Based on its national convention resolutions from 1941 to 2023, the LCMS has compiled a compendium document of the Synod’s action on life-related topics. The content ranges from Christian marriage and the family to abortion and sexuality. Other life issues addressed in the document include stem cell research, organ donation, human trafficking, domestic and child abuse, mental health, disabilities, euthanasia and assisted suicide.

• Read LCMS Life resolutions

‘I Will Grieve for the Suicide’

In this book, the Rev. Peter Preus provides Gospel comfort for those who are left behind after a Christian commits suicide. He addresses the stigma, psychology and theology of suicide, as well as the grieving process that follows it, and the hope Christians can find in Christ.

• Download book

Audio

• LCMS Life Ministry Podcast — “Friends for Life”

• The Church and Mental Health Workshop audio presentations

• Life Conference audio presentations: 
  2017, 2015

• Radio interviews

Translated Pro-Life Materials

• A Small Catechism on Human Life by John T. Pless — Examine abortion, bioethics, end-of-life and sexuality issues through the Biblical eyeglasses of Luther’s Small Catechism. Each chapter is followed by thoughtful discussion questions and Bible references.
  Spanish version   •   Russian version

Documents and Writings

• Care For Children And Their Families — LCMS Associations, Partners and Recognized Services Organizations

• The Lutheran Witness — January 2013 edition focuses on life issues

• Mercy at Life’s End: A Guide for Laity and Their Pastors — By John T. Pless

• 2014 Infertility Ethics Symposium presentations

• Adoption Advocacy information sheet

• Life Ministry brochure