National Pro-Life Religious Council
Encyclopedia
The National Pro-Life Religious Council (NPRC) is an educational 501(c)3 corporation representing numerous Christian
pro-life
denominations and organizations. Its goal is to promote the view that Christianity
is a pro-life
faith. The organization was started in order to refute the claims of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
(RCRC), and other pro-choice
Christian organizations, such as Catholics for Choice. The NPRC seeks to educate Christians on the biblical basis of the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. Its current president is Father Frank Pavone, who is also the National Director of Priests for Life
, and its board meets quarterly in Washington, DC. The NPRC also sponsors educational conferences and funds the publication of pro-life
books which promote the Christian pro-life message. It also publishes a quarterly newsletter called "Uniting for Life" which is sent to its contributing members on a quarterly basis.
Alpha Omega Life (Orthodox)
Anglicans for Life
Black Americans for Life
CEC For Life (International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church)
Conservative Congregational Christian Conferencehttp://www.ccccusa.com
Lifewatch, Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Lutherans for Life International
National Clergy Council / Faith and Action
National Right to Life Committee
Presbyterians Pro-Life
Priests for Life
United Church of Christ Friends for Life
Stallsworth, Paul, ed.. The Church and Abortion. Nashville, TN: Abington Press, 1993.
Stallsworth, Paul, ed.. The Right Choice. Nashville, TN: Abington Press, 1997.
Stallsworth, Paul, ed.. Thinking Theologically about Abortion. Anderson, IN: Bristol House, 2000.
Gorman, Michael, J. & Ann Loar Brooks. Holy Abortion? A Theological Critique of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2003.
Di Mauro, Dennis R. A Love for Life: Christianity's Consistent Protection of the Unborn. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008.
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
pro-life
Pro-life
Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...
denominations and organizations. Its goal is to promote the view that Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
is a pro-life
Pro-life
Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...
faith. The organization was started in order to refute the claims of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice was founded in 1973 by clergy and lay leaders from mainline denominations and faith traditions to provide interfaith support for the new constitutional right to privacy in decisions about abortion...
(RCRC), and other pro-choice
Pro-choice
Support for the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-choice movement, a sociopolitical movement supporting the ethical view that a woman should have the legal right to elective abortion, meaning the right to terminate her pregnancy....
Christian organizations, such as Catholics for Choice. The NPRC seeks to educate Christians on the biblical basis of the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death. Its current president is Father Frank Pavone, who is also the National Director of Priests for Life
Priests for Life
Priests for Life is a Roman Catholic pro-life organization based in New York. It functions as a network to promote and coordinate pro-life activism with the primary strategic goal of ending abortion and euthanasia and to spread the Gospel of Life according to the encyclical of the same name...
, and its board meets quarterly in Washington, DC. The NPRC also sponsors educational conferences and funds the publication of pro-life
Pro-life
Opposition to the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-life, or anti-abortion, movement, a social and political movement opposing elective abortion on moral grounds and supporting its legal prohibition or restriction...
books which promote the Christian pro-life message. It also publishes a quarterly newsletter called "Uniting for Life" which is sent to its contributing members on a quarterly basis.
Members
The organization's current members include:Alpha Omega Life (Orthodox)
Anglicans for Life
Anglicans for Life
Anglicans for Life is a pro-life ministry of the ACNA , and internationally associated with the Anglican Communion. Anglicans for Life educates and provides pastoral resources on the right to life position on the issues of abortion, assisted suicide, elderly care, cloning and embryonic stem cell...
Black Americans for Life
CEC For Life (International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church)
Conservative Congregational Christian Conferencehttp://www.ccccusa.com
Lifewatch, Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality
Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality
The Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality is a pro-life organization within the United Methodist Church, founded in 1987. The organization publishes a quarterly newsletter titled Lifewatch and is a part of the National Pro-Life Religious Council...
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is a traditional, confessional Lutheran denomination in the United States. With 2.3 million members, it is both the eighth largest Protestant denomination and the second-largest Lutheran body in the U.S. after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The Synod...
Lutherans for Life International
National Clergy Council / Faith and Action
Faith and Action
Faith and Action in the Nation’s Capital is a Christian outreach organization ministering to top-level government officials. The organizational headquarters is located in Washington, D.C. across the street from the east façade of the United States Supreme Court...
National Right to Life Committee
National Right to Life Committee
The National Right to Life Committee is the oldest and largest pro-life organization in the United States with affiliates in all 50 states and over 3,000 local chapters nationwide. The group works through legislation and education to work against abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and assisted...
Presbyterians Pro-Life
Priests for Life
Priests for Life
Priests for Life is a Roman Catholic pro-life organization based in New York. It functions as a network to promote and coordinate pro-life activism with the primary strategic goal of ending abortion and euthanasia and to spread the Gospel of Life according to the encyclical of the same name...
United Church of Christ Friends for Life
Books
The NPRC has also published the following books which explain its position on abortion (by date):Stallsworth, Paul, ed.. The Church and Abortion. Nashville, TN: Abington Press, 1993.
Stallsworth, Paul, ed.. The Right Choice. Nashville, TN: Abington Press, 1997.
Stallsworth, Paul, ed.. Thinking Theologically about Abortion. Anderson, IN: Bristol House, 2000.
Gorman, Michael, J. & Ann Loar Brooks. Holy Abortion? A Theological Critique of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2003.
Di Mauro, Dennis R. A Love for Life: Christianity's Consistent Protection of the Unborn. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008.