Food, Fellowship and Conversation: The Church and Unplanned Pregnancies

November 10th, 2020, at Terry Black's BBQ

A Round-Table Discussion led by: Bruce Kendrick, Watermark Community Church, Chris Simmons, Cornerstone Baptist Church, Joe Martin, C3 Trinity Church, and moderated by: Philip Jones, All Saints Dallas

In lieu of the annual fall Celebrating Life Luncheon, Council for Life hosts a small, intimate dinner with Super Bowl Champion, Pro-Life advocate and father of 7, Benjamin Watson. With humor and gentle grace, Benjamin Watson inspires us with his bold message and encourages us to not lose heart and "never give up" in fighting to protect the lives of the most defenseless.

Council for Life’s Young Leaders for Life Women's Event brings together three women who have turned their convictions about life to action in both their work and day-to-day lives. Speakers include Dr. Kathryn Waldrep, founding partner of Vernon & Waldrep OB-Gyn Associates, Frances McCarthy, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse at Columbia University Medical Center / Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in New York City, and Dominique White, who shared her personal testimony.

Council for Life's Men Stand for Life 2020 Breakfast with Shawn Carney, International Speaker, Author and CEO, President and Co-Founder of 40 Days for Life.

Abel Speaks Co-founders Kelly and Daniel Crawford's touching story about how they have been called to comfort and support families who have chosen to carry a child with a life-limiting diagnosis during pregnancy. 

Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist Dr. Ashley Hickman Zink shares the medical perspective from her experience interacting with these families.

Mike Spencer of Life Training Institute gives a powerful talk at Council for Life's 5th Annual Pastors' Breakfast, entitled The Pastor and Abortion: Compassionate Shepherding in a Disposable Culture.

Our first ever husband and wife panel, Dr. Jo Vitale and Dr. Vince Vitale discuss the measure of a life when considering the value of the unborn.

Grammy-nominated and multiple Dove award-winning singer and songwriter Nicole C. Mullen moves attenedees at the first ever soldout Luncheon, as she passionately and intimately shares her poignant personal story. She shares her unapologetically pro-life position and reminds attendees of the value of every human life.