By Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post.
Pro-life Evangelical leaders are hoping to build upon the success of the annual March for Life by hosting their first-ever pro-life conference in the nation’s capital.
Scheduled to be held Jan. 21-22, the “Evangelicals for Life” event will be hosted by Focus on the Family and the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Evangelicals owe “an incalculable debt” to Roman Catholics who created the March for Life, said ERLC President Russell Moore during an on-the-record conference call Tuesday that included Focus on the Family Community Outreach Vice President Kelly Rosati.
“They were there before we were there. They understood the stakes of Roe v. Wade before most Evangelicals did,” Moore said.
Rosati explained during the call that Focus on the Family wanted to build upon the March for Life’s success in establishing a strong presence in Washington, D.C. every Jan. 22.
“The ability of the March for Life to gather some half a million people to continue to bear witness … to the dignity of every human life is just an extraordinary event,” Rosati added.