Pro-lifers are invited to join a March For Life event in Umhlanga Durban on Sunday October 1, which is International Life Chain Sunday, a day on which Christians around the world stand up for the right to life of pre-born babies.
Participants will meet at the satellite police station in Autumn drive, Prestondale, Umhlanga at 2pm and March from there. Everybody is welcome. The event will finish at 4.30pm.
In Cape Town Africa Christian Action is hosting a life chain event on Sunday October 1 from 2pm to 4pm in Buitengracht Street near the entrance to the Waterfront
The March for Life in Durban is preceded by the National Alliance for Life Conference at Mount Edgecombe, Durban on Saturday the 30th of September. Conference Speakers will be Bradley Mattes president of both the Life Issues Institute in America and the International Right to Life Federation – who has contributed significantly to the pro-life movement for over 46 years – and Dr Peter Hammond founder of the Frontline Fellowship which has been campaigning for the right to life in South Africa since 1971.
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Anybody interested in attending the conference should contact Sarie at 072 125 8844 by Friday.
Mattes is widely known in the US and worldwide for his passion for the sanctity of life, from preborn to end of life. He co-founded Life Issues® Institute along with pro-life pioneer, Dr John C Willke in 1991. The institute’s stated purpose over the past 30 years has been to serve the educational needs of the pro-life movement, developing and distributing effective pro-life educational material.
Heard on over 1 200 radio outlets nationwide, Mattes is commentator for the daily Life Issues® programme which was recognised by National Religious Broadcasters with the 2016 Radio Impact Award. Annual special productions for “Sanctity of Life Sunday” and other occasions have extended the audio reach of the ministry, along with customised PSAs for a variety of purposes to serve the pro-life agenda.
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Other pro-life leadership positions he has occupied include assistant director of the National Right to Life Political Action Committee and president of several state right to life organisations.
In addition to his speaking engagements across the US, he’s a frequent international speaker and lecturer on abortion and euthanasia issues. He works extensively with other countries to establish pro-life education networks as well as a counselling presence.
His considerable research on abortion’s impact on men has made Mattes one of few frequently invited to speak to that topic. His writings on the subject have been released in publications in the US and internationally. With a master’s degree in biblical studies and biblical counseling, he is also a counsellor to men who have lost a child to abortion.
For a number of years, the Institute produced a weekly pro-life television programme, Facing Life Head-On, which Mattes hosted and produced. The telecast resulted in three regional Emmy Awards.
A family man at heart, Brad and his wife, Ellen, have grown four grown sons and five grandchildren. The Montana natives now reside in Florida.
In addition to Frontline Fellowship, Hammond founded the Reformation Society, Africa Christian Action and the William Carey Bible Institute. He is a missionary member of Livingstone Fellowship. He is also the chairman of The Reformation Society and the author and co-author of many books, including Fight For Life – A Pro-life Handbook for Southern Africa.
Hammond has been a pioneer missionary to some of the worst war zones in the world. Since his conversion in 1977, he has served persecuted churches and pioneered evangelistic outreaches into Mozambique, Angola, Sudan, Rwanda, Congo and Nigeria. He has helped establish over 100 Christian schools and numerous Bible colleges throughout Africa.
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