What Is LIFE CHAIN?

     Annually, on the first Sunday in October, LIFE CHAIN invites the churches in each city and town across North America to stand on a designated local sidewalk and pray for one hour, while holding one of the following approved pro-life sign messages:

• ABORTION KILLS CHILDREN
• JESUS FORGIVES AND HEALS
• ADOPTION: THE LOVING OPTION
• LORD, FORGIVE US AND OUR NATION
• ABORTION HURTS WOMEN
• PRAY TO END ABORTION
• LIFE—THE FIRST INALIENABLE RIGHT
  

    In 2005, well over 1,100 Life Chains were built in America and Canada, and the focus is now on National Life Chain Sunday 2006—to be held October 1, Lord willing, from 2:30 to 3:30 in each time zone across North America. Will your city be included?

     The easy-to-hold 18” x 22”signs provided for Life Chainers are back printed with Prayer Topics, Songs of Meditation, the LIFE CHAIN Code of Conduct, and a compelling statement on The Purpose of LIFE CHAIN. In addition to the prayer topics listed, local pastors are encouraged to add other prayer topics and to instruct their people in how to pray and meditate for a full hour. Last year, inspired the most prayerful national Chain we have ever held, and we expect even more fervent prayer in 2006.

     During the LIFE CHAIN hour, idle chatter, frivolity, and both verbal and physical responses to motorists are strongly discouraged. LIFE CHAIN is a time for serious self-analysis, repentance, and intercession.

     Accordingly, LIFE CHAIN is not a demonstration intended chiefly for the general public. Instead, its first goal is to minister to its own participants—to those who hold the pro-life messages and declare abortion a grave evil that defames the name and righteousness of God (Leviticus 18:21). Indeed the Church that Christ founded has drifted into cold indifference toward the sacredness of human life, and the result has been the mindless surgical killing and mutilation of over 45 million pre-born Americans, plus untold millions who have fallen victim to abortive chemicals and medical neglect.

       From 1994 through 2002 approximately 900 LIFE CHAINS have been built annually in North America, and while total attendance has declined significantly, emphasis on prayer has increased substantially. For that, LIFE CHAIN is grateful.