LYNCHBURG, Va., Nov. 10 /Christian Newswire/ -- Thousands of students at the world's largest evangelical university will celebrate life November 11 to 14 during a Pro-Life Conference at Liberty University. The Liberty University Student Government Association (SGA) initiated and is sponsoring the Pro-Life Conference, which will begin on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m, when Mathew Staver, Dean of the Liberty University School of Law, will deliver a keynote address to more than 10,000 people in the Vines Center.
The kick-off event will be broadcast on television on the Liberty Channel and on the Internet via an online web streaming broadcast. The program will also be archived online after the event.
Norma McCorvey, "Jane Roe" of the 1973 case, Roe v. Wade, will be honored at a luncheon. Ms. McCorvey is now a professing Christian and a vocal opponent of abortion.
"Our ambition is simple: we want to see the full-scale repeal of Roe v. Wade and the conclusion of the era of legal abortion in the United States, and we want to see this in our generation," said Matt Mihelic, President of the Liberty University SGA. "Under our watch, our generation will fight to make abortion history," concluded Mihelic.
On Wednesday afternoon Dr. Ergun Caner, President of Liberty University Baptist Theological Seminary and Graduate School, will discuss abortion and the Bible. Mat Staver will then present a lecture with a question and answer session on abortion and the courts. Each session will be held in the Supreme Courtroom at the Liberty University School of Law, which contains the nation's only replica of the United States Supreme Court's nine-member bench.
The SGA will host events on Thursday and Friday featuring notable speakers, including Rev. Dr. Clenard H. Childress, Jr., founder of the nation's largest African-American pro-life organization; Carol Everrett, a former owner of an abortion clinic that facilitated 35,000 abortions; and U.S. Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ). The conference will conclude on Saturday with a workshop on student activism hosted by the newly formed LU chapter of Students for Life.
Mathew Staver, Founder of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, commented: "Each person is endowed with the right to life by God, not government. Government does not give us life and government cannot take it. The tragedy of abortion has crippled America, hurt families, and threatens to undermine human dignity and worth. In our generation, we must restore a culture of life and end the most despicable chapter in American history."
