At a Glance
Addressing abortion starts with discipleship, not legislation. In this powerful conversation, Roland Warren, President of Care Net and author of The Alternative to Abortion, challenges Christians to move beyond politics and embrace a “pro-abundant life” perspective rooted in John 10:10. Drawing from his own story of an unplanned college pregnancy turned 43-year marriage, Roland reframes abortion as a discipleship issue—calling the Church to support not just life, but lives transformed by the Gospel. He shares practical ways churches can respond with compassion, healing, and hope to those facing pregnancy decisions.
Main Topics:
- From Pro-Life to Pro-Abundant Life – Why saving babies isn’t enough without also making disciples
- Shocking Church Statistics – 54% of abortion seekers identify as Christians
- Ministry, Not Politics – How small groups and churches can become safe, healing places
- Mary, Joseph & Making Life Disciples – Biblical models for gospel-centered care
If abortion is happening in our churches, what kind of gospel are we really preaching?
Special Guest
Roland C. Warren is an accomplished author and serves as president and CEO of Care Net. His first two books, Bad Dads of the Bible: 8 Mistakes Every Good Dad Can Avoid (Zondervan) and Raising Sons of Promise: A Guide for Single Mothers of Boys (InterVarsity Press), have helped fathers and mothers apply biblical principles to their parenting journeys. His latest book, The Alternative to Abortion: Why We Must Be Pro Abundant Life, guides Christians on a new way forward for the pro-life movement in the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
His background in the corporate world, his extensive experience in nonprofit management, and his deep faith and understanding of Scripture enable him to lead Care Net’s efforts to transform people with the Gospel, empowering women and men to choose life for their unborn children and abundant life for their families.
An alumnus of Princeton University, Roland received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and went on to hold positions for more than four decades at IBM, PepsiCo, Goldman Sachs, Princeton University, and National Fatherhood Initiative. Roland is also a sought-after speaker at national pro-life conferences and events, pregnancy center events, church and pastoral events, and in the national media.
Roland is married to Dr. Yvette Lopez-Warren. They have two married sons and four adorable grandchildren.
What You'll Hear
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"The pro-life perspective leads you to the polls. The pro-abundant life perspective leads you to the cross. And you are supposed to go from the cross to the polls, not the other way around.”
Roland C. Warren [30:12]
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Go Deeper
Making Life Disciples
Making Life Disciples is a foundational training that allows your church to begin a holistic, gospel-centered approach to caring for the abortion-vulnerable. Ignite the pro-life passion in your church and equip them to offer practical help and discipleship to people who are in the midst of making difficult pregnancy decisions.
Training includes a handbook, accompanying video sessions, and personalized support. Free first session. Learn more!
By Roland C. Warren
After the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June of 2022, many pro-life Americans — especially Christians – began asking, “Now what?” In the more than two years that have passed since that momentous Supreme Court decision, the pro-life movement has provided a variety of answers. But as these (sometimes conflicting) answers have been tested and debated, Americans, when given the option, have chosen more abortions and more pro-choice laws, not fewer.
Against this backdrop, Roland C. Warren, president and CEO of Care Net, one of the nation’s largest and oldest pro-life ministries, lays out his unique vision for the future of the pro-life movement in this groundbreaking book. In it, Warren weaves together his personal story, timeless Biblical truths, American history, and the latest social science to make a clear and compelling case for why being pro-life is no longer enough – and how a new pro abundant life approach is what has been needed all along to truly vanquish abortion.
Reclaiming Fatherhood
Men can reclaim their role as Provider and Protector, and resurrect Hope in his life after Abortion.
Choosing an abortion affects every aspect of a man’s identity: his self-worth, his integrity, his leadership, and his ability to engage relationally. Every aspect of his identity becomes suspect as he wrestles with guilt, shame, and other
complicated emotions.
Reclaiming Fatherhood provides a road map to healing for men who are struggling with the emotional and spiritual fallout of abortion. This book can be the first step in a journey out of survival and into hope, purpose, and fulfillment for your life.
The Grand Design
DNA’s Grand Design course will surprise and delight you. Many participants find they are engaging elements of worldview and the biblical narrative in ways they never have before. Their self-understanding has improved, as they realize what it means to be transcendently and biologically male or female. This has breathed fresh life and purpose into areas that previously felt mundane and unimportant, and their family relationships have improved. It’s time that you discovered the Grand Design.
Take your first step by starting our free video course today!
