Life Teams and churches can greatly benefit by establishing ongoing relationships with trustworthy life-affirming agencies.  Before you begin that journey, however, we highly recommend that you and/or your Life Team digest the following three articles.  If you have any questions about developing healthy partnerships, please contact us at info@getintolife.org.

1. How to Choose Ministry Partners
2. Ministry Partner Application
3. Why and How to Enfold Agency Liaisons Into Your Life Team

Topic	St. Louis Region	National
Adoption (domestic and international)	Bethany Christian Services, Love Basket, Fostering Faithful Families	Adoptive Families, Bethany Christian Services, Children Awaiting Parents, Inc., Holt International, Lutheran Adoptive Network, National Council for Adoption, Safe Families for Children (Bethany)
Apologetics/worldview	Lutherans for Life	Eternal Perspective Ministries, Stand to Reason, Stand True
Churches/denomination-specific		Anglicans for Life, Baptists for Life, Lutherans for Life, Presbyterians (PCUSA) Pro-Life, 180 Movie
Cloning	Lutherans for Life, Center for Bioethics and Culture Missouri	Center for Bioethics and Culture
Crisis pregnancy (counseling, free pregnancy tests, etc.)	Arms of Love, Bethany Christian Services, ThriVe, Pregnancy Care Center	Bethany Christian Services, Carenet
Embryonic technologies	Lutherans for Life, Center for Bioethics and Culture Missouri	Center for Bioethics and Culture
End-of-life issues/dying with dignity	Lutherans for Life, Center for Bioethics and Culture Missouri	Center for Bioethics and Culture, Lutherans for Life
Emergency Home (for women in crisis pregnancies)	Our Lady's Inn, Sparrow's Nest Maternity Home
Eugenics	Lutherans for Life, Center for Bioethics and Culture Missouri	Center for Bioethics and Culture
Euthanasia	Lutherans for Life, Center for Bioethics and Culture Missouri	Center for Bioethics and Culture
Foster care	Missouri Baptist Children's Home, Fostering Faithful Families
Infertility/reproductive technology (IVF, etc.)	Bethany Christian Services, Lutherans for Life, Center for Bioethics and Culture Missouri	Center for Bioethics and Culture
Mass media	Vitae Foundation	Vitae Foundation
Materials (bulletin inserts, "bumper stickers", feet pins, etc.)	Churches for Life (on occasion)	Focus on the Family's "Be A Voice for Life", Heritage House
Men and fathering	Arms of Love, Guys for Life
Political Advocacy	Missouri Family Policy Council, Missouri Right To Life	Center for a Just Society, Focus on the Family's "Be A Voice for Life", National Right To Life
Post-abortion healing	ThriVe, Lutherans for Life	Lutherans for Life, Carenet
Sexual and relational integrity – training parents	Family Legacy Institute, FirstLight, Lutherans for Life, Pure Heart Ministries	Family Legacy Institute
Sexual and relational integrity – training teens and children	BreakDown St. Louis, Family Legacy Institute, Lutherans for Life, Pure Heart Ministries, ThriVe	Family Legacy Institute, Stand True
Sexually-transmitted diseases	BreakDown St. Louis, Lutherans for Life
Sidewalk ministry	Churches for Life,Coalition for Life, 40 Days for Life	40 Days for Life
Special needs/disability ministry	Joni & Friends