Michelle Bauman joined the Lutherans for Life team on June 1, 2019, and serves as the Director of Y4Life. She communicates with high school and university students about issues surrounding life, addressing them from a Biblical perspective, and supports the building and maintaining of Y4Life Teams on high school and college campuses across the nation. Michelle earned her Lutheran Teaching Degree in secondary education from Concordia Nebraska (1998) and a Master’s degree in English from the University of Indianapolis (2011). Before joining Lutherans for Life, Michelle taught middle school English at Holy Cross Lutheran School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, (1998-2002) and English, Drama, and Speech at Trinity Lutheran High School in Seymour, Indiana, (2002-2019) where she also served as Trinity’s Recruitment Director (2004-2017). She lives in Columbus, Indiana, with her husband and two sons, Nathaniel and Simeon, and attends St. Paul Lutheran Church, Clifty, where her husband serves as pastor. 

Lindsey Keiser currently serves as an Assistant Attorney General in the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General.  In this role, she helps defend the legislation passed by Kentucky’s General Assembly, including numerous pro-life laws.  Prior to moving to Kentucky, Lindsey worked as Legal Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary where she handled a portfolio that included religious freedom, free speech, and pro-life issues.  Lindsey earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and her Bachelor’s degree from Indiana University.
Pro-Life Advocacy in a Post-Dobbs–and Possibly Post-Roe and Casey–World
By July of this year, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue a decision in a case that has the potential of finally overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The case–Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization–involves a challenge to a Mississippi law that bans almost all abortions after the fifteenth week of pregnancy, and Mississippi used this opportunity to ask the Court whether Roe and Casey should be overruled.  Whatever the Court’s decision, Dobbs will have a significant impact on pro-life legislation and advocacy going forward and there will be much for advocates of the sanctity of life to do in the post-Dobbs world. This presentation will discuss the key abortion cases that brought us to this point, possible outcomes in Dobbs, and potential next steps for advocates. 

Becky Rogness is owner of Rogness Communications, a small business specializing in public relations for pro-life policy makers and non-profit organizations. Becky’s clients have included national and regional pro-life organizations and policy makers including Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch. Becky received her undergraduate degree from Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota, and she holds a Master of Arts in Communication from Johns Hopkins University. A former Capitol Hill staffer, Rogness lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband, an LCMS pastor, and four children.
You Are Their Voice: Be Winsome and Wise
In this session, you’ll learn best practices on speaking positively about life, avoiding          messaging pitfalls and best practices for dealing with the media.

Deaconess Chrissie Gillet joined Lutherans For Life to serve as the Word of Hope Director in April of 2017. As a military Veteran staff psychologist and certified deaconess, she has an acute understanding of both the secular worldview and a Christ-centered identity. Her vocations as pastor’s wife and mother of seven further motivate her compassion for life. Chrissie oversees the Word of Hope ministry, which includes writing articles, public speaking along with her service dog, Phoebe, and responding to hotline calls and emails. She listens without personal judgment while responding in Christian truth and love. Through Word of Hope, Chrissie connects those she serves with pastors, local services, and natural supports; her two favorite roles are networking with other life-affirming organizations and participating in the spiritual care of people who are broken-hearted by life issues.
God Chose YOU with Forgiveness: With Forgiveness Comes the Gift of Freedom
Can’t wash away the stain of shame? Weighed down by guilt? Unable to reason your          way out? Trying to earn forgiveness is exhaustingly futile. So, stop. Now, come hear              how God chose you with forgiveness that Christ already earned for you. The                   forgiveness that comes with the gift of freedom from guilt, shame, and making                       excuses. Come hear how you are forgiven in Christ. Be free from bondage to sin. Be           free to experience joy now and eternally.

Rev. Michael W. Salemink began serving as executive director of Lutherans For Life in January 2016.  He received a B.A. in Theology from Concordia University Chicago, River Forest, Illinois, in 1999 and a Master of Divinity from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 2003. He has served as pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Webster, Minnesota, (2003-2005) and as associate pastor of St. James Lutheran Church and School in Lafayette, Indiana (2005-2015). Pastor Salemink and his wife, Heather, have been married 21 years and reside in St. Louis, Missouri, where they attend Immanuel Lutheran Church, Olivette, with their three sons: Christian, Nathan, and Luke.  Pastor Salemink writes regularly and speaks nationwide equipping Lutherans and their neighbors to be Gospel-motivated voices for life.
God Chose You
Choice isn’t just a privilege for abortion supporters.  Choice is God’s good gift to                  humankind, but our sinfulness turns it toward death.  Explore how the most                              important choice is not the one you do but the one you are.  God chooses every one            of us into existence, chooses each human life with forgiveness, and chooses all                        members of our race for making a difference.  And see how that transforms life                      issue situations into opportunities for joy and hope!

Rev. Harrison Goodman – Chief of sinners. Child of God. Pastor Harrison Goodman preaches Christ crucified as a light that shines in darkness and a hope for the hopeless at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, San Antonio Texas. As content executive for Higher Things, he helps to make these same gifts known online by employing the many voices and talents of our brothers and sisters in Christ. He believes that while the internet cannot replace word and sacrament ministry, it doesn’t need to try. He shapes Higher Things content to point youth and young adults toward the gifts given in your sanctuary.

Rev. Scott Licht grew up in New Ulm, Minnesota, and was raised in the Wisconsin Synod. He graduated from Martin Luther Preparatory School, Northwestern College (the WELS pastor-training college), and attended Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary for a short time. In 2005, he earned an MBA and a Master of Science in Information Systems from Iowa State University. Scott worked in the corporate world for 30 years before combining his business and theological education and experience at Lutherans For Life beginning in 2012. Scott satisfied the requirements and was ordained in the Lutheran Congregations in Mission to Christ (LCMC) in 2014. In addition to his service at Lutherans For Life, he serves as pastor of Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huxley, Iowa—a congregation rostered with the LCMC and the North American Lutheran Church (NALC). Scott has an adult daughter in the Des Moines area and a daughter, son-in-law, and two grandsons near Colfax, Iowa. He and his wife, Sue, live near Huxley, Iowa, with three horses. Sue also has three adult daughters. Scott says, “There is never a lack of things to do, and I give thanks for how richly God has blessed me. I enjoy serving Him through the mission of Lutherans For Life, and I would ask for your prayers as we continue to ‘equip Lutherans and their neighbors to be Gospel-motivated voices For Life.’” 

Rev. Jeffrey W. Duncan joined the LFL staff as Mission and Ministry Director in January 2020. He had been appointed to the National Board of Directors in 2017 after over 30-years of volunteer activity in LFL chapters, his parishes, and as District Life Coordinator of the Kansas District LCMS. Pastor Duncan received his Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri in June 2001. From there he was placed into a sole pastorate call at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Sullivan, Missouri (2001-2006). He then accepted a sole pastorate call to St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Wichita, Kansas (2007-2017). Pastor Duncan took Emeritus status in August 2017, retiring to move to Bellevue, Nebraska. There he worked and provided support as Melissa took on the challenge of being full-time caregiver for her father in their home. God released Frank from his earthly burdens in July 2018 and Pastor and Melissa continue to make their home in Bellevue where they enjoy a most fulfilling vocation of grandparenting. Pastor Duncan was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He met Melissa while attending university in Rolla, Missouri. Married in 1982 and baptized into Christ on his wedding day, they have two daughters: Lauren (and husband Aaron) who also have two daughters, Eloise and Adelaide, and live nearby in Seward, Nebraska; Brianna (and husband John) who live in Austin, Texas. Melissa enjoys being a grandmother most, to go along with degrees in Occupational Therapy Assistance and Computer Science. Pastor Duncan’s prior work experience includes 10-years retail management with Zale’s Jewelers throughout the Midwest, owner/agent of Farmers Insurance Group in Kansas City, agent with State Farm Insurance in Bellevue, and a Cement Mixer Truck driver with Lyman Richey Corporation in Elkhorn, Nebraska. The couple attend Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska.