LI-V did not start with a strategic plan or a big budget. It started with eight people around a table, a deep love for moms in crisis, and a conviction that the church was made to be the answer.
LI-V, Life Initiatives and Values, began with a conversation between Suzanne Guy and Neil Brown, a dear friend and the care ministry reverend at First Baptist Church of Woodstock. That conversation grew into a question for the church's pastors: would they consider starting a distinct sanctity of human life group, one that held monthly meetings to inspire, educate, equip, and engage people inside the church and out, with a ministry built specifically for moms facing unplanned, unwanted, or crisis pregnancies, both inside our churches and in the community at large. The pastors said yes, and a small group gathered for the very first meeting soon after.
What started with 8 people has grown to monthly gatherings of 80 to 100 community members, church leaders, and pro-life advocates, all united around one simple belief: every life has dignity, every mom deserves real help, and compassion without action is just a feeling. From the very start, church leaders willing to be used by God helped move this vision off the ground, impacting lives inside the walls of the church and far beyond them.
Every LI-V gathering ends with real action steps: ways to pray, ways to give, ways to serve, and connections to other ministries already doing this work across Georgia. Suzanne believes there is a role for every soul to play in advancing the cause of life.
LI-V is now a registered nonprofit and a growing bridge between moms in crisis and the churches and communities ready to journey with them.
Tangible love. Practical help. Enduring hope.
Every letter carries the weight of what this ministry believes and how it acts. These are not just words. They are a commitment.
The conviction at the center of everything LI-V does.
Hear directly from Suzanne and the LI-V community about what this ministry is, why it exists, and what it looks like when the church truly shows up for moms.
At every LI-V gathering and through every interaction, these three words drive everything we do. We educate and mobilize our churches to stand with the women we serve, for as long as it takes.