Steve Karlen https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:15:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Steve Karlen https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 SPOTLIGHT: The Miracle of Praying https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2025/06/spotlight-the-miracle-of-praying/ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 10:00:43 +0000 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=29698 Written by Alyssa Sonnenburg

This episode of Spotlight features Steve Karlen who serves as the campaign director for 40 Days for Life, where he trains and assists campaign leaders, co-hosts 40 Days for Life podcast and is the author of the book, “This is When we Begin to Fight.”

For those who may be unfamiliar, 40 Days for Life is a local pro-life ministry whose aim is to end abortion through prayer, fasting, and community outreach.… Continue Reading

]]> 29698 SPOTLIGHT: Prayer and Fasting to End Abortion? Really? https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/09/spotlight-prayer-and-fasting-to-end-abortion-really/ Thu, 06 Sep 2018 12:00:19 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=9836 Written by David E. Smith

We start off our first Spotlight podcast of September with a timely conversation as Monte Larrick hosts Steve Karlen, North American Director of 40 Days for Life. This year’s 40 Days for Life campaign will run from September 26 through November 4.

The purpose of the campaign is “to access God’s power through prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigils outside abortion centers to end abortion.” Steve stresses that prayer is the foundation of 40 Days for Life and the means by which God’s people are able to “overturn Roe v.… Continue Reading

]]> 9836 “Prayer and Fasting to End Abortion? Really?” (Illinois Family Spotlight #110) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-110/ Tue, 04 Sep 2018 07:00:31 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?post_type=podcast&p=9819 This episode features an interview with Steve Karlen, the Campaign Director for 40 Days for Life. They discuss what makes 40 Days for Life so unique; reducing demand for abortion; pro-lifers relying too much on political influence; 40 Days for Life as a launching pad into pro-life activism; how important a pastoral endorsement of 40 Days for Life is; what skills you need to lead a 40 Days for Life campaign; what the indicator of a successful campaign is; and how to get involved.… Continue Reading

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