Maggie Karner serves as director of LCMS Life and Health Ministries for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. Karner leads sanctity of life programs and provides education opportunities and resources. She sits on the board of the National Pro-Life Religious Council in Washington, D.C. She oversees the LCMS international mercy medical teams and the more than 400 LCMS parish nurses nationwide. She works from her home office in Bristol, Conn.