About Our Center

According to TIME magazine, pregnancy centers are playing an important role in why abortion rates have lowered in recent years: “That would seem to be evidence that the quiet campaign for women’s hearts and minds, conducted in thousands of crisis pregnancy centers around the country, on billboards, phone banks and websites, is having an effect…” (Jan. 21, 2008)

Offering Hope

Free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, abortion information, parenting classes, and material assistance are just some of the many services offered that empower women to choose life.  Lakeshore Pregnancy Center is one of several thousand independently operation pregnancy centers across North America. 

Lakeshore Pregnancy Center offers hope to women facing unplanned pregnancies by providing practical help and emotional support. In the words of TIME magazine, pregnancy centers are the "kind, calm, nonjudgmental" face of the pro-life movement.

The ultimate aim of Lakeshore Pregnancy Center is to share the love and truth of Jesus Christ in both word and deed. As a result, the hearts of women and men are being changed by Christ's love to desire positive and healthy choices. In addition, those struggling with past abortions are finding God's healing and forgiveness.
When a child is lost to abortion; the suffering and heartache for the mother often remains. Healing Hearts is a nationally chartered recovery ministry that offers compassionate counsel, sensitivity, hope and healing from the aftermath of abortion.

Lakeshore Pregnancy Center began its ministry as BIRTHRIGHT in 1973. A subsequent affiliation in with CareNet culminated in 1991 with Lakeshore Pregnancy Center receiving its incorporation as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. 

In 2000, our Grand Haven satellite center began operations and continues to experience consistent growth. The year of 2004 began with the completion and dedication of a new facility at 14th and River Ave, in Holland, Michigan. Later that year Lakeshore Pregnancy Center opened its Allegan Center and in 2006 we opened our Allendale location near the Grand Valley State University Campus. 

As of 2008, our client activity revealed that over 6,000 clients come to us each year, which confirms to us the critical nature of the problems around us and our continued desire to be used of the Lord with a ministry that is worthy of His blessing. We added a medical clinic in 2007, hired registered and licensed practice nurses, and have recently received a grant from Focus on the Family and Option Ultrasound for the purchase of a new state of the art ultrasound machine. A number of years ago we responded to the national challenge to address the explosion of teen pregnancy and STD infection, we have developed an abstinence program, hired a director, and have produced a comprehensive curriculum for presentation to youth groups and the private and public middle schools in the communities we serve.