July 14, 2015

Lutherans For Life is pleased to announce that Barb Geistfeld joined the LFL staff on July 1 as our Regional Director in Texas. Our national director, Rev. Scott Licht, says that Barb “is a very energetic, passionate, advocate for life.” You can contact Barb at bgeistfeld@lutheransforlife.org or by phone at 830.935.3415 (H) and 518.755.9082 (C).

Dr. Barbara Lane Geistfeld and her husband, Dr. James Geistfeld, are “Texans by Choice” after retiring to the Hill Country in 2008. Barb retired from owning a small animal veterinary hospital and Jim retired from his job as a board-certified laboratory animal veterinarian for Taconic Biosciences. They have a son and daughter-in-law, two grand-daughters, and a daughter and son-in-law.

Barb has been a donor to Lutherans For Life for over forty years and has been a consistent voice for life in the various churches she has attended over the years. Raised in the First Church of God, confirmed by faith into the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), active in an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) congregation in New York, and now a member of a thriving, Christ-centered Lutheran Churches in Mission for Christ (LCMC) congregation, Barb believes these different churches have shaped her faith and reaffirmed a profound desire to be a voice for life. She values life at all stages and ages. She has taught teens and adults for many years and has given LFL presentations at Texas District LCMC conventions and several churches. Prior to accepting the position of Lutherans For Life Regional Director of Texas, she was a certified co-leader of the Life Team at the church she attends. Barb believes her medical background and her firm belief that we are to be “Gospel-motivated Voices For Life” equips her to help others create healthy Life Teams that will become voices for Life in Texas.