Angie Hammond
Angie S. Hammond (born October 21, 1948) is a figure in the right to life movement in the Dallas, Texas Metropolitan Area. In 1988, she opened the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Duncanville, Texas. In 2011, she became president of Hope Mansion, a home for expectant mothers with no other means of support. She is a frequent speaker at pro-life meetings and banquets.[1]
A Mississippi native, Hammond graduated from Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and theater. She is a former teacher in public and private Christian high schools.[1]
Under her leadership, the Duncanville Crisis Pregnancy Center[1] soon expanded to include the licensed child-placement agency known as Chosen Heritage Christian Adoption,[2]the Elizabeth Grace Maternity Home,[3] and a limited obstetrical medical clinic. Hammond has since worked to open other maternity homes but cites a far greater need than has thus far been met. Hammond is a director of the National Maternity Housing Board and Texas Life Connections, an organization that encourages churches to embrace pro-life ministries.[1]
Hammond is further involved in the procuring of ultrasound machines for crisis pregnancy centers. Such devices show expectant mothers the development of their children in the womb. The service often convinces a woman considering abortion instead to bear the child to term, keep the baby, or offer it for adoption.[4]
Hammond and her husband, Lee Bell Hammond, Sr. (born 1946), serve on the board of directors of the Fish Creek Ranch Retreat Center and the Straight Arrow Youth Camp.[1] The Hammonds attend New Life Bible Fellowship in Dallas,[5] where she is a long-time Sunday school teacher. The Hammonds have three sons and daughters-in-law: Lee Bell "Trey" Hammond, Jr., a pastor in Mississippi, and his wife, Tressa; Arthur Miller Hammond, a lay pastor with the Cowboy Church in Van Alstyne, Texas, and the owner of a land services company, and his wife, Rebecca, and John Walt Hammond, a Texas state trooper in Bryan/College Station, and his wife, Brittany.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
In recent years, Angie and Lee Hammond have been remodeling an 1874 farmhouse and filling it with antiques.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Angie S. Hammond biographical sketch, self-prepared
- ↑ {{cite web}url=http://local.yahoo.com/info-28647569-hammond-angie-director-chosen-heritage-christian-adoption-duncanville%7Ctitle=Hammond, Angie Director - Chosen Heritage Christian Adoption|publisher=local.yahoo.com|accessdate=October 31, 2011}}
- ↑ Angie Hammond, Executive Director of Elizabeth Grace Maternity Home. manta.com. Retrieved on October 31, 2011.
- ↑ Sanctity of Human Life. heartlink.org. Retrieved on October 31, 2011.
- ↑ New Life Bible Fellowship. nlbf.org. Retrieved on October 31, 2011.