More About Trotter House in Jasper, IN
Our Vision
Trotter House–Lifeline Family Center is a community outreach with the vision to serve our local communities with excellence in meeting the needs of families and helping them thrive.
Our Mission
To fulfill the vision statement, Trotter House-Lifeline Family Center will offer specialized programs and services to assist women and families in unplanned pregnancies or difficult situations. Our overall mission is to ensure that Trotter House will continue to serve communities across the globe in excellence and unconditional love in JESUS name.
Our Beginnings in Jasper, IN
Trotter House—Lifeline Family Center has served the Jasper, IN, community for over 40 years. The organization was started by a group of passionate volunteers who were committed to providing pro-life alternatives to those facing an unplanned pregnancy. Since then, Trotter House—Lifeline Family Center has been dedicated to helping expectant mothers throughout their pregnancy and beyond.
Over the years, Trotter House—Lifeline Family Center has become a trusted and respected resource for expectant mothers in Jasper and the surrounding areas. The organization has helped countless women and families navigate the challenges of unplanned pregnancy, providing support, resources, and guidance every step of the way.
Today, Trotter House—Lifeline Family Center remains committed to helping those in need. With a team of caring and compassionate professionals, the organization continues to provide services designed to support expectant mothers and their families. Trotter House—Lifeline Family Center is dedicated to helping those in need, from free pregnancy testing and ultrasounds to fatherhood and adoption referrals.
Our History
The Trotter House namesake, Lillas Trotter, was a woman of extraordinary artistic talent, courage, and profound hope. Born in 1853 to a wealthy London family, she grew up with a strong faith and was deeply influenced by the evangelic revival meetings that swept through England during her young adulthood.
Trotter was a gifted artist. Though Lilias had received little formal instruction, her drawings so impressed the famed art critic, John Ruskin, that he urged her to devote herself to her art, confident that if she did, she could become England's greatest painter, creating immortal works of beauty.
Ultimately, through her care for those in peril, even more than through her paintings, Trotter created works of truly eternal beauty. In London, she worked to rescue women from the sex trade, and on her thirty-fourth birthday, she applied to be a missionary in Algeria. Funding this work from her resources, Trotter led a group of determined women to North Africa in 1888 and served there until she died in 1928.
In Algeria, Trotter worked primarily for the sake of women and children. She also felt deeply called to share the gospel with Algeria's Sufi mystics, whose deep hunger for spiritual realities resonated with her passionate quest for the truth and beauty of God.
Trotter's choices exposed her to many challenges, but her message was always one of courage and hope. "Take the very hardest thing in your life," she wrote, "the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that spot. Just there, He can bring your soul into blossom. When God delays fulfilling our little thoughts, it is to have Himself room to work His great ones."
Trotter House empowers women with courage and hope, rooted in the confidence that God can take our seasons of most significant difficulty and turn them into beauty and glory.
Call us today at 812-683-2111 to learn more about our mission and how we can help you during your pregnancy journey. Our team at Trotter House—Lifeline Family Center is always here to offer you and your family support and resources.