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This toolkit from Buckner can be used to increase awareness of issues impacting orphans and vulnerable children and provide direction on practical ways that your church can become ... |
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It is critically important for parents to remain focused on what it means to be successful as they navigate the adoption or foster care journey. Watch as Amy & Michael Monroe share their ... |
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It is important for parents to understand healthy touch and to communicate respect for personal boundaries as they help their child learn to seek and give affection in healthy and appropriate ... |
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One day I came home from working at our local children's home and asked my husband what he thought about becoming a foster parent. He had numerous fears and logical concerns.Many men are ... |
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The April 20-21 launch conference for the Alliance for Russia Without Orphans was a huge success! The CoMission for Children at Risk and the Russian National Network for Children ... |
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Government agencies, international bodies and domestic charities give wildly differing estimates of how many children are housed in state institutions, and there ... |
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In these blog posts, author Jason Cornwell addresses global issue of suffering and how it relates to our adoption as children of God.
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This short video by World Orphans examines the how the orphan crisis relates to issues such as HIV/AIDS, child trafficking, prostitution, gangs, drugs, poverty and ... |
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This simple, two minute video demonstrates why the best place for children is in a ... |
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Vikenty was 13 when he started school. Although he was being taught in the Moscow children’s home that provided his earliest memories, he knew something wasn’t right.
“You ... |
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"The Russian boy sent back to his homeland by his adoptive U.S. mother two years ago might have finally gotten a break.
Torry Ann Hansen put Artyom Savelyev on a plane with a note saying ... |
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Many of the seven million adult adoptees in the US wouldn’t darken the doors of a church. Some do, but struggle with issues they dare not verbalize. What if the church were known as a ... |
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I experienced a brand new, ‘first time in my life’ twice during the past month: I received text messages that looked like this:
Now, what was totally ... |
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Sending a small gift and/or photobook to a child before he or she comes home has become nearly universal. It has also become quite common for parents to use an in-country service to send ... |
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Thirteen years ago as I prepared for the adoption of my first daughter I, like many other parents, embarked upon reading every piece of “helpful” guidance that I could find. The ... |
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Too often, the desire to accomplish ministry is squashed under the fear and perceived burden of raising the necessary funds. Break through that perception into a reality where you reach out ... |
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There are 4 key insights that can make a difference in your fund raising. The new and expanded version of People Raising being released April 1st touches on these insights and much ... |
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Concern for the poor is a fundamental pillar of Christian identity and calling, a constant theme throughout the Old and New Testaments (Deut. 15:4; Prov. 14:31; Gal. 2:10; James 2:2-6). A ... |
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This new, three-part video series from the Center and the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child depicts how advances in neuroscience, molecular biology, and genomics now give us a ... |
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This blog post offers wisdom, insight, and hope for when your worst parenting nightmares come true:
What If?
"One of my favorite parts of today was the collect call I received at 7:30 ... |
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