A 2002 nationwide survey commissioned by The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption revealed many interesting things regarding Americans’ views and attitudes about adoption. One finding was ...
One of the most often overlooked aspects of the adoption and foster care journey is the need for parents to turn the focus on themselves in terms of dealing with their own past hurts and losses, ...
The Story of Jesus for Children, adapted from the original "JESUS" movie classic, will give every child, both churched and unchurched, a chance to see and hear the gospel in a way he/she can ...
We believe it is critically important that parents who are preparing to adopt or foster a child must be honest and realistic about the journey and the challenges that lie ahead. Just as Jesus in ...
Children from hard places have been impacted, often significantly, by their histories. These impacts vary, but often include changes in their brain development and brain chemistry. In addition, ...
Dr. Karyn Purvis was one of the keynote speakers at the 2010 Together for Adoption Conference in Austin, Texas. During her talk, she encouraged the nearly 1,000 participants that were gathered to ...
Nearly forty years after researchers first sought to determine the effects, if any, on children adopted by families whose racial or ethnic background differed from their own, the debate over ...
When experienced parents decide to adopt an older child or a sibling group, they jump through all kinds of bureaucratic hoops background checks, interviews, group meetings, reading assignments, ...
Wondering about the specific adoption/foster care rules and guidelines for your state? Now you can find out! Scroll to the bottom of the following page and you'll find a map of the US ...
LIVE in the STORY is a half-day or full-day, church-based event that is designed to take Christians deeper into God’s story of adoption. God’s work of adoption is a story that encompasses all ...
This article from www.viva.org gives five great ideas for how to reach out to kids around you as well as those across the world at Christmas.
Read the full ...
For Love’s Sake weaves the real-life stories of two young women—Jessica J. Davis and Mary the mother of Jesus—into a supernatural adventure. Both women took big leaps of faith to journey deeper ...
The problem is huge
There are over 132 million orphans around the world. These are children who have no one to care for them, and whom God has called his Church to care for (James 1:27). The ...
Give your Russian colleagues and friends the support they need to care for orphans well! If you or your Russian-speaking partners are ministering to children at risk, the Orphan Care Resource ...
If you missed the Christian Alliance for Orphan's webinar on financial challenges in adoption and how the church can respond, then you can go back and listen to it here:
The Financial ...
If you missed the Christian Alliance for Orphan's webinar on how to start and grow a church-based orphan ministry, you can go back and listen to it here:
Starting and Growing a Church-Based Orphan ...
The Kindle edition of "Reclaiming Adoption" is on sale
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One of the ambitious dreams that Reclaiming Adoption and its authors share with the Apostle ...
Recently Jeff Anderson, ACTION street children missionary in the Philippines, gave some guideline suggestions to a ministry in the Ukraine regarding beginning a ministry to street children. We ...
