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How Your Church Can Support Adoption Today
Today, we're honored to partner with 454 churches and adoption fund partners whose goal it is to help bring children home. This network of adoption funds spans 44 states, and each one is passionate about reaching orphans globally and supporting adoptive families. Hear from one family who has…
Our Motivation for Social Justice in 7 Quotes
Why we do something is as important as what we do. Here are 7 of our favorite quotes about social justice. Quote 1: "The Great Commission was clearly and definitively not a call to sit back and stay silent in a world of sin, evil, and suffering. From…
How to Adopt a Child
Thinking about starting the process? We're here to help! Before diving into this guide, please understand that there is no simple, cookie-cutter adoption. Every adoption is unique, and much could be written about each step of the journey. This guide provides a high-level overview of the most traditional…
Social Justice or the Gospel?
Abortion, human trafficking, immigration, orphan crisis, poverty, racial prejudice ... Daily, it seems, a new or heightened example of social injustice fills our news feed and leaves us echoing the words of Psalm 13, "How long, O Lord?" And while most Christians would say they care about people…
5 Ways to Build a Missional Marriage
If you've been married longer than a week, you know that a healthy marriage takes work. Specifically, if you want to build a missional marriage—that is, a marriage centered around the mission of taking the good news of the Gospel to a broken world—it's going to require extra…
How to Be a Healthy Parent This Year
By now, you know that parenting isn't a sprint—it's a marathon. And especially when we bring children into our home with extra or unique challenges and needs, it can feel like an ultra marathon. Dr. Karyn Purvis—now with the Lord—was (and is) one of the most respected child…
One Man’s Radical Journey to Orphan Care
God works in mysterious ways toaccomplish His good purposes. Watch the inspiring story of how He ultimately used a failing food business to reach thousands of orphans around the world. And YOU are part of this story. https://vimeo.com/275866273 An interview with Gary Ringger Gary Ringger—Founder and President of…
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Orphan Care
This time each year, we pause to honor the life and leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. We'll celebrate his extraordinary courage and reminisce about his famous March on Washington where 250,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to hear his now-iconic "I have a dream!" speech. But if…
Our Gift to You at Christmas
This is a week for giving, so we want to give something to you. We're excited to give you this free resource and prayer guide entitled: 15 Days of Prayer for Orphans. In it, you'll learn more about orphans, as well as kids in foster care. Additionally,…
A Special Video Message from the Kids
This Christmas, our kids wanted to send you a special video. So from 13 countries and in 6 different languages ... https://vimeo.com/307271666 From all of us, have a very Merry Christmas! Help Children Become Sons & Daughters.