While there are no easy formulas, this article from Christianity Today shares three views on how churches can best support adoptive families:
Just Be the Church - Megan Hill
The church doesn't need to do anything. That is to say, the local church most helps adoptive families when it simply pursues its unchanging calling to be what it will be in eternity: a gathering of the redeemed from every language and people, united in worship by a common identity and purpose in Christ...
Practice Hospitality - Jedd Medefind
Every orphan's journey begins with a tragedy, and usually, it gets worse from there. This is true for the orphans of hiv/aids, abandonment, and civil war, as well as for the child entering foster care due to severe neglect or abuse. They have tasted the world at its most broken. If we the church open our lives and hearts to them, we will taste some of that pain as well...
Think Like an Orphan - Johnny Carr
I make a living meeting with pastors to discuss orphan care and adoption. When I first started the work six years ago, many pastors were open to orphan care, but generally more resistant to the idea of adoption. When I first started setting my booth up at church leadership conferences, we had to pull people in to start a conversation...
Read the rest of the article and each view at christianitytoday.com
