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Audio files and CDs are now available to order from the Christian Alliance for Orphan's Summit VI. If you missed this event, you'll definitely want to take advantage of this chance to hear the ... |
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| 82. | | This article from the Wall Street Journal discusses the recent rise of an orphan care (and adoption and foster care) movement among Evangelical Christians in the US:
Read the ... |
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| 83. | | This moving video tells one baby's story from the streets into a loving ... |
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| 84. | | Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and ... |
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| 85. | | For families in the process of adopting internationally, it's very important to understand the culture your child is coming from. Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, ... |
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| 86. | | Looking for something to show in your church or Bible study to advertise Orphan Sunday? This short video clip might be just the ... |
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| 87. | | This great article by Lisa Qualls shares the difficulties of adoption, as well as God's power to meet us in the middle of those difficulties:
"It is Sunday afternoon and the back of my tired ... |
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| 88. | | Are you looking for a short video clip to share in your church that conveys the Biblical basis for orphan ... |
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| 89. | | The Kindle edition of "Reclaiming Adoption" is on sale
for just $0.99 now through September 4.
One of the ambitious dreams that Reclaiming Adoption and its authors share with the Apostle ... |
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| 90. | | 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 ... |
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| 91. | | 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 ... |
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| 92. | | 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 ... |
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| 93. | | 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 ... |
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| 94. | | 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, ... |
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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 ... |
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| 96. | | The general session audio from Together for Adoption's 2010 conference in Austin is now available for free download!
To download, click ... |
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| 97. | | 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 ... |
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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, ... |
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| 99. | | 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 ... |
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| 100. | | 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, ... |
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