The adoption journey is a wonderful and miraculous experience, yet along the way there will be obstacles to overcome. For many families, the financial hurdle may be the most difficult one to ...
If You Were Mine is a 7-part adoption exploration workshop used by hundreds of churches and thousands of families investigating adoption from a biblical and practical perspective, exploring ...
This excellent article by the director of the Christian Alliance for Orphans, Jedd Medefind, addresses the hard question that so many of us have wrestled with: Given the struggle and sorrow that ...
Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis outlines the common characteristics of children from hard places and offers insight into what these children need most to help them heal and become whole:
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ATTACH, the Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children, is an international coalition of professionals and families dedicated to helping those with attachment difficulties ...
Many young children in our world have been born with HIV. They urgently need the love and care of a forever family. If you are considering adopting a child who is HIV-positive, this toolkit will ...
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Written by Dianne Becker, producer of this documentary:
“Orphanages create orphans.”
WHAT?!?
The first several times I heard Steve Saint say that, I couldn’t even begin to ...
The Faith to Action Initiative is excited to announce the launch of three new resources on the continuum of care for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). The continuum of care provides an overview ...
Pastor Rick discusses why Orphan Care is a Signature Issue of Saddleback Church and what every church can do for the orphan Pastor Rick discusses why Orphan Care is a Signature Issue of Saddleback ...
Giving Children More of Family — Models of Transition to Family-Based Care
When big-hearted people heard about orphans in generations past, the first thought was often toward construction of a ...
The Faith To Action Initiative mobilizes and educates churches, faith-based organizations
and individuals to engage in care that upholds the vital importance of family in a child's life.
When children do not have the option of remaining with their birth families, other approaches must be taken to prevent them from entering or remaining in orphanages. These resources begin to explore ...
These resources explore the situation of children living in orphanages, some of the factors contributing to their placement there, and the grave consequences this can pose for them emotionally, ...
A Family for Every Orphan works to enable local Christian families to bring orphans into their homes through foster care and adoption by providing material resources and ongoing support.
In order to support these families, AFFEO partners with organizations that demonstrate the shared-values and that have a track record of successful projects consistent with aiding or supporting foster and adoptive families. Through its donors and volunteers, AFFEO provides financial, material, and administrative support to achieve initiative goals that result in more orphans living in a loving and positive family environment.
by Brian Borgman After They Are Yours talks transparently and redemptively about the often unspoken problems adoptive parents face, but it is ultimately “a compelling story about saying yes to God ...
Christian-based, private non-profit foster care agency, places abused, neglected and hurting children in therapeutic foster homes, which ensure that the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the foster children are being served. We accept dependent, abused, neglected, adjudicated, delinquent, maladjusted and hurting children ages from birth through eighteen in our Therapeutic Foster Care Homes, and Foster Group Homes.
In order to truly understand children from hard places — what they have experienced, the impact of those experiences and how we can help them heal and grow — it’s important that we understand some ...
Recordings from the 2014 Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit are available for purchase online. Listen to general sessions, intensives, and workshops again and again! Individual ...
We believe the Church is the answer to the orphan care crisis in our world, and that connecting people in community and equipping them biblically are essential if we want to see the people of God ...
