This short video by World Orphans examines the how the orphan crisis relates to issues such as HIV/AIDS, child trafficking, prostitution, gangs, drugs, poverty and ...
Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in strategies that do considerable harm to poor people as well as to themselves. When ...
As president and CEO of Compassion International, a Christian child sponsorship agency, Dr. Wess Stafford is naturally passionate about children. But in his book TOO SMALL TO IGNORE: Why Children ...
The horrific numbers behind the AIDS pandemic in Africa, "the most terrible epidemic in human history," have little resonance for most people in the West: "the ridiculous numbers wash over most of ...
Orphanages are costly and can cause irreparable damage both mentally and physically for its charges -- so why are they still so ubiquitous? Georgette Mulheir gravely describes the tragedy of ...
In a world where suffering and injustice abound, we yearn for evidence that God has not forgotten His children, that He knows each one by name. We, long, too, to know that God guides and directs our ...
This week the Christian Alliance for Orphans hosted the Post Placement Journey webinar. Dr. Karyn Purvis and Amy Monroe provided practical insights and resources to equip adoption and foster care ...
Every foster parent knows how hard, yet rewarding, it can be to care for a child with a difficult past and an uncertain future. Christie Erwin has been a mom, in the middle, for countless ...
When you hear of the millions of orphans worldwide, does it seem overwhelming? In this powerful and moving message, the Rainey’s extend God’s invitation to every Christian to care for these precious ...
Have you felt there's an empty place in your family, but the process of adoption seemed too daunting? Find answers to demystify adoption and discover if it's right for your family, how to pay for ...
On one memorable day, while Bishop W. C. Martin and his wife, Donna, were in prayer together, God gave them a one-word message: “Adopt!” They were called to carry out literally James 1:27: “Religion ...
Scripture declares that all children are a gift - an inheritance - from God (Psalm 127:3). To reject the girl child, or to ascribe lesser importance to her, denies God’s justice and character and ...
In many Bibles, Christ's words are set apart with a red font. It should be obvious, but this distinction helps remind us that when God becomes Man and that Man speaks it's probably something we ...
The Russian language translation of Launching an Orphan Ministry in Your Church is now available! For order information, please email Karen Springs.
About this book: Do you ...
Healing the Children of War is designed to give practical guidance to those who desire to be of service to little ones whose lives have been shattered by conflict. Joining Dr. Phyllis Kilbourn ...
This Bible Study by Rick and Kay Warren can be used in your small group to teach members about God's heart for the orphan and to open their eyes to ways they can get involved in serving the ...
In Bible times, God maintained a special provision for the less fortunate. As His people harvested their fields, they were instructed to always leave a portion of the crops for those in ...
Surrender. It is not an inviting concept, is it? Yielding. Relinquishing. Our very nature resists these concepts.
Intimacy with God. Now that is far more appealing. Don’t we all long for a deeper ...
Under the guidance of editor Dr. Phyllis Kilbourn, a group of writers who know intimately the distressing
circumstances of suffering children give Christians and people of compassion ...
Parents, caregivers and professionals all join together in writing this important book on how to effectively and compassionately care for children with HIV/AIDS and AIDS orphans. Keeping to the ...