by Key Ministry | Oct 16, 2018 | Adoption, Care and Support, Families
November—just a few shorts weeks away—is recognized as National Adoption Awareness Month. If your church plans to acknowledge the plight of orphans and children in foster care next month, consider the following ways to prepare: Pray. The instruction of James...
by Kirsten Holmberg | Sep 18, 2018 | Adoption, Church Support
If the church is a family, then when part of our local body of believers adopts a child into their household, the church family also adopts that child. As the “extended” family, the church can plan and prepare for the child’s homecoming by asking itself questions...
by Kirsten Holmberg | Aug 21, 2018 | Adoption
It is the chief aim of every parent to love their children—whether adopted or biological—in such a way that they feel secure and valued. As Christians, we also hope our children experience our love in a way that depicts the perfect love of God.When children have...
by Kirsten Holmberg | Jul 17, 2018 | Adoption, Foster Care, Inclusion
A 2017 U.K. study revealed that adopted children are 20 times more likely than their peers to be excluded from school classrooms, usually for emotional and behavioral reasons.What might that statistic be in church?We all hope no children—regardless of whether...
by Key Ministry | Jun 19, 2018 | Adoption
The addition of a child to a family is a jubilant occasion. An adoption especially merits celebration and joy: adoptive parents have usually slogged their way through agonizing months (or years) of paperwork, visits with social workers, and parenting classes to bring...
by Key Ministry | May 15, 2018 | Adoption
Communication is the foundation of how we—as fellow members of the body of Christ—share the journey of faith. It is, in fact, at the heart of God’s plan for salvation: He sent Jesus, the Wordmade flesh, to reveal His love for us. Within the church, we have our own...
