Did you know that there are over 127,000 legal orphans in the Foster Care systems of the United States? That number is even larger when you consider children being cared for and adopted through private organizations. From infants less than a year old to teenagers close to high school graduation, they have been placed into such systems because Continue reading
As most of you know by now, in business meeting this past Sunday evening, we voted to enter in to partnership with “Lifesong,” a ministry that financially administrates domestic and international adoptions. As a church family, we have now set aside $100,000 from our designated ministry fund that Lifesong will help us administrate for Morningview families Continue reading
The Church is the Theater of Transracial Adoption by Dan Culver
God promised Abraham that in him “all the families of the earth shall be blessed” (Genesis 12:3). From the very beginning, God’s promise to Abraham encompassed every ethnic and racial group.
Jump ahead 1,800+ years.
When Paul wrote Galatians 3:7-8, Jesus had already completed his redemptive mission by living, dying, and being raised from the dead.
The result of Jesus’ redemptive achievement is the fulfillment of God’s promise that in Abraham all the families of the earth would be blessed: “Know then that it is those of faith who are sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ‘In you shall all the nations be blessed’” (Galatians 3:7-8).
If we’re not careful, we can step right over the significance of Paul’s words. Because of the work of Jesus to fulfill God’s promise Continue reading
Last Sunday, August 9th, Pastor Vic Pentz of Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Metro Atlanta was preaching a sermon on politics, abortion, and the sanctity of human life. Near the end of his sermon, he said the following: “I make a promise to you now and I don’t want you to keep this a secret. The Peachtree Presbyterian Church will care for any newborn baby you bring to this church. We will be the family to find a home for that child, and there’s no limit on this. You can tell your friends, you can tell your family, Continue reading
On May 19th, Russell Moore, the Dean of the School of Theology at Southern Seminary, submitted a resolution to the Resolutions Committee of the upcoming 2009 Southern Baptist Convention. The resolution on Adoption and Orphan care is a well worded statement that succinctly states our biblical responsibility to care for needy children. Our church has been incredibly blessed with faithful families who have brought us the blessing of adopted children, and my sincere hope is that we will see even more families among us embrace the joy of caring for orphans. To that end, I would like us all to read Russ Moore’s resolution and considerhow we can develop this kind of ministry in our church family. The resolution is as follows:
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