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If you are like so many others, you have a passion to help mobilize your local church on behalf of the orphan but may not be sure where to start. If so, we want to help. This book Launching An Orphans Ministry In Your Church (DVD included) will certainly help you overcome many of the [...]
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A Focus On The Family Book. 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 that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans . [...]
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Father of Foster Care, Charles Loring Brace, wrote a masterpiece about his experience in New York. His history can teach us a lot. This book covers: Christian history of orphan care, sharing the gospel with vagrant children, Christian coffee houses, trade schools, boarding houses, choosing a board of directors, how to fund raise, how to [...]
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Learn about a transformational alternative to foster care that makes the homes of local Christians and their church community the center of care. This model now serves more than 1,000 youth in the Chicago area each year, and is now being replicated by Alliance organizations and churches in seven states.
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Dr. Karyn Purvis and Amy Monroe offer insights and resources to equip adoption and foster ministries to help families meet the challenges of loving, nurturing and building strong relationships with children from hard places.
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Click on Church Orphan Ministry Starter Kit to open the PDF that shows you what resources that will be helpful in starting your Church Orphan Ministry! By Hope For Orphans.
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An article by Michael Monroe, Privileged To Serve, that was in the January/February 2009 issue of Fostering Families Today magazine that focuses on the many ways churches can reach out to and serve children in foster care. By Tapestry @ Irving Bible Church in Irving, TX.
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Click on “What the Church Needs” to see the article by Michael Monroe, a leader of the Tapestry ministry in Irving, TX. The following ideas and insights have been prepared to help church ministries and agencies/organizations effectively work together. These ideas relate specifically to church ministries and agencies/organizations that focus primarily on adoption and foster [...]
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The local church should be the “safest place on earth” for adoptive and foster families. And yet, this is far from the reality that many adoptive and foster families have experienced. Read Michael Monroe’s thoughts on this. The Safest Place on Earth – Part 1 and Part 2. Tapestry @ Irving Bible Church–Irving, TX.
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You can view Tapestry’s Ministry Plan, which was presented to the leadership of Irving Bible Church in early 2006 in connection with the re-launch of the then existing adoption support ministry – what is today known as Tapestry. This will help Christians wanting to start an orphan ministry engage their church leadership using more appropriate, effective, [...]
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