We are grateful for the opportunity to share this post from Taralyn Amen. Taralyn and Darrel Amen have been married 20 years and have five precious children, two of whom God brought to their family through adoption. They are covenant members of The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, where Darrel serves as an Elder. They have …
[Read more...] about How This Church Started An Adoption Ministry
We are excited to share this post from Cheryl Bentsen, a wife and an adoptive mother to two beautiful children. She and her husband Jason started gathering adoptive and foster families in their home just over a year ago. Since then, God has used them to encourage dozens of families to find fellowship and encouragement along the …
HFO is delighted to share this free video of our interview with ROOTED speakers Paul David Tripp (pastor, author, and speaker) & Kevin Peck (senior pastor at Austin Stone Community Church). We hope you're encouraged by this discussion of adoption and gospel-centered parenting. When you click on the video, you will be …
[Read more...] about Paul Tripp & Kevin Peck on Adoption, the Gospel, and Parenting (Free Video)
God designed the family as the place for children to be protected, nurtured, and to learn about him. Yet there are 200 million children worldwide, with no mother or father able to care for them. In the United States alone, almost 500,000 children are in foster care. Here is the big lie that many Christians believe: “There …
[Read more...] about Caring for Orphans at Home and Abroad: Matching Grant Opportunity
Tune in to your local station of Family Life Today Wednesday and Thursday to hear the ROOTED interviews with Dennis Rainey and Bob Lepine! Wednesday (April 19), Paul and Robin Pennington will be joining Dennis and Bob to talk about the joys and unexpected challenges of adoption. This interview will specifically speak to …
[Read more...] about Hope for Orphans on FamilyLife Today This Wednesday and Thursday
Survey Reveals Adoptive Families Need More Support from their Churches What are churches doing about orphan ministry? What needs and opportunities do the women leaders in gospel-driven churches see in the growing adoption and foster care movement? Last summer, Hope for Orphans had the opportunity to participate in the Gospel …
This content is adapted from Pastor Halim Suh’s message in the ninth session of ROOTED, our new parenting curriculum for adoptive and foster families. To learn more about ROOTED or to purchase the curriculum for your family, church, or agency, go to hopefororphans.org/rooted. In our recent post about the top five needs …
[Read more...] about What Does Adoption Have to Do with Spiritual Warfare?
Last week, we posted the first half of an interview with John and Camille Wheelock, the parents of nine children, six of whom were adopted. If you didn't get a chance earlier, we'd encourage you to also check out that post to read about how God has led them and what they want families considering adoption to …
[Read more...] about What We Learned from 6 Adoptions, Pt. 2
