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 …
Orphan Ministry
What Does Adoption Have to Do with Spiritual Warfare?
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 …
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Supporting Cuban Churches in Loving At-Risk Kids
Hope for Orphans has visited and served in North Korea, Haiti, China, Thailand, South Korea, Ukraine, Guatemala, Honduras and Canada, but nothing has quite been like what we have seen in Cuba. Over the last year and half, HFO has had the privilege to get to know churches and Christians in Cuba. The biggest thing we’ve noticed …
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3 Lies We Believe in Parenting
As parents, we are entrusted to care for, lead, and shape the lives of our youngsters. At times, it can be really tough work and we can be tempted to think their future and fate rests solely on our own shoulders. Even if we know the right answers, there are lies we can unwittingly start believing. I hope that by confronting them …
The Top 5 Needs Facing Orphan Care in the US
Over the last 15 years, Hope for Orphans has had the privilege of serving local church orphan ministries throughout the United States. In addition to seeing the launch of thousands of orphan ministries, we have also witnessed the significant escalation of unmet needs for local churches and their families. Hope for Orphans …
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3 Things Churches (and Christians) Can Do to Serve Families who Adopt and Foster
God loves orphans, and he calls us to love them, too. Caring for orphans is not limited to families who are currently parenting adopted or foster children or those who are preparing to do so. While not every Christian is called to adopt or foster, every Christian is called to care for and defend orphans (see James 1:27). So …
The Island that Christ Has Not Forgotten
By Matthew Golic Tell a fellow American you just returned from a week in Havana, Cuba and you will field some variation of the inevitable question about the cars. The beautiful, and by American estimation, priceless symbol of everything pre 1959. And you will answer, yes, the cars are real and they are amazing. They are in …
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Hope for Orphans en Cuba
Hope for Orphans is one of the first evangelical orphan ministries working with the church in Cuba. In total, we want to serve 11 different government orphanages in Cuba. The government orphanages we have visited so far have been well organized and are trying to create as much of a family home atmosphere as they can. Everyone …