Adoption & Foster Care

Adoption & Foster Care gathers Christian Standard articles that encourage and equip individuals, families, and churches to care for vulnerable children with compassion and faithfulness. Here you’ll find biblical reflection on God’s heart for the orphan, practical guidance for the adoption and foster journey, and resources for supporting birth families, foster families, and children impacted by trauma and loss. These articles aim to strengthen families, mobilize churches for meaningful care, and point to the hope and healing found in Christ.

June 28, 2009

Christian Standard

Adoption & Foster Care Family & Relationships

Caring for America”s Orphans

By Brian Mavis It began for my wife and me with a simple nighttime prayer with our young daughters: “God, take care of the orphans.” We always imagined kids in Africa when we prayed that, and eventually we sponsored a couple of kids from Kenya. But that prayer kept doing its work on us, and it led to an obvious question for us: “Are there orphans in America?” Â Orphans in America? Surely there were some, a child here or there who had lost her parents. But if God wanted to use us to help answer that prayer and to

June 24, 2009

Christian Standard

Adoption & Foster Care Family & Relationships

Born of the Heart

The 747 lumbered toward the runway at New York”s John F. Kennedy Airport. The preceding plane did not exit the runway quickly enough, however, and the Air India flight had to “go around,” as the air traffic controllers say. We waited another 20 minutes to see our daughter. Jael Neisha arrived at 2Â½ months of age. She weighed 5 pounds when she was born in Calcutta. But for no discernible reason she began to waste away in the Indian orphanage. When Jael finally emerged from the U.S. Customs arrival gate, her wrinkled face was covered with sweat. She was quite

August 12, 2007

Christian Standard

Family & Relationships Adoption & Foster Care

Ministering to the Least of These: RiverTree Christian Church, Massilon, OH

RiverTree Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, shares how God shaped a deep commitment to at-risk children through sponsorship, child survival initiatives, adoption support, and foster-care partnerships—locally and around the world.