foster care

An important part of the post-Roe puzzle—one that few people think about—is the broader life of the church, and how it fits into the pro-life mission.

Most estimates put the number of children and teens in foster care at 400,000 at any given time. Send Relief’s Family Advocacy Ministry program is trying to tackle the problem one child – and one church – at a time.

The new school year can be especially tumultuous for children in foster care, Union Baptist Church Senior Pastor Jacob Smith learned as the church prayed about the viability of a foster care ministry.

Single foster mom Alicia Wong developed a heart for adoption after learning of China’s one-child policy. Had her parents not moved to the U.S., Wong’s birth would have been deemed criminal.

The reversal of the Roe v. Wade decision will be cause for celebration if it occurs, but it will not change the fact that the church must compassionately reach abortion-minded women.

Kentucky Baptist Convention affiliated children’s agency Sunrise has refused to sign a clause would have compelled them to violate deeply held religious principles.

In another victory for religious groups at the Supreme Court, the justices on Thursday unanimously sided with a Catholic foster care agency that says its religious views prevent it from working with same-sex couples.

In a 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Catholic Social Services (CSS) after the city of Philadelphia suspended foster care referrals to CSS because the agency refused to work with same-sex couples.