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Pastors Should Think Bigger Than Foster Care and Adoption

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.

Churches Vital in Helping Vulnerable Children, Send Relief Advocate Says

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.

Church’s Foster Care Ministry Focused on School-Age Children

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.

Gateway Prof Offers Loving Home, Discipleship as Single Foster Mom

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.

ERLCs Elizabeth Graham: Work Will Not End if Roe Reversed

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’s Contract With Baptist-Affiliated Children’s Agency Remains in Limbo

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

Catholic Foster Care Agency Wins Supreme Court Verdict

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.

UPDATE: Supreme Court Sides With Christian Foster Care Agency in Dispute Involving Gay 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.