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Until every child is home, why the church can and must care for orphans, Todd Chipman, Ph.D

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Until every child is home

bibliography

1089264439

Todd Chipman, Ph.D

why the church can and must care for orphans

"Your church is doing so much already. Trying to convince people to do foster care or adoption can feel like just another daunting, impossible task. It's hard enough to get volunteers for the nursery, much less volunteers to foster or adopt a child! But what if we're thinking about it the wrong way? What if orphan care actually increases your church's capacity to do ministry? What if this one ministry opens doors to many others? Discover how orphan care transforms six key aspects of your ministry, meet dozens of families and churches that have been transformed by orphan care, and learn how you can get involved even if you're not ready to foster or adopt."--Back cover

Foreword by Russell Moore -- Introduction: What you need to know about God's goodness -- PART 1: The strategic place of orphan care in my story -- PART 2: God's strategy for orphan care: working through we who have experienced his care -- PART 3: Orphan care and the great commission -- PART 4: Orphan care and the ministry of the local church -- PART 5: Orphan care and race relations -- PART 6: Orphan care and the sex-trafficking epidemic -- PART 7: Orphan care and church leadership -- Appendix: Five essential relationships to cultivate as you foster or adopt -- Acknowledgments -- NotesPART 1: Born on the right side of history--barely -- "We want to adopt you!" -- On becoming a funnel of GodPART 2: How many first-born children can a couple have? -- What does spiritual warfare have to do with orphan care? -- Taking a jet plane into the earthquake zonePART 3: How many continents can you get into one house? -- Counterfeit hospitality not welcome here -- Bedrooms, birthday parties and the GospelPART 4: Flip the script -- Trial by fire -- Might a social worker be your next church hire?PART 5: No race left out -- Transracial adoption comes to television -- Racial profiling and forgiveness of sinPART 6: Why the local pimp does not want you to foster or adopt -- The pimp's chief operating officer: a woman -- The Family of God as the place to belongPART 7: Leading from the front -- "If they can do it, goodness, we can sure do it!" -- Be the one?