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Archive for 2008/07


Participants needed for adoption study

The Texas Christian University Institute of Child Development is conducting a study to validate an attachment measure for their research. They need families who are willing to take about one hour of their time to complete a questionnaires about their adopted children. The set of questionnaires would include two reports of your child’s behaviors and [...]

Announcement: Kazakhstan adoptions through Carolina Hope

Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency now has a Kazakhstan adoption program. Read more about it on our Kazakhstan page.

Here’s a little information about the children in need of adoption from Kazakhstan:
Kazakhstani children in need of families are in that situation for many of the same reasons children around the world need to be adopted: birthparent [...]

Urgent: Adoptive family needed

[[NOTE: A FAMILY HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THESE CHILDREN.]]
A South Carolina family is needed to adopt Caucasian - African American twins. Both birth parents have a history of bi-polar disorder. If you are interested and have an approved home study, please call our office and ask for Lisa.
Please pass this information on to [...]

The Gospel and Transethnic Adoption

This is a reworked and reformatted article. To read the article, click on the image below, and you will be able to download the article as a PDF.

True Religion: A Gospel-Centered Look at James 1:27

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Helping Your Adopted Child

Helping Your Adopted Child: Understanding Your Child’s Unique Identity by Paul David Tripp
Publisher’s Description: Long before you decided to adopt, long before your child was born, God planned to put your adopted child into your home. Your child is an amazing gift from God, but nurturing an adopted child also brings unique challenges.
Understanding your adopted [...]

Glorifying the Father of the Fatherless

Check out Jason Kovacs’ excellent post on adoption at Desiring God’s blog. It is entitled “Glorifying the Father of the Fatherless.”

Dan Cruver and Together for Adoption

We’re pleased to announce that Dan Cruver is now the Director of Together for Adoption (T4A), an organization that he co-founded. Although we’re sad to lose Dan as our Director of Ministry Outreach, we are excited about the new ministry opportunities he will have through T4A — and we’re also happy that he will continue [...]

Transracial adoption: Is God’s leading enough?

In a post two days ago, Dorothy Bode wrote in answer to those who ask the question, “Am I making a terrible mistake by adopting transracially?”:
The main thing I help them question is their motivations. “Is God building your family or are you trying to do it in spite of Him and in your own [...]

Ethiopia group home needs (again)

Back in March I asked you to consider donating to the Ethiopian Group Home that we’re helping out. Well, I’m asking again. We’ve made some good progress, but there are many items that are still needed. Please take a look at the needs and consider making a donation.
Thanks!
:: posted by josh ::

New Albums from Benefit Concert Sponsors

Jordan and Jessa Anderson, two of our Caedmon’s Call benefit concert sponsors, have both just come out with their own albums.  Check out their music!
Jordan’s album / Jessa’s album

“Am I making a terrible mistake by adopting transracially?”

‘Am I making a terrible mistake by adopting transracially?” This is one of the hardest questions that adoptive parents ask me. It is layers deep and generations long. (more…)

Adoption Sermons

I wanted to make you aware of the new Gospel Coalition website. One of its great new features is links to audio sermons by TGC council members. I was pleased to discover that it devotes an entire page to council members’ sermons on adoption. There are sermons on adoption by John Piper, Mark [...]