Ministry Ideas: Adoption, Continued

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Jay F Guin

Article in today’s Tuscaloosa News about my congregation’s adoption ministry. Here’s an earlier post explaining the concept from another angle.

Any congregation interested in initiating such a ministry should contact Duane Dixon, our campus minister, at the University Church of Christ: 205-553-3001.

About Jay F Guin

My name is Jay Guin, and I’m a retired elder. I wrote The Holy Spirit and Revolutionary Grace about 18 years ago. I’ve spoken at the Pepperdine, Lipscomb, ACU, Harding, and Tulsa lectureships and at ElderLink. My wife’s name is Denise, and I have four sons, Chris, Jonathan, Tyler, and Philip. I have two grandchildren. And I practice law.
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4 Responses to Ministry Ideas: Adoption, Continued

  1. Terry says:
    July 11, 2010 at 2:48 pm

    That was a good article. It's good to have a support group like the one described in the article, especially when a planned adoption does not materialize for some reason. Often, infertile couples are mourning the loss of the biological children that they will never have. Then, when an adoption fails for some reason, the husband and wife have another reason to mourn. It's important to have others around them who understand their loss, express care for them, and encourage them to continue their effort to adopt a child. It can be a lonely and frustrating time, but Christian friends who know the process can be a great blessing.

  2. Dwayne Phillips says:
    July 12, 2010 at 3:57 am

    I read the newspaper article. I am confused. It says that 12 million kids orphaned each day and 145 million orphans in the world. That means that 12 days ago there were only 1 million orphans and that in 12 days there will be 289 million orphans. Doing the math, by next year, the entire population of the earth will be classified as orphans?

    Help here?

  3. Terry says:
    July 12, 2010 at 1:37 pm

    Dwayne, you are right about the math. I have read that there are between 140 million and 145 million orphans in the world today, but the 12 million new orphans a day must be a typo.

  4. Jay Guin says:
    July 13, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    Dwayne,

    Welcome to journalism.

    One site puts the figure at 5,760 per day, with between 143 million and 210 million orphans worldwide. http://skywardjourney.wordpress.com/orphan-statis… But it would take 84 years to accumulate that many orphans at that rate!

    So the orphan-care community is a little weak in their math skills — but the number is still plainly immense and the need is truly great.

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