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Adopting The Football Team

Adopting the Football Team

August 13, 2015
with Bishop Aaron Blake

Bishop Aaron Blake was not prepared for the chat he had with a 15-year-old boy named Melvin who was in the foster care system. What followed took Bishop Blake and his wife on a journey they never expected.

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Defying The Odds

Defying the Odds

July 15, 2015
with Jen Bricker

Romanian-born with no legs, Jen Bricker found a loving family in the home of Gerald and Sharon Bricker. The Brickers encouraged her to try whatever she wanted to-including gymnastics. Jen shares her story.

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The Challenges and Blessings of Adoption

March 27, 2015
with Brian Borgman

Pastor Brian Borgman shares how he and his wife came to adopt their son Alex. While adoption is a blessing to all involved, it also requires perseverance and many sacrifices.

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On the Road to Adoption

March 26, 2015
with Brian Borgman

Pastor Brian Borgman talks about the little boy, Alex, they would eventually provide care for, and the challenges of parenting a child who has known nothing but neglect.

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An Assignment to Love

December 17, 2014
with Katie Davis Majors

God has turned my world upside down, but He's turning it right side up." Katie Davis tells how God changed her perspective and filled her with passion to love and serve the Ugandan children.

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I Never Meant to Be a Mother

December 16, 2014
with Katie Davis Majors

Motherhood is delightful and difficult, even for the most seasoned of mothers. Katie Davis tells how she went from a being a kindergarten teacher at age 18 to a mother of 13 by the time she was 25.

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Jesus Wrecked My Life

December 15, 2014
with Katie Davis Majors

Eighteen-year-old Katie Davis had a desire to go and serve the children of Uganda for a season before college. Hear more about this courageous young woman and her outreach to orphans in Africa.

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Embracing Gods Heart For The Orphan

Embracing God’s Heart for the Orphan

August 29, 2014
with Daniel Kaggwa

Pastor Daniel Kaggwa's church in Uganda closed an orphanage by fostering all of the children through church families. Pastor Kaggwa shares how his community rallied together for the love of orphans.

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Reaching Out To Urban Youth

Reaching Out to Urban Youth

August 28, 2014
with Tyrone Flowers

Tyrone Flowers was a young athlete whose career was cut short when a teammate shot him, leaving him paralyzed. He shares the details of his story, and how God has been working in his life.

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Understanding And Parenting Your Adopted Child

Understanding and Parenting Your Adopted Chi...

August 27, 2014
with Barbara Rainey

Barbara Rainey talks about some of the ways adoption affects your marriage, your other children, and your relationship with Christ.

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Confronting the Realities of Adoption

August 26, 2014
with Jon and Shelly Bergeron

Jon and Shelly Bergeron talk frankly about the realities of adoption and ask prospective parents to consider that adoption is not without difficult financial, emotional and spiritual costs.

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Called by God to Adopt

August 25, 2014
with Jon and Shelly Bergeron

Jon and Shelly Bergeron talk about their tentative trek into the world of adoption, first by adopting a deaf boy from the foster care system and next by adopting a deaf teen from China.

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Orphan Justice

Adoption: Calling and Concerns

April 18, 2014
with Johnny Carr

Johnny Carr talks about some of the challenges that can take place in the adoption system. More importantly, Johnny talks about the plight of orphans around the world.

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Growing a Heart for the Orphan

April 17, 2014
with Johnny Carr

Pastor Johnny Carr shares how he and his wife, a teacher to the deaf, came to adopt three special needs children to add to their family of four. 

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Movie Life: Changing Roles

December 31, 2013
with Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick

Alex and Stephen Kendrick, co-founders of Sherwood Pictures, sit down with Bob Lepine to talk about life.

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Born on Valentine’s Day With a Broken...

Stephen Kendrick· 6 min read

Stephen and Jill Kendrick's story of adopting Mia

An Orphan’s Plea

Dennis Rainey· 3 min read

What happened when a 15-year-old boy appeared in a Florida church, asking for a family.

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Orphans: A Global Response

August 30, 2013
with Eddie Byun

Pastor Eddie Byun says the church in South Korea has obstacles to overcome in order to embrace how much God values orphans.

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One Church Responds to the Orphan Crisis

August 29, 2013
with Aaron Ivey, Matt Carter

Hear how Matt Carter and Aaron Ivey encouraged their church to join them in the mission of orphan care.

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Fostering 23 Kids

August 20, 2013
with Michele Bachmann

Michele Bachmann encourages the church to consider opening homes to one foster child for one year.

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She Had Nobody

FamilyLife· 5 min read

When Laura and Steve Byers traveled 5,000 miles to Ukraine, they didn’t know the name of the little girl they would adopt. They had no idea what she would look like, or how old she would be. And they couldn’t comprehend how much she would change their lives. “How will we know it’s her?” Laura […]

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Until We All Come Home

May 27, 2013
with Kim De Blecourt

Adoption is a beautiful gift.

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Defending the Fatherless

April 19, 2013
with Jedd Medefind

Jedd Medefind talks about the explosion of interest in the church around the subject of adoption.

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Bridging the Gap of Interracial Adoption

March 18, 2013
with Ryan Bomberger

Ryan Bomberger’s birth mother was raped and she could have chosen abortion.

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3/3 Lessons We’ve Learned as Parents

March 13, 2013
with Michael and Sharon Dennehy

Some of the greatest lessons of life come through parenting.

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Adoption And Orphans Day 2

2/3 The Realities of Adoption

March 12, 2013
with Michael and Sharon Dennehy

Adoption has its challenges.

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1/3 Nurturing a Heart for Adoption

March 11, 2013
with Michael and Sharon Dennehy

Have you ever considered adoption?

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Adoption And Orphans Day 2

Are You Adopted? Part 2

December 26, 2012
with Lois Rabey

Lois had been lied to for 48 years. Was it God's will that she found out the truth now?

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Adoption And Orphans Day 1

Are You Adopted? Part 1

December 25, 2012
with Lois Rabey

Her mother had died years earlier and her father was gravely ill. But Lois was about to get the shock of her life.

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Growing In Your Faith Day 3

Drawing Near to Those Who Are Far

October 3, 2012
with Jennie Allen

A dangerous prayer? Or a step of faith toward great adventures?

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