CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS
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Month: June 2012
“Microfinance and Orphan Care” Webinar Now Available
This month's Church Orphan Ministry Webinar, titled “Microfinance and Orphan Care,” is now available online. You can read the overview description and watch the webinar below, or access this and...
Short Term Missions: Life-Transforming Service OR Harmful Waste?
The current Christianity Today carries an excellent forum-article arguing the potential benefits and hazards of short terms missions. Below are the opening section of the three articles. I’d encourage you...
City Without Orphans
Christianity Today this month carries a great article on the work of Alliance member City Without Orphans of Fresno, CA. The young-but-robust ministry works towards a vision captured well by...
The Adoption Tax Credit Extension Is Now in a Bill
As previously highlighted, the adoption tax credit will be greatly limited if it is not extended by December 31. Recently, a bill to extend the credit was introduced. Supporters can...
Critique of Christian Adoption and Orphan Care
An individual with strong criticism for the Christian orphan care movement, David Smolin, oversaw creation of the current Journal of Christian Legal Thought. The Journal’s editor describes it as an opportunity...
ECFA Article on the Christian Orphan Care Movement
The current edition of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability's (ECFA) quarterly publication, Focus on Nonprofit Accountability, carries an encouraging article on the growing Christian orphan care movement. It reports:...