CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS
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Building an “Everyone Can Do Something” Culture at Your Church
The goal of your church is not simply to start a peripheral ministry a few are involved in; it’s to establish a foundation culture of caring for orphaned and vulnerable...
5 Big Takeaways from CAFO2017
CAFO2017 was unforgettable. As we’re hearing from so many people now back “on mission” across the US and around the world, five big themes keep popping up. They struck a...
Church, When it Comes to Foster Care, You May Not Know Your Own Strength
One summer, when I was in early elementary school, my little league coach was a High School student. My brother and uncle were both in high school at the time...
What Meeting My Wife for the First Time Taught Me About Ministry Leadership
I knew I was going to marry my wife the first time I met her. True story. After walking her to class on our college campus and wrapping up our first conversation...
Building Local Capacity through Short Term Missions
It’s mid-summer in the US, and that means hundreds, if not thousands, of Christians are departing and returning from short-term missions around the world. Many of these teams visit orphans...
Happy Independence Day! Or is it?
Throughout their young lives, we prepare our children for independence. From a young age, we teach them to be careful around strangers, look both ways before crossing the street, and...