Family Ministry Today

The Center for Christian Family Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches

by Admin – Sep 21

A stirring call to Christian families and churches to be a people who care for orphans, not just in word, but in deed.

The gospel of Jesus Christ-the good news that through Jesus we have been adopted as sons and daughters into God’s family-means that Christians ought to be at the forefront of the adoption of orphans in North America and around the world.

Russell D. Moore does not shy away from this call in Adopted for Life, a popular-level, practical manifesto for Christians to adopt children and to help equip other Christian families to do the same. He shows that adoption is not just about couples who want children-or who want more children. It is about an entire culture within Christianity, a culture that sees adoption as part of the Great Commission mandate and as a sign of the gospel itself.

Moore, who adopted two boys from Russia and has spoken widely on the subject, writes for couples considering adoption, families who have adopted children, and pastors who wish to encourage adoption.

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Leadership

Randy Stinson

Dr. Randy Stinson

Dean of the School of Church Ministries
William Cutrer

Dr. William Cutrer

C. Edwin Gheens Professor of Christian Ministry; Director, Gheens Center for Family Ministry
Timothy Paul Jones

Dr. Timothy Paul Jones

Associate Professor of Leadership and Church Ministry; Editor of The Journal of Family Ministry; Family Ministry Coordinator; Children’s Ministry Coordinator