Adoption and foster care can be challenging topics to discuss because we either don’t know where to start or have a deeply personal connection to them. However, the conversation surrounding adoption and foster care can be beneficial rather than discouraging and scary. In this episode, we provide a biblical perspective on the gift of adoption and share our personal experiences.

Thank you for joining us! Below, you can find the information we studied for this episode.

Scriptures

• Genesis 4
• Psalm 10:18, 27:10, 68:5-6, 82:3
• John 14:18
• Romans 8:15, 8:23
• 2 Corinthians 1:3-11
• Galatians 4:5
• Ephesians 1:3-14
• James 1:26-27

Resources

• ESV Study Bible
• “Data & Research.” U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Children’s Bureau. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/cb/data-research.
• “The AFCARS Report.” U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: Children’s Bureau. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/cb/afcarsreport28.pdf.
• Font, S. A., Sattler, K. M. P., & Gershoff, E. (2018). When home is still unsafe: From family reunification to foster care reentry. Journal of Marriage and Family, 80(5), 1333-1343. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12499.
• Leathers, S. J., Spielfogel, J. E., Geiger, J., Barnett, J., & Vande Voort, B. L. (2019). Placement disruption in foster care: Children’s behavior, foster parent support, and parenting experiences. Child Abuse & Neglect, 91, 147-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.03.012.

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