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Opinion: Adoption is a unifying answer in the baby bust debate

May 5, 2025

A growing pro-natalist movement is gaining traction in American politics, with the Trump administration among those exploring incentives to encourage family growth.

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National Adoption Month: Encouragement for the adoptive family

November 24, 2024

For many, adoption brings up the mental image of a courtroom full of smiling faces as the process is finalized. It is good to rejoice when kids are legally joined to their forever family. Children need and deserve family and permanence.

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China ends international adoption program

September 6, 2024

The Chinese government officially ended its international adoption program, as announced by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning on Sept. 5, leaving hundreds of U.S. families devastated.

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Every child precious: Engagement in foster care, adoption urged at Chosen Conference

April 20, 2024

Among special guests during the conference were Sadie Robertson Huff and her mother, Korie Robertson — from the popular reality TV show Duck Dynasty — who discussed how adoption has impacted their family.

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Family thankful for adoption journey, God’s faithfulness

November 26, 2023

Before Chance and Brittany McConnell even met, God was weaving the thread of adoption into their story. And now, 11 years into marriage, two of their three children are adopted — all 3 a testament to the Lord’s kindness and faithfulness …

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Baptist Children’s Homes offering hope, new life for boys like Tirrell

November 18, 2023

Every day is a victory for Tirrell. With John and Erin Stuebe, his North Carolina Baptist Children’s Homes foster and soon-to-be adoptive parents, surrounding him with love and support, the 14-year-old is thriving …

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How churches can ‘hold the rope’ to serve adoptive, foster care families

August 25, 2023

“Not everyone is called to adopt or foster, and that’s okay. But we can all lighten the load in some way,” says Meredith Weber, an adoption and foster care coordinator.

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Explainer: Couple denied foster care application over religious beliefs

August 20, 2023

Why it matters that a Massachusetts couple denied foster care application over religious beliefs

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Foster care system in crisis, needs support despite Roe effect

November 4, 2022

When the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade and sent abortion oversight back to the states, Baptist ministry leaders began carefully considering

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Couple’s adoption journey highlights God weaving child’s story

October 19, 2022

Dawn Pippen remembers clearly the morning her husband, Brian, admitted he had written on the wall of their nursery with a permanent marker. “We had

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