{"id":539,"date":"2011-04-23T06:27:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T10:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/?p=539"},"modified":"2011-04-21T15:35:26","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T19:35:26","slug":"orphanology-addressing-the-global-orphan-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/04\/orphanology-addressing-the-global-orphan-crisis.html","title":{"rendered":"Orphanology: Addressing the Global Orphan Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In recent years, an organic movement has begun in pockets of the evangelical community to live out James 1:27. All over America, people and churches are discovering opportunities to care for the fatherless in very creative and practical ways. God is awakening a spirit in the contemporary evangelical church to live out the Gospel through the care of orphans.<\/p>\n

Orphanology<\/em> is a practical response to God\u2019s command to care for the fatherless told through the stories of families and ministries who are responding. Orphanology<\/em> extends the call to minister to the nearly 150 million orphans in the world with real-world ideas and illustrations for engaging in orphan ministry. Containing concrete ideas for how Christians, their churches, and groups of churches can respond tangibly to God\u2019s call to care for the fatherless, Orphanology<\/em> demonstrates how adoption, foster care, and other forms of orphan ministry are accessible to every believer and every church and introduces innovative approaches to orphan ministry including orphan hosting.<\/p>\n

You will be empowered and find direction for approaching the task of ministering to the fatherless at home and around the world.<\/p>\n

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