{"id":138,"date":"2009-10-01T11:01:15","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T11:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html"},"modified":"2009-10-01T11:01:15","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T11:01:15","slug":"your-church-and-the-orphan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html","title":{"rendered":"Your Church and the Orphan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the course of the past several years, I have had the privilege of speaking at some of FamilyLife&#039;s orphan conferences. If you are looking for a way to get your church involved, these conferences are a great introduction to starting a church-based orphans ministry. I&#039;ve provided information and links below, and you can click on the badge to go to their site. <\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend these conferences to you and your church leadership.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>YOUR CHURCH AND THE ORPHAN<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You have been dreaming of ways your church could make a God-sized<br \/>\nimpact for the orphan.&#160; You have wanted to do something, but you didn\u2019t<br \/>\nknow how to begin.&#160; We created this workshop for you.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#160;<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"baseline\" alt=\"Your Church and the Orphan\" border=\"0\" height=\"152\" hspace=\"10\" src=\"https:\/\/hopefororphans.com\/images\/Uploads\/ycow%20logo.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Your Church and the Orphan\u2122 is a powerful, interactive, and fun<br \/>\none-day event that will bring together a group of passionate<br \/>\nlike-minded people from your church to pray, dream and learn about how<br \/>\nGod might want to use your church on behalf of the orphan.<\/p>\n<p>This informative, biblical, and hands-on&#160;group workshop experience<br \/>\nwill serve as a catalyst to help your church launch a ministry to<br \/>\norphans.&#160; Here are the answers to some questions you may have:<\/p>\n<p><strong>What will the schedule include?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Eight steps to launching an orphans ministry in your church<\/li>\n<li>Creatively<br \/>\nguided prayer and discussion times that will get your church well on<br \/>\nits way to a plan for launching a church orphans ministry<\/li>\n<li>An overview of key organizations that can help your church orphans ministry do what God calls you to do<\/li>\n<li>Useful tools to help you take your next steps<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities to interact with other churches in your area whose members share the same passions as you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Who should come?<\/strong><br \/>\nAny follower of Christ who wants to explore how&#160;their church can make a difference for orphans and waiting children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many people from my church should come?<\/strong><br \/>\nAnywhere from 3-12 people is ideal.&#160; But, if you have more than 12 sign up, certainly feel free to bring everyone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I come alone?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes.&#160;&#160; However, this workshop has been uniquely created with team<br \/>\ninteraction in mind.&#160;&#160;Therefore,&#160;if you are planning to attend<br \/>\nindividually or with one other person, you will be seated together with<br \/>\nother individual attendees to maximize your workshop experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When and Where?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Check out our <a href=\"http:\/\/hopefororphans.com\/display.asp?page=scheduledworkshops\"><font color=\"#0092c8\">workshop schedule<\/font><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the course of the past several years, I have had the privilege of speaking at some of FamilyLife&#039;s orphan conferences. If you are looking for a way to get your church involved, these conferences are a great introduction to starting a church-based orphans ministry. I&#039;ve provided information and links below, and you can click&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-swaziland"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Your Church and the Orphan - Red Letters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Your Church and the Orphan - Red Letters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over the course of the past several years, I have had the privilege of speaking at some of FamilyLife&#039;s orphan conferences. If you are looking for a way to get your church involved, these conferences are a great introduction to starting a church-based orphans ministry. I&#039;ve provided information and links below, and you can click&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Red Letters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-10-01T11:01:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/hopefororphans.com\/images\/Uploads\/ycow%20logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Davis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Your Church and the Orphan - Red Letters","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Your Church and the Orphan - Red Letters","og_description":"Over the course of the past several years, I have had the privilege of speaking at some of FamilyLife&#039;s orphan conferences. If you are looking for a way to get your church involved, these conferences are a great introduction to starting a church-based orphans ministry. I&#039;ve provided information and links below, and you can click&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html","og_site_name":"Red Letters","article_published_time":"2009-10-01T11:01:15+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/hopefororphans.com\/images\/Uploads\/ycow%20logo.jpg"}],"author":"Tom Davis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html","name":"Your Church and the Orphan - Red Letters","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/hopefororphans.com\/images\/Uploads\/ycow%20logo.jpg","datePublished":"2009-10-01T11:01:15+00:00","dateModified":"2009-10-01T11:01:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/#\/schema\/person\/c78d22af30aa2e0860a621fadf855b92"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/hopefororphans.com\/images\/Uploads\/ycow%20logo.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/hopefororphans.com\/images\/Uploads\/ycow%20logo.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/10\/your-church-and-the-orphan.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Your Church and the Orphan"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/","name":"Red Letters","description":"Christian, Christian Inspiration, Christian News, Christian Activism News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/#\/schema\/person\/c78d22af30aa2e0860a621fadf855b92","name":"Tom Davis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/b5c\/b5c5842c5b6dd6c51062873d0bb1dfafx96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/b5c\/b5c5842c5b6dd6c51062873d0bb1dfafx96.jpg","caption":"Tom Davis"},"description":"Tom Davis currently serves as CEO of Children's HopeChest (www.hopechest.org), a global orphan care ministry headquartered in Colorado Springs. A tireless advocate for fatherless children, Davis has spent most of his adult life calling U.S. believers to become the hands and feet of Jesus Christ to the 143 million orphans living around the world. Through those connections, thousands of orphans now have the bright and hopeful future--one that is filled with opportunities and the love of the one true Father. Davis speaks hundreds of times each year at churches and conferences, mobilizing the church to action on behalf of the poor. He is the author of four books. His most recent novel, SCARED is a fictionalized account of his first-hand experiencing living and working with orphans in Swaziland, Africa. Davis' blog is the premier resource for the latest developments in Christian orphan ministry. Davis also currently teaches courses as adjunct professor at George Fox University in Newberg, OR. When not traveling the globe, Davis resides in the mountains of Colorado in the small community of Palmer Lake. He and his wife Emily have seven children, including two adopted daughters from Russia.","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/author\/tdavis"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}