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God has given a clear command to all Christians to take care of His orphan children—“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans…in their distress” (James 1.27). Worldwide there are more than 140 million orphans, and this population of children is steadily growing. Today, in the United States of America, there are more than 500,000 children in foster care, and many are adoptable—waiting for a forever home. With the command being clear and the need being apparent, there is an exciting new movement in churches across America to establish orphan care ministries.
Embrace is one such ministry established to reclaim the care and responsibility of orphans and waiting children primarily in the north Texas region. Over the period of a year, with a small nucleus of people passionate about the needs of children without permanent families, with a significant amount of prayer, and with the guidance of leaders of other highly successful church orphan care ministries, Embrace was launched. We are now privileged to work with many families and child placement agencies to help smooth the path for families and waiting children to be united. But our efforts would be lopsided if our work stopped there. We feel it is a primary part of God’s calling to our ministry to help bring awareness of the needs of orphans and waiting children to other churches and, in turn, help them establish orphan care ministries.
If you are interested in establishing an orphan care ministry in your church, we at Embrace would like to help.
Sketching Floor
Sketching Floor is a unique initiative led by Embrace to raise up and mentor new orphan ministries at churches across north Texas. Leaders from their respective churches will meet quarterly over two years to be informed of the current needs and opportunities, solidify their vision and team and press forward in launching effective orphan ministries to reclaim the care of orphans and waiting children. For more details visit www.sketchingfloor.org or contact our Director of Outreach, Bruce Kendrick (bruce@embracetexas.org).
