Category Archives: Foster care

Syncing churches in ministry

By wpengine | Published: June 8, 2016

Guest post by Kentucky Baptist Convention President Kevin Smith. As a pastor, I stand with the 3,500 Baptists in my local church. As president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, I stand with 750,000 Baptists in my state convention. Together we desire to see the Great Commission pursued in our commonwealth and beyond! No individual congregation […]

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Baptists in Southern Africa are shining a ‘bright light’ on a dark place

By wpengine | Published: March 22, 2016

A common tendency among foster parents is that we love to talk about it. We love to talk about it in the hopes that others will see the need and opportunity to care for the countless number of kids needing a home, and we love to talk about it because each foster family’s story is […]

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Kids leave Crossings with hunger to learn more about God’s word

By wpengine | Published: August 11, 2015

The scene was surreal. I’m sitting on my bed watching a 14-year-old Hispanic boy and an 8-year-old Chinese girl engaged in one of their fiercest competitions to date. These two enjoy rivalry and, when they find a contest that pits them as anywhere close to being equals, it’s game on. What was the latest fight-to-the-death […]

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‘Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world’

By wpengine | Published: June 30, 2015

Like so many others, my earliest memories of music include the lyrics, “Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His site. Jesus loves the little children of the world.” From Sunday School and Vacation Bible School lessons, I knew that song […]

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Will you ‘Be the One’?

By wpengine | Published: November 4, 2014

More than 7,500 kids are currently in the care of the state of Kentucky. Most of these children have been removed from their homes because of abuse and neglect. A child’s average age when removed from his or her home is 6. James 1:27 teaches us that caring for children like that is one of […]

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