Bethany Christian Services
Helping our Afghan neighbors is our only option
By Chris Palusky — September 1, 2021
(RNS) — We may think we are powerless in global crises. Far from it.
How to help Afghans arriving in the US after fleeing the Taliban
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 25, 2021
(RNS) — Here are a few of the faith-based organizations working with Afghans both overseas and arriving in the U.S. and some ways you can help them.
With more than a million children orphaned by COVID, faith-based groups look to mobilize support
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 21, 2021
(RNS) — ‘These new estimates highlight the tremendous impact COVID-19 has had on children around the world,’ said Elli Oswald, executive director of the Faith to Action Initiative.
A refugee agency rebuilds its pipeline after Trump: ‘We’re starting from scratch’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 7, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (RNS) — Hollowed out by four years of drastic cuts to the number of refugees allowed into the country, the faith-based agencies that resettle families in the U.S. are gearing back up.
Transracial adoptive families say talking about race is not a ‘woke test’
By Bob Smietana — May 14, 2021
(RNS) — A new Bethany Christian Services report argues that a colorblind approach to adoption can hurt Black children. In response, a critic labeled the agency racist and woke.
Faith-based agencies invite volunteers, donations as they care for children at border
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins — April 2, 2021
(RNS) — Some struggle to cobble together resources decimated under the policies of former President Donald Trump’s administration.
Bethany Christian Services’ decision on gay adoption makes the church shine brighter
By Jennifer Butler — March 4, 2021
(RNS) — The country’s largest evangelical Christian adoption agency abandoned a discriminatory policy that the religious right puts major capital into defending.
Bethany Christian Services to allow LGBTQ couples to adopt, foster children
By Yonat Shimron — March 1, 2021
(RNS) — The change lowers the temperature on a hot culture-war topic pitting faith-based adoption and foster care agencies and civil liberties groups against one another.
Faith-based groups cheer, share hopes for Biden’s family reunification task force
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 2, 2021
(RNS) — The White House announced the task force Tuesday morning (Feb. 2) as part of a number of immigration-related executive actions President Joe Biden was expected to take that day.
Biden DHS nominee has ‘refreshing’ meeting with faith groups about immigration, refugees
By Jack Jenkins and Emily McFarlan Miller — December 18, 2020
(RNS) — One attendee described the meeting as 'a 180 degree change from what we've been enduring for the last four years.'
We want to save children, but distressed and vulnerable parents need help, too
By Chris Palusky — December 18, 2020
(RNS) — We're quick to judge parents who abandon their children. Our first instinct should be to help parents provide for them
The future of adoption is in a child’s own community
By Kristi Gleason — December 9, 2019
(RNS) — Children in US foster care are kept as close to their biological home as possible to minimize trauma. The same should be encouraged in our child welfare work overseas.
Michigan deal bars LGBT discrimination in state adoptions
By David Eggert — March 22, 2019
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — As of 2015, Catholic Charities and Bethany Christian Services were on average doing 25 to 30 percent of the state's foster care adoptions.
Questions remain for faith-based agencies as border crisis passes
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 15, 2018
(RNS) — Providing support to separated families is one way faith-based agencies normally tasked with welcoming refugees got involved in the crisis at the border.
Mother Jones’ shameful attack on the Christian adoption movement
By Jonathan Merritt — April 18, 2013
A major publication attempts to pour cold water on the Christian adoption movement.
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