
Adoption is a Family Matter

The One Church, One Child Challenge
To Churches
One Church, One Child asks each participating church to identify at least one family to adopt a child or sibling group.
Why do we ask this of the Church and its Members?
The Church is a place of hope, support, comfort, and social action. Adopting a child is a way of expressing love, a way of putting faith into action, a way of meeting the very real needs “of the least of these.” Accepting the challenge of recruiting families to adopt or foster is a ministry completely in line with the principles of faith.
What Does the Church Do?
The Church's Role
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Inform members of the congregation of the hundreds of children waiting to be adopted
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Disseminate adoption literature throughout the church community
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Provide support (through guidance, counseling, and ministries) to the family once a child or children have joined the family
The Pastor's Role
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Endorse the Program. Agree to allow the church to become an active participant.
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Select a Coordinator-this is a member or an auxiliary to conduct the program.
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Encourage members to consider becoming a foster or adoptive parent and make the connection between faith and
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Make a commitment to keep the message of adoption before the congregation through sermons, special programs, and allowing the church to be a local recruitment resource.
The Coordinator's Role
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Fully implement the program
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Maintain a photo listing of waiting children
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Disseminate adoption literature
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Host OCOC information sessions at the church
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Plan and implement adoption recruitment activities
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Offer volunteer assistance to OCOC staff
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Refer or bring interested families to the OCOC for orientation and an application to begin process
Sign up today to become a participating church!!
Recommit your congregation to this important work!!
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The King will reply, “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least
of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40 (NIV)
“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
God sets the lonely in families.” Psalm 68:5, 6b (NIV)