Fulfilling the Biblical Mandate to Care for Orphans and Widows

Just as Jesus reconciled us to the Father, he restored our relationships with one another. When we were in need of a home, Jesus lovingly accepted us into his family. Similarly, caring for the fatherless often entails opening our home to children who need a secure and nurturing environment. As followers of Christ, how can we personally answer the biblical mandate to uphold and support orphans?

In this episode of Glo, Blair Linne, Aixa de López, Sharon Dickens, and Soojin Park discuss caring for orphans through foster care, adoption, and discipleship, no matter your season of life. Through prayer and faithful obedience to the Holy Spirit's leading, we can all do something to love and care for the fatherless.

Episode time stamps:

• Aixa's family story of foster care and adoption (0:00)
• Spiritual adoption and spiritual orphans (9:25)
• Cross-cultural adoption and cultural diversity (13:45)
• How the church can broaden its view (15:24)
• Caring for the fatherless through discipleship (21:30)
• Spiritual fathers and mothers (24:46)
• Supporting families called to foster care and adoption (28:20)
• The Lord's grace and your unique calling (36:41)

Recommended resources: 

• Trusted organizations from the Christian Alliance for Orphans
• Everyone Can Do Something by Jason Johnson (book)
• "5 Ways Your Church Can Support Foster Care" by Ryan MacDonald (article)
• "Loving the Widow" by K. A. Ellis (message from TGCW18)