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Hope for Orphans serves churches with a heart for orphans in three ways . . .

Mobilize

We educate Christians about God's heart for orphans and encourage them to practice what God calls in James, chapter one, "pure and undefiled religion" -- caring for orphans in their distress.

Equip

We provide simple, practical, and biblically-based resources that help local church lay leaders launch and develop orphans ministries in their churches.

Connect

We build strategic relationships with key organizations that we share with local churches as they respond to God's mandate to care for the orphan.

Hope for Orphans . . .
• Was founded by Paul and Robin Pennington and became a ministry of FamilyLife in 2003. 
• Was established to equip churches to care for orphans and waiting children through adoption, foster care and church-based orphans ministry. 
• Developed the If You Were Mine Adoption Workshop that has equipped thousands to make wise decisions about adoption.  If You Were Mine was first introduced as a live workshop held around the country and now is a church-based DVD resource that any church can use to educate their congregation and community about adoption internationally and domestically.
• Developed a second workshop entitled Your Church and The Orphan, which brings together teams from various churches in a metropolitan area and provides the tools to start formal orphans ministries within the church.  Hope for Orphans conducts 4-6 of these a year and on average equips 30 churches per event.
• Has been a key participant in the formation of the Christian Alliance for Orphans.
• Partnered with Focus on the Family and Show Hope to develop the Annual Cry of the Orphan Campaign which, over the past few years, has exposed tens-of-millions to the plight of  the orphan and has provided various avenues to respond.

Media Contact:  For any media-related inquiries about Hope for Orphans, FamilyLife, or Cry of the Orphan please contact Jonita Hammer at 972-941-4431.