NASHVILLE — Protestant churches in the U.S. seem to be taking the Bible’s call to orphan care seriously, according to a LifeWay Research study released Jan. 24.
About 4 in 10 Protestant churchgoers say their congregation has been involved with adoption or foster care in the past year. Seventeen percent say someone from their church has adopted a child from the U.S. in the past year. Fifteen percent say someone from their church has adopted a child from another country.
Thirty-seven percent of people who attend large churches know someone who has provided foster care while only 20 percent of those who attend a smaller church do.
Still church leaders in general don’t talk much about adoption, according to the survey. About half (45 percent) of those surveyed say their church has had no involvement with or conversation about foster care and adoption, despite the fact that since the early 2000s, many Protestant churches have commemorated “Orphan Sunday” in November to draw attention to the plight of orphans and kids in foster care around the world. (BP)
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