On Orphan Sunday, Christians around the globe celebrate the love of the God who “defends the cause of the fatherless” and calls us to do the same. Ultimately, Orphan Sunday makes God’s true character and the Gospel itself visible as God’s people explore and respond to His heart for the orphan in adoption, foster care, and global orphan ministry.

God is vested, deeply and personally, in the plight of the orphan (i.e. Dt 10:18; Ps 68:5-6). He calls His people to share this passion and bring to each child the love of Jesus Christ in both word and deed (Is 1:17; Jms 1:27; Mt. 25:40). On Orphan Sunday, the Church is reminded of this truth and invited to act upon it.

More than 400,000 children live in the foster system in the U.S. today, with nearly 110,000 waiting to be adopted. Globally, an estimated 17.8 million children have lost both parents, and many times that number live with a single surviving parent, most often their widowed mother.

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JOIN US IN PRAYING FOR

• Children across the U.S. growing up in foster care, and others that face life without their fathers and/or mothers.
• Social workers and officials serving foster youth.
• Churches and nonprofits with adoption/foster/global orphan ministries.
• The Church in the U.S. and worldwide to grasp and reflect God’s heart for adoption and orphan care.
• Families that have adopted, mentored and/or fostered.
• Orphans worldwide: physical provision, protection, love and belonging, and to know the love of God.
• Personal guidance in how to reflect God’s heart through thoughtful action, advocacy and continued prayer.

 

The Orphan Sunday campaign works towards a day when local Christians in every nation will be known as the primary answer to the needs of orphans in their midst.  The website www.orphansunday.org serves as a hub for the campaign, offering event ideas, downloadable posters, bulletin inserts, videos and other free resources.