{"id":798187,"date":"2023-03-08T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T11:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/?p=798187"},"modified":"2023-02-26T18:55:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T00:55:20","slug":"how-your-church-can-help-the-overlooked-children-affected-by-abuse-and-neglect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/how-your-church-can-help-the-overlooked-children-affected-by-abuse-and-neglect\/","title":{"rendered":"How Your Church Can Help the Overlooked Children Affected by Abuse and Neglect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The turning point for me occurred at a funeral. I was holding a four-year-old child I did not know. His mother had passed away after overdosing on a dangerous mix of fentanyl and cocaine. The family contacted our church and asked for a pastor to officiate the funeral. I\u2019ll never forget the young boy\u2019s words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAre you going to help bring my mommy back?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I didn\u2019t have words for him. Only tears.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was placed in a foster home. Thankfully, it was one full of love and support. At about the same time as the funeral, a local newspaper headline caught my attention: \u201cBradenton is opioid overdose capital of Florida. And still no one knows why.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every year, hundreds of children are removed from their homes in our county. Over half of them are directly attributed to the substance abuse of parents and guardians. Most of the children removed are under the age of five. I did not have the right words for the four-year-old, but his question prompted me to act. I could not bring his mom back, but my wife and I could be foster parents for children in situations like his. So we got our license and began our foster journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foster children are one of our nation\u2019s most overlooked and underserved groups. Most communities struggle to find placements for these children. Local churches in the United States have more than enough homes to solve the problem, but few Christian families are pursuing fostering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happens when people in your congregation start fostering children?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Your church is woven into the fabric of the community<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In my role at Church Answers, I\u2019m often asked, \u201cHow can my church better serve and reach the community?\u201d There are many ways to answer the question, but one answer is obvious. Start a fostering movement in your congregation. Caring for foster children forces you to be an active part of your community. You interact with social workers, struggling parents, judges, and police officers. Fostering weaves you tightly into the community and allows your church to be a thread pulling everyone together.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Your church is recognized as a solution to community problems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The issues producing foster children are often the core sins plaguing a community. When people in your church foster, the neighborhood tends to view you as helpful. Foster children are the result of the worst problems in the community. Inviting them into your church homes makes you one of the best solutions for the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Your church is pushed outward with God\u2019s mission<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The church is not designed to be a shield protecting the Christian bubble of safety. Rather, the church is a vehicle engineered by God to send people into the darkest corners of the neighborhood. Fill your church with foster children, and your people will be filled with a desire to do gospel work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Your church is compelled into a posture of selflessness<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I hear the excuse all the time, \u201cI couldn\u2019t foster because it would be hard to give the child back.\u201d I understand the sentiment. Indeed, my wife and I live in this paradox. The purpose of fostering is more than raising a child. It\u2019s about reuniting a family. You care for children <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> encourage moms and dads. Fostering is a weighty burden that will bend you hard in the direction of selflessness. Is it painful? Yes, sometimes. Is it worth the stretch? Always.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Pharaoh\u2019s daughter opened the basket floating on the Nile, she saw a baby and said, \u201cThis must be one of the Hebrew children\u201d (Exodus 2:6, NLT). This must be one. One child saved. Imagine the desperation of Moses\u2019 mom, placing him in the papyrus basket and letting him drift away from the safety of her arms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine the courage of Moses\u2019 sister, Miriam. At significant risk, she keeps watching over the basket. She is an advocate. She stays close to the crisis to help. She risks everything when she reaches out to Pharaoh\u2019s daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine the audacity of Pharaoh\u2019s daughter. She is part of the family committing genocide, but she becomes a person of power who uses her position to do what is right. The child in the basket moves her. A child in need should move us all to action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was a tremendous risk to all the women in this story, but it did not stop them from doing the right thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if the church looked at the foster system as a floating papyrus basket? What if the people of the church opened the basket and had the same response as Pharaoh\u2019s daughter?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This must be one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t let these children continue to drift.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your home is the promised land for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to get involved with helping struggling children and families, I encourage you to reach out to<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/onemorechild.org\/contact\/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One More Child<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The turning point for me occurred at a funeral. I was holding a four-year-old child I did not know. His mother had passed away after overdosing on a dangerous mix of fentanyl and cocaine. 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