Jamie is a young man who has complex needs and, with his family, has always sat on the back row at church, “in case his constant movement disturbs people.” Very few people have ever approached Jamie and his family, probably
The Lausanne Children and Family Network in collaboration with the World Evangelical Alliance’s Family Challenge and Children’s Network, invites you to a seven-week webinar series on the topic of ‘Missional Family’. The webinars will focus on answering the question of
A new resource has been launched to support church toddler group leaders in supporting young children’s faith and preparing them for school. The booklet, titled ‘It’s not just a parent and toddler group’, has been created by Joanna Gordon, CEO of
This is the last of three articles summarising the World Without Orphans 2024 Global Gathering in Thailand. Read the first part and the second part. On the last day of the Global Forum, the participants gathered together for a beautiful time of Sunday morning worship experience. Greg
When Sean Teis was just 9 months old, he was abandoned by his earthly father. “My dad came home, an alcoholic in a drunken rage … my mother was in a panic, she went over to the neighbor’s house and
The second plenary session of the 2024 World Without Orphans (WWO) global conference in Thailand, on 1 March, had the overall theme of “prevention” and featured 10 speakers. First on stage was Marcos Vergara, vice president of the Evangelical Churches Association
World Without Orphans (WWO), held its Global Forum in Chiang Mai (Thailand) from February 29 to March 3, 2024. “Together from Crisis to Hope” wass the topic of the conference and a text from Hebrews 6 the motto: “We have
On the third day of the World Without Orphans global forum that is currently taking place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, a panel discussion highlighted a central issue the orphan care movement is wrestling with today: the need to move away
“We are facing three major crises today,” he said. But the crises he was referring to were not the outward contributors to orphanhood and vulnerability among children, such as war, drug abuse, climate change or pandemics – all very relevant