14/01/2016 Uncategorized
Session 4 is the last session of the international conference of Christian Responses to Global Health Issues (CRGHI), hosted by Elizabeth Styffe
Session 4 is the last session of the international conference of Christian Responses to Global Health Issues (CRGHI), hosted by Elizabeth Styffe, one of the pioneering HIV and AIDS at Saddleback Church along with Kay Warren and Director of the Global HIV & AIDS Initiative. Currently he led Rwanda Healthcare Initiative. Elisabeth had seven children, three of whom were adopted from Kigali, Rwanda. After receiving a bachelor of nursing (BSN) from Biola University and a Master’s degree in the same department of UCLA, she has helped develop the program and means a big influence in every church around the world and help the church do effective ministry to stress on the happiness as a right of every child.
In this session, Elisabeth explains the important role of the church to orphan children. The Church can help them find a new family through adoption. The Church can also help them continue to feel safe in the family. Another thing, the church can also help reunite them with their families (as most children in orphanages actually had a family but still the role of the church is very important to make them feel safe, healthy, financially and emotionally).
When we are still an orphan, God has adopted us. The Bible teaches us that the reason God created the world is that we are later becoming His child (Ephesians 1: 4-6). When God adopted us, He makes us part of a whole family, so that we will never again be an orphan, even though we are not the descendants of Him.
Elisabeth has helped many churches and local governments to find families to adopt orphans. She hoped that through adoption, the number of orphan children reduce a lot. “We are not talking about the United States? citizens that adopt (although the amount is very small and it is declining on the adoption last year, the US is evidence that many people have to do the adoption). Instead, it is about helping churches around the world to legally adopt a child, doing what is best for the child and put an end to the orphan crisis,” she explained. Elisabeth also explained Six Things a church can do to orphans, including our own: ? Open your heart to God?s heart for the orphan. ? Recognize your responsibility to find permanent families. ? Prevent children from being orphaned. ? Help orphans in ways that move them out of orphanhood. ? Affirm loving, legal and lasting families by preservation, reunification, or adoption. ? Never forget the local church is key. Elisabeth also explains some of the things we think and do for them.
One important lesson that has been described by Elisabeth today is the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus, because we have been born again, abolished all sin because God’s great sacrifice. We know how exactly Jesus raised us as His children, and live in peace together with Him.
Therefore, we can understand how the love of God came down to us, and we cannot remain silent. “We must be faithful and bear fruit,” said Elisabeth. (hw/mf)
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Session 4 is the last session of the international conference of Christian Responses to Global Health Issues (CRGHI), hosted by Elizabeth Styffe, one of the pioneering HIV and AIDS at Saddleback Church along with Kay Warren and Director of the Global HIV & AIDS Initiative. Currently he led Rwanda Healthcare Initiative. Elisabeth had seven children, three of whom were adopted from Kigali, Rwanda. After receiving a bachelor of nursing (BSN) from Biola University and a Master’s degree in the same department of UCLA, she has helped develop the program and means a big influence in every church around the world and help the church do effective ministry to stress on the happiness as a right of every child.
In this session, Elisabeth explains the important role of the church to orphan children. The Church can help them find a new family through adoption. The Church can also help them continue to feel safe in the family. Another thing, the church can also help reunite them with their families (as most children in orphanages actually had a family but still the role of the church is very important to make them feel safe, healthy, financially and emotionally).
When we are still an orphan, God has adopted us. The Bible teaches us that the reason God created the world is that we are later becoming His child (Ephesians 1: 4-6). When God adopted us, He makes us part of a whole family, so that we will never again be an orphan, even though we are not the descendants of Him.
Elisabeth has helped many churches and local governments to find families to adopt orphans. She hoped that through adoption, the number of orphan children reduce a lot. “We are not talking about the United States? citizens that adopt (although the amount is very small and it is declining on the adoption last year, the US is evidence that many people have to do the adoption). Instead, it is about helping churches around the world to legally adopt a child, doing what is best for the child and put an end to the orphan crisis,” she explained.
Elisabeth also explained Six Things a church can do to orphans, including our own:
? Open your heart to God?s heart for the orphan.
? Recognize your responsibility to find permanent families.
? Prevent children from being orphaned.
? Help orphans in ways that move them out of orphanhood.
? Affirm loving, legal and lasting families by preservation, reunification, or adoption.
? Never forget the local church is key.
