Stand Sunday - A Day to Stand Up for Foster Children
There's a movement rising up... A movement that will address a huge issue in the US. An issue that affects over 400,000 children each year. 400,000 plus children and teens. That's more than the population of New Orleans. The issue? Foster care. For many years now, Christians around the world have dedicated one Sunday a year to address the issues of orphans around the world. This Sunday is Orphan Sunday - dedicated to the over 140 million orphans around the world. I've been blessed to participate in Orphan Sunday in my local church for many years now. I love speaking about this issue. I love calling the Church to rise up and "defend the cause of the fatherless". Well this year a new movement has begun. It's a movement to call the Church to continue to rise up for orphans - the "orphans" in our cities, our communities, our own backyards. The local "orphan". We know them as foster children. I...