

Thanks to the SC Baptist Convention for unanimously approving a Resolution on Adoption yesterday in Greenville, SC.
Here is the wording of the Resolution and what it means.
Adoption
WHEREAS, There are more than 17.5 million orphans worldwide (1); and
WHEREAS, There are more than 100,000 children and youth in need of permanent
adoptive families in the United States (2); and
WHEREAS, There are more than 1,400 children and youth in need of permanent
adoptive families in the State of South Carolina (3); and
WHEREAS, We are instructed to care for orphans (James 1:27, Isaiah 1:17); and
WHEREAS, We have been adopted as children of God (Psalm 68:5-6, Romans 8:15-23, 9:26,
Galatians 4:4-7, Ephesians 1:3-6) and our adoption of orphans is symbolic of this
in the eyes of the world and real in the eyes of the children we adopt; and
WHEREAS, There are children being adopted into homes where they will not be
exposed to the Gospel, be it
RESOLVED, That we, the messengers to the South Carolina Baptist Convention
annual session meeting in Greenville, November 13-14, 2012, encourage all
government entities to streamline the adoption process and provide aid to families
in a timely manner; and be it finally
RESOLVED, That we will foster an environment of transcultural adoption in our
churches by encouraging moral, emotional, physical, spiritual and financial
support for those who undertake this Gospel work.
So, What does that all mean?
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