Ministries: Care Ministries
C.O.R.E.
ABOUT CORE MINISTRY
Mission Statement:
Purpose:
C.O.R.E Ministry will offer programs/events and information designed to build awareness among church members and the community about the ministry of orphan care and adoption.
Who Are the Orphans?
This Ministry has chosen to define an Orphan as any child that is parentless and/or is not in a safe, secure & loving environment. In short, orphans are children who for whatever reason have found themselves in need of permanent and loving families. And for such children, being taken in through the “spirit of adoption” is their greatest need!
The FACTS
Orphans face a world without family– without hope. If you speak to those children growing up in orphanages, foster homes and on the street, you will find that they talk of family and belonging. Many hope that their parents will return for them or that someone new will come to love them. Most significant of all is that they have no father to guide them; no mother to love them; and no one to celebrate their accomplishments.
The world is in crisis – if nothing changes…nothing changes. And it is a crisis involving a population which is extremely precious to the heart of God– orphans. The problem of nearly 150 million orphans will not be solved by one group, one church or one denomination.
· The answer lies in great numbers of believers from many places gathering together, creatively finding solutions, to solve small pieces of the orphan plight…and saving lives one-by-one! God says that He is the Father of the fatherless; orphans are part of His royal family. He has asked us, the church, to be His hands extended and to love these children on His behalf!
WHAT CORE DOES
Ministry Goals:
1. Inspire: Cast the vision of the “spirit of adoption” and God’s heart for orphans.
· “For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, ‘Abba! Father!’ “ Romans 8:15
2. Equip/Educate: Provide assistance and resources for those interested in adoption and/or orphan care.
3. Encourage: Assist families pursuing foster care or adoption through personal & family support, prayer groups, seminars, and financial aid.
THE Stats
· There are an estimated 523,000 children in foster care in the United States. Approximately 135,000 of these children are currently considered “waiting” children – meaning those who have been determined to be available for adoption.
· According to UNICEF, there are over 143 million orphans, ages 0-17, who have lost one or both parents in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean alone. 16 million children were newly orphaned in 2003 alone.
· The future prospects for children who emancipate from orphanages, the foster care system, or who grow up as street children are profoundly bleak; ironically, the outlook for American children is almost identical to that of children around the world. Theft, prostitution, homelessness, substance abuse, incarceration and suicide affect the lives of the majority of those children who grow up as orphans and never find permanent, loving homes.
Monthly Newsletters:
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Scripture
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me," says the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 3:5
"Others snatch the orphan from the breast,
And against the poor they take a pledge.”
Job 24:9
You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.
Psalm 10:14
O LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear
To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed,
So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror.
Psalm 10:17-18
Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
James 1:27
And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.
Romans 8:23
who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises,
so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
Galations 4:5
He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will,
Ephesians 1:5
'They are fat, they are sleek,
They also excel in deeds of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper;
And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Jeremiah 5:28
For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”.
Romans 8:15
"And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me;
Matthew 18:5
"Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me," says the LORD of hosts.
Malachi 3:5
"Others snatch the orphan from the breast,
And against the poor they take a pledge.”
Job 24:9
You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.
Psalm 10:14
“ And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me.” YOU SHOULD KNOW…
Matthew 18:5
- Every DAY 5,760 more children become orphans.
- Every YEAR 2,102,400 more children become orphans (In Africa alone).
- 143,000,000 Orphans in the world today spend an average of 10 years in an orphanage or foster home.
- Every YEAR Approximately 250,000 children are adopted, BUT…
- Every YEAR 14,050,000 children still grow up as orphans and AGE OUT of the system!
- Every DAY 34,493 children AGE OUT!
- Every 2.2 SECONDS, another orphan child AGES OUT with no family to belong to and no place to call home!
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*In Ukraine and Russia 10%-15% of children who age out of an orphanage commit suicide before age 18. 60% of the girls are lured into prostitution. 70% of the boys become hardened criminals.
*The future prospects for children who emancipate from orphanages, the foster care system, or who grow up as street children are profoundly bleak; ironically, the outlook for American children is almost identical to that of children around the world. Theft, prostitution, homelessness, substance abuse, incarceration and suicide affect the lives of the majority of those children who grow up as orphans and never find permanent, loving homes. In short, ORPHANS by definition are children who for whatever reason have found themselves in need of permanent, safe and loving families. And for such children, being taken in by a family through the “spirit of adoption” is their greatest need!
“For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out,‘Abba! Father!’” Romans 8:15
*Statistics by the Home for Good Foundation
JOIN US
Want to Help?
If you are interested in becoming involved in C.O.R.E or if you would like information regarding orphan care, foster care, adoption, etc. we would love to help!
Contact us
Caryn Bowser:
Via Phone: (509) 764-7900
Via E-mail: caryn@bowserfamily.org
Alisa Shaw:
Via Phone: (509) 765-3742
Via Email: alisashaw@nctv.com