America's largest Christian adoption agency will now work with LGBTQ parents: The peril of separating values from actions
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 3 March 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Bethany Christian Services will now allow LGBTQ couples to adopt and foster children. Today's podcast examines this decision and its cultural significance, then we focus on the "most potent way Christianity is marginalized in modern society" and resolve to be holistic in our faith and bold in our witness.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-Changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit thedailyarticle.com. |
| 0:14.3 | Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.6 | Bethany Christian Services is the largest Christian adoption agency in the United States. |
| 0:25.7 | This week, the organization announced that it would begin providing its services to LGBTQ parents |
| 0:32.1 | nationwide. Their decision is in response to requirements from various states that agencies serve such couples |
| 0:39.1 | to maintain their governmental contracts. In 2007, the organization specified that |
| 0:46.0 | God's design for the family is a covenant and lifelong marriage of one man and one woman. |
| 0:52.7 | However, two years ago, the Michigan chapter changed its policy |
| 0:56.7 | to begin placing foster children with same-sex couples. At the time, the CEO wrote, |
| 1:03.3 | At Bethany, we believe the Bible is the living word of God, and we still believe in God's |
| 1:09.3 | plan for marriage and family, as it is outlined in the |
| 1:12.9 | scriptures. At the same time, it is clear to us that Bethany cannot cede the foster care space |
| 1:19.3 | completely to the secular world, and leave children without the opportunity to experience Jesus |
| 1:25.3 | through our loving care. As we will note later, numerous Christian |
| 1:30.0 | ministries do not believe this to be a binary choice and are continuing to be faithful |
| 1:35.5 | to their biblical mission in the face of governmental pressure. The organization added, |
| 1:40.9 | The mission and beliefs of Bethany Christian services have not changed. |
| 1:46.5 | We are focused on demonstrating the love of Jesus Christ by serving children in need, |
| 1:52.1 | and we intend to continue doing so in Michigan. On Monday, Bethany announced that it would |
| 1:57.8 | make this change nationwide. Bethany's vice president stated, |
| 2:02.5 | Faith in Jesus is at the core of our mission, but we are not claiming a position on the various |
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