Episode 19: Making Foster and Orphan Care a Priority to the Church
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2017
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Jedd Medefind serves as the President of CAFO (Christian Alliance for Orphans). His biggest joy is spending time with people who are making their faith tangible by living it out and loving vulnerable kids. “Nothing is more beautiful and encouraging than Christians who look like Jesus—who care about kids the world has pushed to the side.”
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| 0:00.0 | Don't miss out on a special opportunity coming your way at the end of today's show. |
| 0:08.8 | You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to have this sense that God has invited us to this place and that he is in this place. |
| 0:31.6 | You know, that this was the direction that Jesus traveled from place of comfort and safety into hurt. He bore that hurt and this isten podcast. You know, I am, I'm just feeling pumped up today. I cannot wait for you to hear my interview with Jed Medifend. |
| 1:13.7 | Before we get into that, I want to let you know where you can find out more about today's episode. |
| 1:17.9 | Just visit the forgotteninitiative.org slash S2E6 for Season 2, episode 6. |
| 1:26.6 | Jed Medifan serves as president of the Christian Alliance for Orphans, also known as KFO. |
| 1:32.2 | KFO unites more than 175 respected organizations working together to inspire and equip Christians |
| 1:39.0 | for effective foster care, adoption, and global orphan care. |
| 1:42.9 | Prior to this role, Jed led the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives |
| 1:48.3 | under President George W. Bush. Isn't that cool? Jed has written many articles in four books. |
| 1:55.0 | His most recent book is called Becoming Home. He and his wife, Rachel, live in California, |
| 2:00.4 | and they have five children, one by |
| 2:02.1 | adoption, and they're also foster parents to a little guy who came to them when he was only a few |
| 2:07.0 | weeks old. Okay, I don't want to take up any more time from today's interview. Let's get right |
| 2:12.1 | to the interview with Jed Medifan. |
| 2:23.8 | Well, Jed, thank you so much for being on with me today. |
| 2:25.8 | I'm really looking forward to talking with you. |
| 2:28.2 | I've been looking forward to this too, Jamie. |
| 2:30.9 | Well, talk to us a little bit before. |
| 2:34.6 | Now, you're the president of Christian Alliance for Orphans, but talk to us a little bit about your life before CFO. You served in the White House as special assistant to George Bush, |
| 2:41.0 | President George Bush, leading the office of faith-based and community initiatives. So as we're |
| 2:45.5 | recording today, a new president is taking the oath of office. And I am just so interested in what life was like |
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