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The Ben Shapiro Show

How the Church Can Solve the Foster Care Crisis | Bishop WC Martin

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News Commentary, News

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Bishop WC Martin is an American pastor, author, adoption advocate, and the inspiration for the upcoming Angel Studios film, The Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, releasing in partnership with DailyWire+. As the pastor of Bennett Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Possum Trot, Texas, Bishop Martin and his wife Donna adopted 4 children and persuaded their entire community to do the same. Ultimately, 77 children were adopted into 22 loving families in their small Texas town. In today’s episode, Bishop Martin and I discuss the problems within the current foster care system and the role of the church in successful adoption stories. Bishop Martin also shares personal anecdotes about raising his adopted children and a few behind-the-scenes moments from the making of the movie. Don’t miss this heartening conversation about family and faith on this episode of the Sunday Special.   - - -    Today’s Sponsors:   PureTalk - Get 50% Off Your First Month! http://www.PureTalk.com/SHAPIRO   Black Rifle Coffee - Give back by drinking America's coffee! https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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And my question is to a lot of people, how do a child know what love is when no one never talked to them love?

0:06.5

How do a person or a child know what a mother and a father is when they don't understand because they've never been taught?

0:14.1

We got to reach and get them, teach them, show them, demonstrate it, and let them be a part of our family, because this is what God

0:23.2

is calling for the church to do.

0:26.4

Bishop W.C. Martin is an American pastor, author, adoption advocate, and the inspiration for

0:31.5

the upcoming Angel Studios in Daily Wire Plus film The Sound of Hope. As the pastor of Bennett Chapel

0:35.8

Missionary Baptist Church in Possum

0:37.5

Trot, Texas, Bishop Martin and his wife Donna adopted four children and ultimately persuaded their

0:42.0

entire community to do the same. Ultimately, under Bishop Martin's spiritual leadership,

0:46.3

one small Texas town adopted 77 children out of the foster care system and into loving families.

0:52.0

Today, Martin leads the church to child movement as the founder of saving a generation ministry,

0:56.4

preaching across the nation to move families to consider adoption.

0:59.5

He also served as a national ambassador for the Global Orphan Project, which works to administer

1:03.6

care to local children and equip orphans for adulthood.

1:06.3

In today's episode, Bishop Martin and I discuss the problems within the current foster care

1:09.7

system and the role of the church in successful adoption stories.

1:12.6

Bishop Martin also shares personal anecdotes about raising his adopted children and a few behind-the-scenes moments from the making of the movie.

1:18.6

Don't miss this heartening conversation about family and faith with Bishop W.C. Martin, the real-life inspiration for the upcoming Angel Studios in DailyWire Plus film, The Sound of Hope. Welcome back to another episode of the Sunday special.

1:38.0

Bishop Martin, thank you so much for taking the time.

1:39.9

Really appreciate it.

1:40.9

It's a blessing to be here.

1:42.4

So let's talk about your story. Obviously, it's an

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