As more churches are forming adoption and foster care ministries, many Christians are becoming aware of what adoption professionals have known for some time: Most of the children in need of permanency are children of color.�
Whether they are African-American children in the U.S. foster care system, Chinese children abandoned due to the One-Child-Policy, or orphaned [...]
One of the questions faced by families interested in adoption is, “How do I choose which type of adoption to pursue?” It’s a great question! And there are MANY options. At Buckner, families have four options:
1. Domestic infant adoption – adopting a newborn from a birth mom facing a crisis pregnancy.
2. Foster to Adopt – accepting placement [...]
By Chelsea Quackenbush
Photos by Lauren Hollon Sturdy
Buckner International
BEAUMONT – Dave “Daddy Dave” Bleakley first met Amelia by chance at a Buckner Children’s Village reunion in Beaumont. Two-week-old Amelia was the youngest alumna and Daddy Dave was the oldest. Buckner staff thought it would make a cool photo, so they placed the tiny girl in his [...]
Welcome! A new year begins new blog content on the Be a Family website. We at Buckner hope you’ll visit often for content related to foster care and adoption of all types. Under the category “Weekly Updates from the Experts,” you’ll find information from Buckner experts throughout our system, including our affiliation with Dillon International. It [...]
November is National Adoption Month, and we feel that everyone can celebrate – no matter whether your family is called to adopt or not. If you know an adoptive family, or a soon-to-be adoptive family, there are plenty of ways you can celebrate with them and help them as they transition.
1. Get excited for the [...]
Reprinted from the Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 4, 2011
It’s not that Tim and December Barcroft wouldn’t love to be in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. They would be among 150 others nationally to be honored at a gala as part of the Angels in Adoption awards through the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.
It’s just they can’t.
Tim has a [...]
Jacquie Craggett
Rowlett, Texas
“Why should we adopt these two little girls?” We wrestled with this question. We already have four biological daughters and two adopted sons and are supposed to be “empty nesters.” �
Is it because: We love children so much? We want to rescue kids that are at risk? God loves orphans and we should too? [...]
DALLAS, Texas – Four Buckner families were recognized as 2011 Angels in Adoption for their outstanding advocacy for foster care and adoption by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) in Washington, D.C. at an awards ceremony and gala Oct. 5.
Nov 2, 2009
Filed in Foster To Adopt
CARTHAGE, Texas – Jim and Linda Kimberly were sitting on the porch on Easter Sunday, watching their youngest son Jared play with his cousins, when they felt the call.
“Jim said, ‘You know, I’d like to take up the idea of fostering,’” Linda recalled. “So we did it. We just really felt called to it.”
Oct 30, 2009
Filed in Foster To Adopt
By Analiz G. Schremmer
Buckner International
LUBBOCK, Texas — Barbara and Sean Smith have fostered more than 50 children, so people assume it’s because they can’t say no.
“Oh, we can say no,” Barbara clarified. “We just don’t want to miss out on the blessing.”
