- Thu, Sep 10, 1998
- Missions
Three Million Orphans in East Africa!
USAID estimates there will be nearly three million orphans (2,886,000) in Malawi and Zambia by the end of 1999.
Resources: children
- Tue, Jun 01, 1999
- Missions
An Example From History
Fifty Christian agencies in Great Britain sought to rescue thousands of orphaned boys and girls on the streets and in work houses from the years 1870 to about 1920.
- Wed, Dec 01, 2004
- Missions
Operation Christmas Child
Millions of children’s lives are touched each year by Operation Christmas Child.
- Thu, Dec 01, 2005
- Missions
Care of Orphans: Guiding Principles and Best Practices, Complete Version
This paper is written to define the guiding principles and corresponding best practices concerning the care of orphans.
- Mon, Dec 19, 2005
- Missions
The Care of Orphans: Guiding Principles and Best Practices
The following is an excerpt from a paper that was written to define the guiding principles and corresponding best practices concerning the care of orphans under Action International Ministries.
The Global Issue
In our primary fields (Asia, Latin America and Africa) orphans comprise nearly 8% of the population under age 17. India had 35 million orphans in 2003, and 3.7 million new orphans were added in 2004. In Zambia orphans comprise a staggering 19% of the population under the age of 17 are orphans! Brazil added 470,000 new orphans in 2004 and they will be added to the ...
- Sat, Mar 21, 2009
- Missions, Persecuted Church, Suffering and Evil
Follow-up on Little John
EPM received many notes from readers telling us they were touched by the article “Not a Soul in This World for Little John” that appeared in the Winter 2009 issue. Below is a letter from Kimberly Smith, president of Make Way Partners, as a follow-up to her article.
- Tue, Dec 29, 2009
- Prolife
Alternative Methods of Birth Control
Here are some sites you might want to visit for alternative birth control methods.
- Tue, Jan 05, 2010
- Doctrine and Theology, Heaven
Do infants go to heaven when they die?
The teaching of the evangelical community has been 99.9% on the side of infant salvation. That's certainly where my heart is, and after reflecting on Scripture, if I had to put money on it, I'd put it on infants going to heaven when they die. But the difficulties involved are considerable.
Will we be reunited with children who have died too young to believe in Christ?
Scripture opens the door to the answer to this question through its teaching that God has a special love for children.
- Thu, Feb 04, 2010
- Heaven
What do you think about us having a personal guardian angel?
The guardian angel question is a tough one. We know they exist, and we know that children have them, because we're told the children’s angels continuously behold the face of the Father. Now, I can't know for sure, but I think perhaps these children have angels before they actually come to Christ, so it could be an angel assigned to the elect even before conversion. It's impossible to know. I would not assume non-Christians have angels assigned to them, but I think it's possible.
