Church Adoption Funds

Barrier: Church staff “plate is already full” to administer fund

Solution: Lifesong will manage/facilitate the Fund & carry the administrative load on behalf of church, using mutually agreed upon criteria (reviewing applications, accounting, donor receipts, disbursing funds on behalf of adoption, etc.)
Barrier: Church feels uncomfortable/awkward approving/denying their own families (viewing financials, etc.)

Solution: Lifesong will provide all the screening, reviewing, approving/denying as a ‘partner’ on behalf of the church, using mutually agreed upon criteria for those decisions
Barrier: Adoption Fund is unfamiliar territory

Solution: Lifesong has passion, and expertise in adoption funding processes, maximize stewardship, use existing grant/loan procedures, IRS approved, ECFA approved (establishes financial integrity & avoids recreating the wheel)

And one of the best aspects….Lifesong manages & administers the Adoption Fund - at no cost to churches!

Lifesong has helped numerous churches establish and launch their own Adoption Fund as a ministry of their local church. Let’s take a look at this concept…

How does an ‘Adoption Fund’ fit into my church’s vision/mission?

Meet Needs – Orphans find homes, families are assisted and churches become more active in orphan care and adoption
Share Jesus – Adoption provides us with an opportunity to share the Gospel and point people to Jesus
Encourage Others – An adoption fund allows us to put our faith into action, to build relationships and to support others
Do Justice – We are called to seek justice for the oppressed, to lift up the downtrodden and to speak up for the forgotten
Live out Loud – As the church is active, the community will see that Jesus is alive and working in His people (Matt 5:16)

How does Lifesong help the Church
establish a Fund?

Launching a fund – Lifesong helps your church allocate funding from missions budget, benevolence fund or raised funds to launch ministry for Adoption Fund (Example: First Baptist Church allocates $15,000 to be used as interest-free loans and/or matching grants)
Administratively easy – Lifesong serves your church by using LS’s existing grant & loan management processes to administer your Church Adoption Fund (i.e. qualifying families on mutually agreed upon criteria, administering funds, etc.) This eliminates the need for the local church to “re-create the wheel” in establishing a Fund. Lifesong will help administer the Adoption Fund, at no cost to the Church or the Fund.
Engages Body of Christ – The Body of Christ as a whole is engaged in this Kingdom activity (local church, family, friends)
“Win-Win-Win” situation – The local church is actively involved on behalf of orphans, the financial roadblock for families is removed, the orphan child is adopted into a permanent Christian family…all with minimal administrative burden for the church.
Synergy – We can do more together (Local Church and Lifesong) than either of us can do solely on our own.

How does a local Church get started establishing an Adoption Fund?

Call us at 309-747-3556 or email info@lifesongfororphans.org to begin exploring this possibility
Lifesong will create a customized Adoption Fund Proposal, as a tool to use in presenting this idea to your Church Leadership
We can organize a conference call to help get church leadership on board if that would be useful
Launch it and see what God will do