by kbarsoum | Oct 3, 2012 | Why the Fatherless?
Last week, I shared with you Grace’s story and how her uncle wanted to pull her out of school and marry her off. Grace, her siblings and mother were dependent on him for support. He decided to use that to get his way. He told Grace’s mother: “I...
by kbarsoum | Sep 25, 2012 | Why the Fatherless?
Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause. (Is 1:17, ESV) The other day I was talking to a colleague about what the best expression of God’s heart for the orphan in Egypt. I mentioned Isaiah...
by kbarsoum | Jul 24, 2012 | "The Widow's Cause", Why the Fatherless?
Coptic Orphans has two criteria for accepting a child into our flagship program, Not Alone: the child’s father must be deceased, or the child’s father abandons the family — such as when the father have converted from Christianity. That’s...
by kbarsoum | Oct 12, 2011 | "The Widow's Cause", Why the Fatherless?
There is a rapidly spreading concern about an orphan crisis in our day. The most common estimate is that there are 143 million orphans in the world today. Many don’t realize that most of those are paternal orphans, or fatherless children. If the orphan cause...
by kbarsoum | Sep 8, 2011 | Why the Fatherless?
In this world you are an orphan – eagerly anticipating your adoption as God’s child. In this world you are a widow – longing for reunion with your Bridegroom. In this world you are a stranger – a pilgrim waiting to become a citizen of heaven....
