Children’s Homes continues to aim ministry at touching lives for Christ

Whether it’s a two-hour counseling session, a two-month foster child situation or through a lifetime of adoption, the Children’s Homes makes an impact on all who come into their care.” 
   
As an adoptive mom and ambassador for the Alabama Baptist Children’s Homes & Family Ministries (ABCH), Kim Parker, a member of Northport Baptist Church, should know. “We may only have one chance to touch someone’s life,” she told state convention messengers during the Nov. 15 ABCH report to the Alabama Baptist State Convention annual meeting at Hunter Street Baptist Church, Hoover.
   
Paul Miller, ABCH executive director, said because of that potentially small window of opportunity, Intentional Evangelism is an “integral part of our ministry.”
    “As children come to us, we pray that they would feel the love of God being offered to them,” he said.
    According to the Book of Reports, in the first eight months of 2006:
    • Homes were provided for 123 children and youth at ABCH campuses, group homes and emergency shelters.
    • Homes were provided for 95 children and youth in foster care.
    • Pathways Professional Counseling, with 27 locations throughout the state, served 1,450 children, youth, adults and families. (TAB)