Carolina Hope Adoption Agency

I’ve recently been made aware of an adoption ministry in the area: Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency, “a licensed, full-service adoption agency with experience in both domestic and international adoptions.”

They have just hired Dan Cruver to be their Ministry Outreach Coordinator.

In that capacity, Dan networks with pastors and churches, mission agencies, children’s homes, and other organizations to inform them of Carolina Hope’s full-service adoption ministry. He also writes articles for publication, helps develop Carolina Hope’s website, and speaks in churches, Bible study groups, and other venues to present adoption within the context of the larger story of redemption.

Dan has experience as both a pastor and college professor—and he’s also a father of two adopted boys.

He and his wife, Melissa, a professor of education at North Greenville University, began to actively pursue adoption after their second biological child, Daniel Jr., was diagnosed with a serious brain disorder caused by a genetic defect. They adopted their son Isaiah ten months before Daniel Jr. died at the age of three. The Cruvers are now a multi-racial family with a 10-year-old biological daughter, Hannah, and two adopted African-American boys, Isaiah (5) and Noah (3).

For more information, see also the press release.

Carolina Hope has also recently launched a blog: From Hope to Reality. Here are some of Dan’s recent posts:

• Christian Faith and Christian Adoption

It has been my experience that many people do not really begin thinking about adoption theologically until they themselves are involved in adopting (or at least considering adopting) a child. Very often, the consideration to adopt a child precedes the consideration of the truth that God has graciously adopted us to be His children.

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Our goal at Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency . . . is to take this vision to adoptive families and to people who are not yet considering adoption. We want Christians who might not otherwise think about adopting a child to reflect on adoption theologically (i.e. God adopting us as His children).

We are convinced that the more we think about God’s gracious work of adopting children into His family, the more we will see and appreciate His glory, grace, beauty, love, etc. . . . When we grow in our understanding of who this God of grace is and what He has done to adopt us through Jesus Christ, we will find our love for and pursuit of Him steadily increasing. . . .

Second, if people better understand God’s work of adoption, they will find themselves joyfully compelled to extend this same kind of compassion to orphans, both here and abroad.

Read the whole post.

• The Life of Adoption

One of my primary responsibilities at Carolina Hope is to explore and articulate the beautiful connection between uppercase Adoption (i.e. God’s adoption of us) and lowercase adoption (i.e. our adoption of a child). We believe that the more we understand the ways in which these two forms of adoption are connected the more our experience of lowercase adoption will be enriched.

Read the whole post.

• Adoption: No Better Way to Understand Christianity

If you want to judge how well a person understands Christianity, find out how much he makes of the thought of being God’s child, and having God as his Father. —J. I. Packer

Read the whole post.

If you are interested in learning more about adoption and encouraging your church to adopt, consider contacting Carolina Hope.

Dan is available to speak to churches, Sunday school classes, and Bible studies, as well as conduct workshops about theological adoption and the ministry of orphan care and adoption.

Here are some links that may interest you:

• Website: CarolinaHopeAdoption.org
• Blog: From Hope to Reality
• See also this interview with Dan that aired on “Calling for Truth.”
• See also Dan’s personal blog: Eucatastrophe.

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