Real Religion

I received some statistics about the worldwide orphan crisis from Duane Hull of Orphan’s Lifeline International.

• Around the world, 42,000 children become orphans every day.
• Nearly 150 million children are orphans worldwide.
• The number of orphans worldwide is expected to grow to 250 million in five years, and about 400 million by 2015.
• 10.8 million children under age 5 die each year from preventable causes (30,000 each day)
• Almost 41% of all child deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa.
• 50% of worldwide deaths in children under 5 occur in six countries (India leads with 20%, followed by Nigeria, China, Pakistan, Congo. Statistics show that 90% of child deaths occur in 42 underdeveloped countries.
• Orphan children in poor nations are suffering through malnutrition, disease, abandonment and neglect. They are victimized, exploited and abused.

My question to you: Is God asking you to do something about it? Tomoka Christian's Bringing Children Home ministry helps with adoptions. Find out more about it by calling the church office.

FYI: A portion of every dollar given to Tomoka Christian goes toward this ministry.

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” James 1:27