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Gerald D. Clark
Gerald’s military career as a U.S. Air Force pilot led him to the Philippines numerous times. Little did he know then that twenty-six years later he would be living in the Philippines for six years...view moreGerald’s military career as a U.S. Air Force pilot led him to the Philippines numerous times. Little did he know then that twenty-six years later he would be living in the Philippines for six years, but God already had plans for his future in the Philippines.
That’s where He gave Gerald the equivalent of a six-year graduate course in orphanology while working with children in a mission orphanage, from 1996 - 2002. That experience shattered his traditional image of an orphanage and left him wondering, “What’s wrong with this picture?” His inability to answer his own question challenged Gerald to search for a Bible study about orphan ministry and adoption, but he soon discovered that no such resource existed. That caused him to dig deep into the Bible for a Godly model of orphan care, and this book is the ultimate result of his research. The first edition was published on line in 2005, and the book has continued to grow and develop until now.
Gerald learned from countless heart breaking personal experiences that a new paradigm for orphan ministry was urgently needed, and has chosen to devote the rest of his life to speaking and teaching about adoption as a ministry of the church, and to helping families adopt. While serving as business administrator for the orphanage, Gerald discovered that adoption is far more cost-effective than institutional care, especially when children are adopted by families in their own country and culture!
Gerald and his wife now live in beautiful Southern Oregon, and have been speaking, teaching and advocating for adoption as ministry since 1997. In 2003 they established the Home For Good Foundation that has enabled them to share their vision with thousands of others. Quite a number of them are now conducting adopting adoption ministries in their own churches, and some are beginning to follow Gerald’s vision to plant adoption ministries in evangelical churches around the world.view less
Books by Gerald D. Clark
Adoption and the Gospel: A Biblical Foundation for Adoption as Ministry