A response from Nightlight's Executive Director, Ron Stoddart: When a child is legally adopted in the United States, that child bears the same relationship to their adoptive parent(s) as a biological child would to their parents.  The adopting parents accept all of the rights and obligations of the parent-child relationship.  When a child is legally […]

If you are considering adopting a child this year, you'll be happy to hear the latest update on the adoption tax credit. The adoption tax credit has been extended for one more year, has increased, and you may even qualify for a refund! The new tax credit provides not only a credit but a refund […]

This National Pubic Radio article is based on a survey to determine how children who were adopted fare. There is not a separation under the term "domestic" adoptions  for those adopted as infants, as opposed to those who were adopted by relatives--and usually older. It is estimated that 40% of all domestic (non-foster care) adoptions are by step-parents and relatives. Although […]

Nightlight has a Speakers’ Bureau available to speak in Southern California, Colorado, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. We are available to travel to other states upon special request. We are here to speak on the various topics: • Share the plight of orphans and give your group creative ways to make a difference • […]

Join Nightlight Christian Adoptions and Children in HIS Image Program for a Chili Dinner & Concert on February 19, 2010. The concert will be held at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Simpsonville, SC from 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

To do less for orphans is to be reminded of what happens when we turn our backs on those who need our help as shown in Voyage of Damned, a movie based on the 1939 real life story of a ship carrying 937 Jews from Germany to Havana, Cuba.

My husband and I are the proud parents of five children: one birth son and four who we adopted. Would I adopt children that were born drug addicted, mentally challenged, children with ADHD and Fetal Alcohol Disorder? And, knowing what I know now, I say yes.

Testimony of Bones Anthony, a Ugandan Christian orphaned as an infant. When my twin brother and I were 3 months old, our mother came home very drunk and wanting to commit suicide. She took the pair of us, her youngest kids, and headed for the river. Fortunately, other people followed her and rescued us.

The Blind Side, the story of NFL Rookie of the Year Michael Oher, depicts the the impact of a loving (adoptive) family. Read more at World Magazine, and check the official movie website for trailers, etc.

Yesterday I visited Mama Mary's house. Mama Mary, a former Muslim, she felt called by the Lord to take care of orphans after accepting the Lord. She now has 38 children in her home.