I’ve actually asked myself this question numerous times. Even though I’m open to their being a rational explanation for this, I haven’t yet heard it. Honestly, I have a hard time following all of the anti-abortion soapbox in America without an even stronger adoption message following suit. Plus, I know personally of several Christians that have spent tens of thousands of dollars on fertility options, even as Anthony Bradley reminds us that:

“America has nearly 115,000 orphaned kids in foster care waiting to be adopted.

Some wonder how this is possible in a country with Christian families. Surely, there are 115,000 missional families in America, right? Missional families, for example, embrace the redemptive mission of God and practice “true religion” in their local communities (James 1:27). Missional Christians in America could eliminate the foster care system tomorrow if we would stop “shootin’ up” with the American Dream (heroine) in order to get high on a lame life lived for the sake of comfort and ease.

“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,” writes James (1:27). As a matter of fact, the Bible has over 40 verses mandating God’s people to look after orphans and the fatherless for various reasons.

According to the American Religious Identity Survey, conducted by the City University of New York, there are over 224 million Christians in the United States. So, why are there 115,000 orphans in a country that has over 224 million Christians?”

Read the whole article. (HT: DJ Chang)

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