In the News: Local Family Adopts Through Agape Read The Commercial Appeal’s Faith & Values story about how the gift of adoption changed the life of one family forever. Go to www.AgapeMeansLove.org to read the full story.

Corker Congratulates Agape Child & Family Services on Being Named an “Angel in Adoption” WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., congratulated Agape Child & Family Services of Memphis and Jackson on being recognized as a 2011 Angel in Adoption for their advocacy of adoption and foster care issues. The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute[.....]

Kamekio Lewis, author of Looking 4 Love In All the Wrong Places, held a book signing during Purple Light Nights, an event aimed at raising the awareness of domestic violence in our community. The book is an a personal account of how she overcame domestic violence in a relationship. .In observance of October as National[.....]

Why Adoption Matters by Holly Towers – Monday, November 28, 2011 Occasionally I am asked by someone to explain the purpose of our ministry. The easy answer is that we exist to find families for children in need — whether through adoption or through foster care. Almost 50% of pregnancies in the United States are[.....]

International Adoption Unite with Agape to help even more children… from around the world. Greg and Rayla Black ‘s adoption story began like many families. It started with a desire for a child. They yearned for a large family and for siblings for their son, Tucker. But months of trying to get pregnant turned into[.....]

We are establishing a nationwide outreach by developing connections with Christian agencies to provide a greater ability to serve birth mothers in different areas and for the sharing of available adoptive families. We believe that having a local agency to serve you is the ideal. Call us to inquire about your situation and where you[.....]

Agape at AUM Agape was thrilled to have the opportunity to speak to some of the students at Auburn University in Montgomery on Nov. 16. Carole Jones, a nurse at Montgomery Women’s Health Associates, spoke to the students about the values of abstinence and the realities of a sexually-active life. Carole is the wife of[.....]

‘Specially for you… “Some people like to paint pictures, or do gardening, or build a boat in the basement. Other people get a tremendous pleasure out of the kitchen, because cooking is just as creative and imaginative an activity as drawing, or wood carving, or music.” – Julia Child This holiday season, pull out a[.....]

In celebrating the end of National Adoption month, The AdoptionWorks ministry would like to present you with a few interesting facts about the ministry. 1.AdoptionWorks is a ministry under ChritianWorks for Children, formerly known as Christian Services of the Southwest. 2.The AdoptionWorks ministry has placed over 800 children with Christian families through foster care and[.....]

Knowing how to respond to a young woman who says she’d rather get an abortion than consider adoption is the subject of a new training workshop developed by Christian Homes & Family Services. Offered free for pregnancy resource centers and other professionals who have contact with young women facing unplanned pregnancies, the Adoption Option Training[.....]