VISTA, CA (ANS) -- Rescued – The Heart of Adoption and Caring for Orphans is a film with a powerful, soul-probing message—and it begins with a question: What would a church that obeys James 1:27 look like?

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The dilemma of a growing orphan population is one that is not widely discussed in the average church. On the contrary, it is little talked about. And therefore adoption as a way to end the orphan crisis is barely discussed either—even though adoption is the heart of the Gospel message.

Yet, there are over 160 million children in the world without any parents. And America boasts the stunning figure of some144,000 boys and girls in foster care needing to be adopted.

Through some candid and inspiring interviews with adoptive families, Rescued – The Heart of Adoption and Caring for Orphans highlights the call to serve the fatherless, the hard-core realities of what it involves and the questions that call stirs up, questions such as:

* Is God asking me personally to adopt? How can I know?
* Do I have what it takes to adopt?
* Will I love an adopted child the same as a biological child?

The stirring stories of adoptive families address the fears, the vulnerability and the joys that surround the call to adopt.

As Jedd Medefind, president of the Christian Alliance For Orphans said, “Rescued provides moving story windows into God’s call to care for the orphan in distress”.

Visit www.rescuedthemovie.com to find out more about this compelling documentary.

Rescued is a film for parents, grandparents, children, single folk to see and be touched by God’s heart toward the fatherless.

This review will also appear in The San Diego Christian Perspectives Examiner.

Janey DeMeo is founder and director of Orphans First -- a nonprofit organization helping suffering children around the world. She is also an author and speaker. Her husband, Louis, is a church-planter, mentor and pastor. They were formerly missionaries to France for 22 years and also worked in developing countries. They are now based in Southern California where they continue their ministry mentoring people to walk closer to Jesus. They both taught at the Calvary Chapel Bible College. For more information, please check out:
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