News & Press Releases

Second Wave

There's a need for more foster care homes in Calhoun County, especially for youth who identify as LGBTQ+.  A mom who has fostered more than 30 children talks about why her family keeps opening their home.

WOOD-TV

Bethany Christian Services helps refugees get transportation (sponsored)

FOX 43

Two local organizations, Bethany Christian Services and Little Springs Farm, have partnered to provide equine therapy services for children in foster care.

News Ghana

Reverend George Abaidoo, Founder of Ghana Without Orphans (GWO) Movement, says churches have a crucial role in re-engaging orphans with new or existing families. He said this during the launch of a book titled “Manual for Vulnerable Children’s Ministry”, supported by Bethany Christian Services Global Ghana.

Normal Was Never Enough

Organizations like Bethany Christian Services, a partner of the Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation (GRCCT) provide preventative programs that aim to keep families together and keep children from entering the foster care system.

WGVU NEWS

Crystal Houston, Executive Director with the Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation, joins us to discuss preventative programs that aim to keep families together and keep children from entering the foster care system.

The Christian Post

A 98-year-old Jewish woman reunited with the daughter she placed for adoption 80 years ago after escaping what would become the beginnings of the Holocaust.

Sojourners

How advocates hope to overhaul the U.S.’s dysfunctional immigration system, from asylum to border security and migrant protection.

WRTV

May is Foster Care Awareness month and right now in Indiana more than 13,000 children are waiting for a family to make a life changing decision.

WOOD-TV

Time is running out for Afghan refugees in West Michigan to apply for asylum, ensuring they can remain in the United States.