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“I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick…”
— Ezekiel 34:16

The Least of These

Around the world there are millions of orphans growing up without families.

We work with adoption agencies to advocate for their waiting children, orphans who are difficult to find an adoptive family for due to some special need or circumstance. You can see the full list—including children from all over the globe—on our Waiting Children page, and you can see some of their faces below from our Instagram feed.


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Hope for the Journey Conference

March 26, 2024

This year’s Hope for the Journey conference is coming up soon! We are teaming up with North Cincinnati Community Church and Tried & True Parenting to host a viewing of the conference on Friday, April 19 at NCCC. The conference focuses on TBRI®, helping parents, teachers, youth ministry workers, counselors, doctors—in short, anyone who works with children—invaluable insights into the effects that trauma has on the brain and how we can help children address the resultant obstacles that they face. To learn more or to claim your seat, click here.

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Scott & Kathy’s Story

Scott & Kathy Rosenow, the founders and directors of The Shepherd’s Crook, have written a book chronicling the first part of their story. Swaying in the Treetops covers their first decade as adoptive parents, as well as the founding of TSC. Click here to read more.