Adoption

After China banned international adoptions, some believers want the Chinese church to step up.

The Bulletin considers the end of Chinese international adoptions, recaps the week’s presidential debate, and talks about friendship across political divides with Taylor Swift as a case study.

Suspending international adoptions hurts children who already have waiting families.

The decision shocked dozens of evangelical families in the US who had been in the process since before the pandemic.

On praying past the end of silver linings to a God who often does not answer as I hope.

And other responses to our December issue.

Caring for foster children can be difficult—even devastating. It is also a revelation of the love God gives and expects of his people.

Facile expectations hurt everyone in the process, including my new son.

Russell and producer Ashley Hales respond to listeners.

Embryo adoption invites new questions, international students return to US colleges, and psychedelic churches offer alternatives to traditional religious communities.