Outside the Walls Network
Friday, March 23, 2012 at 9:00AM 
We invite you to listen in as Christ Fellowship's Mark Thomas shares the joys of working Outside the Walls...
A few years ago, Christ Fellowship wanted to provide a viable mechanism to effectively assist members of our body who believed God had called them to change their family through adoption. The "viable mechanism" we found to assist our church in adoption was Lifesong for Orphans.
After seeing some of our own members successfully walk through the adoption process, Lifesong approached Christ Fellowship to see if we would consider offering financial support for other followers of Christ outside of our church body who were pursuing adoption. Realizing that Lifesong, the adopting family and Christ Fellowship all shared the same goal of impacting others for Christ, we agreed to join the Outside the Walls Network.
Doing so has been an incredibly rewarding experience for all parties involved. First, it has enabled families to fulfill their pursuit of adoption. Second, it has afforded Lifesong with the ability to experience the joy of seeing other believers serve a family in need. Third, it has blessed Christ Fellowship as we strive to be obedient to God's call. Finally, and most importantly, I am convinced that God is glorified as his people work to support one another for his cause.
Because of the significant impact a church body can have in an event such as adoption, we would ask others to consider partnering with Lifesong for Orphans to financially support families outside of your church who are walking through this experience. If you prayerfully consider offering support to those believers outside of your immediate church body, I am confident that families will be blessed, lives will be changed and, above all, God will be glorified.
--Mark Thomas, Christ Fellowship
Because of this mindset, 21 Church Adoption Funds within this network have together made 91 commitments totaling over $310,000 in adoption funding to assist families "outside of their walls".
Would you be willing to join the Network and reach more children together, than you could alone?
We invite you to learn more about Outside the Walls Network to see if this is a possible fit for your church community.