The Orphan Justice Center: Turning the Hearts of the Fathers to the Children
As we approach the fulfillment of our hope in the second coming of Christ, the Church will begin to walk in the power of the Holy Spirit and to exemplify the kingdom of God on earth in unprecedented ways. This will come in part through the Holy Spirit turning the fathers’ hearts to the children and the children’s hearts to the fathers (Mal. 4:5-6). This is a sure promise concerning the last days.
James 1:27 says, “Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.” This carried a two-fold message. The Lord will purify His bride by releasing the promise of Malachi 4:5–6 to “turn the hearts of the fathers to the children” in pure, undefiled love before God, while simultaneously releasing a grace for righteousness to “keep oneself unspotted from the world.”
The overall mission of the Orphan Justice Center (OJC) is to bring physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual restoration to orphaned children. Imagine thousands of children planted in godly families in secure communities with night-and-day worship and prayer. We are eager to receive the lonely, neglected, handicapped, and abused orphans and set them into loving families. OJC investigates human trafficking and child sex slavery in the Kansas City area, and seeks to raise public awareness of orphans, adoption, human trafficking, and child sex slavery.
Locally, OJC desires to empower and inspire families to adopt and care for at-risk children. Since August 2008, over twenty families have partnered with OJC to complete state foster care certification to receive battered children.
On an international level, OJC is working with Thai leaders to establish micro-economies in northern Thailand to end the sale of impoverished children into prostitution. Village opium crops have been replaced with coffee, the sales of which are supporting the villages and their orphanages. OJC is also helping to establish restoration houses of prayer for victimized children.
It is clear that adoption is a justice issue that is on the heart of the Father. As IHOP–KC goes forward in this season to combine 24/7 prayers for justice with 24/7 works of justice, we are asking the Lord to release clarity concerning our role regarding adoption and centers for justice. The question that faces all of us is: will we rise up to partner with the Lord’s heart to see restoration and redemption in the lives of orphaned children?
To learn more about the Orphan Justice Center, please feel free to visit the website at orphanjusticecenter.com.
