One Church One Child Ministry

 One Church, One Child

One Church, One Child is a nationally recognized special recruitment program designed to find parents for African-American children who need permanent homes. The program was founded in 1980 by Father George Clements, Pastor of Holy Angels Church in Chicago.

The One Church, One Child of Oklahoma is sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services in partnership with the One Church, One Child State-wide Ministerial Board.

One Church, One Child of Oklahoma offers a simple challenge to churches in the African-American community. Each church is asked to recruit from its members at least one family to adopt or foster an African-American child.

One Church, One Child of Oklahoma seeks to:

bulletInform the African-American community about the children who need adoptive and foster homes;
bulletDispel myths and misconceptions regarding the adoption or foster-care process;
bulletFind families that are interested in adopting or fostering African-American children.
bulletIncrease the number of African-American children placed in permanent homes.
bulletOffer support group services to adoptive and foster families
bulletProvide assistance and support to some students who have enrolled in college

A state-wide inter-denominational ministerial board has been formed by pastors who are dedicated and committed to help develop and implement this program on behalf of the waiting African-American children in the State of Oklahoma.

It's not as hard as you think to adopt a child or to be a foster parent.

bulletYou can adopt or foster if you have other children
bulletYou don't have to have a lot of money in the bank.
bulletYou don't have to own your own home.
bulletYou can adopt or foster if you are single.
bulletYou pay no agency fee.

Basic requirements:

bulletYou must be 21 years of age or older.
bulletYou must be in good health.
bulletYou must be able to manage your income to meet the financial needs of your family.
bulletYou must be capable of understanding, loving, and accepting a child to whom you did not give birth.
bulletYou must attend pre-service training

These are the facts:
bulletAdoption is the permanent placement of a child with a family that has legally and emotionally accepted the child as their own.
bulletThirty (30%) percent of the Oklahoma children in foster care are African-American; half of those are boys.
bulletMany African-American children in Oklahoma are waiting to be adopted through the Department of Human Services. Most are school aged and some have special needs. Some have brothers and sisters and need a home together; few are infants.
bulletFoster home care is a planned, temporary placement providing 24-hour-a-day substitute care. It is a family protective service — a last resort when every effort to keep a family together has failed. Children placed in foster care range in age from birth to 18 years. They may be in brother-sister groups, or have physical, mental, or emotional handicaps.
bulletFoster parents receive a stipend to meet the child's needs.
  
bulletCollege scholarship funding is now available to youth in custody who are graduating from high school and planning to attend college

In 1988, under the direction of the late Dr. J. L. Davenport, the One Church, One Child Program was started at the St. John's Missionary Baptist Church. After much prayer and labor, on 11 December 1990, under the tutelage of Dr. Davenport, One Church, One Child officially received a Certificate of Incorporation as provided by the laws of the State of Oklahoma.

One Church, One Child of Oklahoma offers a simple challenge to churches in the African-American community by encouraging Christian families to adopt or foster an African-American child.

If you would like more information on the One Church, One Child Program, contact:
bulletOne Church, One Child
bullet3129 North Martin Luther King Avenue
bulletOklahoma City, Oklahoma  73111
bullet(AC-800) 865-0225 or (AC-405) 424-0225
bullet One Church One Child Okla.Com
bulletDepartment of Human Services
bulletChild Welfare Adoption Services
bulletP.O. Box 25352
bulletOklahoma City,  OK 73125

Or contact the local church listed below:

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Additional Information Request Form

Local One Church, One Child Representative

bullet Charles Ellington - Recruiter
bulletSaint John's Missionary Baptist Church
bulletOne Church, One Child
bulletP.O. Box 72
bulletLawton, OK 73502
bullet(AC-580) 248-3228

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Telephone:
(AC-580) 357-3542
FAX:
(AC-580) 248-1001
Postal address:

St. John's Missionary Baptist Church * 1504 SW N. H. Jones Ave., * Lawton, OK 73501

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