This type of ministry includes a variety of organizations and resources.  Partner organizations found in this category are not necessarily adoption agencies, but ones that have indicated they in some way support the adoption process. 

Organizations:
These organizations include not only official adoption agencies, but also organizations that provide counselling for adoptive families, identify adoptable children, etc.

Resources:
Adoption resources range from books on how to love your adopted child, to the official Russian government online databank of orphans in Russia.

Events:
Seminars and conferences related to adoption are very common.  Some are designed for those exploring adoption, others focus on training that parents need, and some are designed for adoption professionals.  Larger conferences will often offer something for every level and type of interest.

ORGANIZATIONS ABBA Fund Adopt An Angel International Adoption - A Gift of Love Agape Azamat Better Orphan Care (Bright Hope International) Big Family Mission Broadway Baptist Church Buckner International Building Hope in Ukraine Called to Care... for orphans Child Link International ChildAid to Russia and the Republics Children Are Hope Children's HopeChest Christian Life Church Christian Solidarity Worldwide Christian World Adoption Concord United Methodist Church Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Cross Links, Inc. CrossRoads Foundation CRY - Care & Relief for the Young Dillon International, Inc. Eastern European Outreach Empowered to Connect European Adoption Consultants European Children Adoption Services Evangelical Child and Family Agency EveryChild Faith International Adoptions Father's House International Charity Foundation Father’s Care Charitable Fund Fidelius Foundation for Orphans Global Adoption Services, Inc. Grafted Families Grain of Wheat Heart of Hope Ministries International Heart to Heart with Ukraine His Kids, Too! Holt International Hope Now Institute of Psychology and Psychotherapy International Adoptive Families International Care, Inc. International Christian Adoptions International Guardian Angels Outreach International Orphans Foundation (IOF) Kidlinks International Kids & Teens 519/Comeback Kids Camp Lifeline of Hope Lifesong for Orphans Light of Crimea Foundation Living Hope Los Ninos International Adoption Center Maine Adoption Placement Center Mercy Ministries Mission of T.E.A.R.S. Mission Specialties, Inc. (MSi) Mission Support Agency Mission to Russia Mother's Care- Ministry for Abandoned Children My Home Your Home Natasha's Story, Inc. National Adoption Information Clearinghouse Needy Feet Ministries New Hope International Nightlight Christian Adoptions North Texas International Adoption Clinic Northern Ireland International Children's Charity Appeal Open Door Adoption Agency Orphan's Hope Orphan's Tree Parents’ Bridge Presbyterian Evangelical Church of Izmail Prikosnovenie RECPC -Bryansk Russian Children's Foundation - Pskov Russian Children's Fund - Voronezh Samaritan’s Purse Scripture Union – Russia Sense Resource Center, Inc. Shepherd's Foundation Small World Ministries Spence-Chapin Services to Family & Children Syzran Christian Center Tallinn Christian Care Center The Gladney Center for Adoption The Least of These The Mission Society The OrphanAge Foundation The Russian National Network To Russian Children With Love Ukraine Medical Outreach Ukraine Orphan Outreach Uniting Families Foundation Vyborg Christian Center Wave Church Weaving Families Adoption Ministry World Orphans World Vision Youth With A Mission - Moscow Youth With A Mission - Perm

EVENTS Oct. 23, 2010 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference Oct. 01-02, 2010 Together for Adoption Conference 2010 Sep. 23-26, 2010 2010 World Impact Conference: The World Mission and The Orphan Nov. 05-06, 2010 Mid-Atlantic Orphan Summit Sep. 10-11, 2010 Empowered to Connect Conference May. 12-13, 2011 Summit VII Nov. 13, 2010 A Place in My Heart Conference Oct. 09, 2010 W.I.S.E. Up! The World About Adoption! Sep. 11, 2010 Building Up Forgiveness Sep. 30, 2010 Together for Adoption 2010 Pre-Conference Workshop Nov. 18, 2010 Building Healthy Adoptive Families: Ten Factors of Success Sep. 15, 2010 Transitioning to Adult Living Oct. 02, 2010 Precious in His Sight Sep. 07, 2010 Foster care/Adoption Informational Mtg Sep. 18, 2010 Wait No More: Colorado Oct. 16, 2010 Adoption Seminar Sep. 22-25, 2010 22nd Annual ATTACh Conference   RESOURCES It’s a Meaningful Life Type: Video/DVD International adoption: From a broken bond to an instant bond Type: Article International and National Adoption Grows in Ethiopia Type: Article The Post-Placement Journey Webinar Type: Audio Playful Interaction Type: Video/DVD Healthy Touch Type: Video/DVD Empowering, Connecting & Correcting Principles Type: Video/DVD The Neurochemistry of Fear Type: Video/DVD Healing Research Type: Video/DVD Facilitating Behavioral Change Type: Video/DVD The Attachment Dance Type: Video/DVD How to Talk to Teachers about Adoption Type: Article Answering Other Kids' Adoption Questions Type: Article Safe Families Model Webinar Type: Websource Is Adoption the Answer? Type: Article We're Home! Now What? Type: Training Beyond Benefits: More Ways to Make Your Workplace Adoption-Friendly Type: Booklet Adoption Benefits Toolkit for Employers Type: Booklet Adoption Benefits Toolkit for Employees Type: Booklet Blog excerpt on starting a church orphan ministry Type: Blog Adoption Awareness in School Assignments: A Guide for Parents and Educators Type: Booklet Podcast on the Christian Orphan Movement Type: Audio The Tragically Relaxed State of Christianity Today Type: 2009 Summit Project 1.27 Type: Church Resource Learning & Un-Learning to Parent Your Child Type: Church Resource Helping Your Adopted Child Type: Booklet Help for Russian Families Who Wish to Adopt Type: Book Adoption's Assurance Type: Article A Cup of Comfort for Adoptive Families: Stories that celebrate a special gift of love Type: Book Better Care Network Toolkit Type: Curriculum Finding a Place to Start Type: Video/DVD My Portable Life: Reluctant Runaway Finds Families for Thousands of Children Type: Book The Quest to Reclaim Adoption Type: Article A Conversation with the Tuohy's Type: Audio Ukraine Adoption Procedural Changes Type: Report 12 Month Church Adoption Awareness Plan Type: Websource Adoption Video from Bethany Christian Services Type: Video/DVD Field Guide to Child Welfare, Volumes I-IV Type: Book 20 Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed Type: Book Wounded Children, Healing Homes Type: Book Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches Type: Book Churches Adopt Adoption Type: Article FamilyLife Today Insterview with Dr. Karyn Purvis Type: Audio How to Help Without Hurting Type: Video/DVD Understanding the Importance of Neurotransmitters Type: Video/DVD Foster Parenting Podcast Type: Audio Adoption Conference Audio Sessions by Dr. Russell Moore Type: Audio Preparing Kids in Your Home for Fostering Type: Article How to Talk to my Kids about Adoption Type: Video/DVD Setting Your Child Up to Succeed Type: Video/DVD July Christianity Today Article Sounds the Call to Serve Orphans Type: Article Hello, I Love You: Adventures in Adoptive Fatherhood Type: Book Surprised by Grief Type: Article I Wished for You: an Adoption Story Type: Book Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens Type: Book Adoption Lifebook: A Bridge to Your Child's Beginnings Type: Book LifeBooks : Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child Type: Book Forever Fingerprints: An Amazing Discovery for Adopted Children Type: Book Pieces of Me: Who do I Want to Be Type: Book Cassie Wonders: Adoption Questions asked by a 6 1/2 year old Type: Book We See the Moon Type: Book I Don't Have Your Eyes Type: Book Adoption Parenting: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections Type: Book Realistic Expectations: The First Year Home Type: Book Compelling Washington Post Op-Ed on Orphans in Russia Type: Article Love Lessons: Understanding, Learning, and Finding Purpose While Raising Challenging Children Type: Book Crossing the Sahara Type: Article US Foster Care Adoption: Facts & Myths Type: Article The Last Babylift: Adopting a Child in Haiti Type: Article Kazakhstan - Adoption Alert Type: Statistic Foster Parent Handbook Type: Curriculum Saddleback's Civil Forum on Orphans and Adoption Type: Video/DVD Video Coverage of Summit VI Type: Video/DVD Connecting With Kids Through Stories: Using Narratives To Facilitate Attachment In Adopted Children Type: Book Understanding Post-Adoption Depression Type: Article US Adoption in a 40% Decline Type: Article Addition by Adoption Type: Book Positive Parenting Type: Article Team Building – Family, School, Therapists and Healthcare Workers Type: Article Me, My Child and the Teachers: Teaming Up at School Type: Article The Adopted Child Goes To School Type: Article Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Type: Article Parenting the Traumatized Child Type: Article Oppositional Defiant Disorder Type: Article Childhood Depression, Dysthymia and Bipolar Illness Type: Article Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Type: Article Attachment in Adopted Children Type: Article The Adoption Process and Children with Medical Needs Type: Article The Adoption Process & Children With Cognitive Needs Type: Article Acquired Substance Abuse Disorders Type: Article Abuse and Neglect in Children Type: Article Adoption Issues In Late Adolescence And Young Adulthood Type: Article Child Development Type: Article The Adoption Process and Children with Life-Threatening Ilnesses Type: Article Difficulty with Bonding—Developing Family Bonds through Adoption Type: Article How Adoption and Foster Care Affect the Family System Type: Article The Safety Net: Building Support Before You Need It Type: Article Single Parent Adoption Resource Type: Article When I Met You: A Story of Russian Adoption Type: Children's Book Updated Orphan Care Resources and Events in Russian Type: Article Russian Orphanage Offers Love, but Not Families Type: Article Update on International Adoption Situation in Russia Type: Article Created to Connect Study Guide Type: Curriculum Father of the Fatherless Type: Audio Dangerous Adoption Type: Article Embracing the Grief of Adoption Type: Article Ransomed Type: Book Insights & Gifts Video Series Type: Video/DVD Ten Questions to Consider As You Explore Adoption Type: Article Older Child Adoption Website Type: Websource Children's Books about Adoption Type: Book Adoption Flap Not Expected to Last Long Type: Article US Foster Care Statistics Type: Article Adoption Tax Credit Information Type: Report Caring for Orphans: Options Beyond Adoption Type: Audio The Adoption Network: Your Guide to Starting a Support System Type: Book The Adoption Decision: 15 Things You Want to Know Before Adopting Type: Book Successful Adoption: A Guide for Christian Families Type: Book God's Heart for the Orphan Type: Training Effective Discipline Strategies for Adoptive and Foster Families Type: Training Adopting for Life-- Conference Audio Files Type: Audio Adopting for Life Conference Video-- David Platt Type: Video/DVD Our Adoption in Christ: What It Means for Us and for Orphans Type: Book Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control Type: Book The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family Type: Book Building a Bridge of H.O.P.E. Resource Guide Type: Booklet Looking at Ourselves to Help our Children Heal Type: Video/DVD Parenting Strategies That Connect Type: Video/DVD Castaway Kid Type: Book Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew Type: Book The Local Church and Foster Care Video Type: Video/DVD Mark Richt’s Adoption Story Type: Video/DVD New HIV Adoption Visa Laws Type: Report Miracle in Franklin Type: Video/DVD Ukraine Makes Progress in Placing Children in Homes Type: Article Wrapping Around Adoptive Families Type: Book Adoption is for a Lifetime Type: Book Guide for Parenting Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Type: Websource Handbook on Thriving as an Adoptive Family Type: Book The Connecting Link Type: Video/DVD Focusing on the Whole Child Type: Video/DVD Children from Hard Places Type: Video/DVD The All Inclusive Handbook To Adopting A Child Type: Book While We Wait: Spiritual & Practical Advice for Those Trying to Adopt Type: Book Not Your Everyday Conversation: Talking With Children About the Difficult Realities of Adoption and Foster Care Type: Audio A Friend for Every Orphan Type: 2009 Summit Mass Media - Reformation of the Mentality of a Nation Type: 2009 Summit Prayer Ministry—Breaking Generational Curses Type: 2009 Summit How to Start and Run a Training School for Foster Families Type: 2009 Summit Types of Family Care; Adoption, Foster Care, etc. Type: 2009 Summit Difficulties in Raising Adopted Children Type: 2009 Summit How to Practically Help Adoptive and Foster Children Type: 2009 Summit The Magnitude of the Orphan Problem Type: 2009 Summit God's Heart for Orphans and Adoption Type: 2009 Summit Theological Foundations of Adoption Type: 2009 Summit Strategy for Church-Government Collaboration Type: 2009 Summit Keys to Healing for Children Type: 2009 Summit International Adoption: The Human Rights Position Type: Article Creating a Healthy Adoption Culture in Your Church Type: Video/DVD The Blind Side Movie Type: Video/DVD How to Start an Adoption Fund in Your Church Type: Training Ten Ways Every Christian Can Care for Orphans Type: Article Gift of Adoption Video Type: Video/DVD A Helper to the Fatherless: Orphan Summit Tackles Orphans and Adoption Issue Type: Article Database of all adoptable children in Russia Type: Websource Adopting the Hurt Child Type: Book Adoption and Foster Care Resources in Russian Type: Websource God's Heart for the Orphan...and Me! Type: Book Welcome Home: Eight Steps to Adoption Type: Booklet If You Were Mine (DVD Workshop) Type: Video/DVD If You Were Mine (Workbook) Type: Book HomeBuilders: Considering Adoption & Directory of Helpful Resources and Organizations Type: The Cry of the Orphan Type: Audio NavPress Adoption Book Kit Type: Book House Parents Needed in Vladivostok Type: Available Parenting Adopted Adolescents Type: Book The Whole Life Adoption Book Type: Book A Dress for Anna: the Story of the Redemption of the Life a Ukrainian Orphan Type: Book The Great Gilly Hopkins Type: Book When Love Is Not Enough: A Guide to Parenting Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder Type: Book When a Stranger Calls You Mom Type: Book Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children Type: Book Treating Attachment Disorders: From Theory to Therapy Type: Book Adoption Grants and Loans Type: Service Aggressive-Defiant Child: a tutorial for Teachers and Foster Parents Type: Article Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents Type: Book Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self Type: Book Child Abuse in Russia Type: Article List of Books on Adoption and Foster Care Type: Book Older Child Adoption Training Type: Training Attach-- Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children Type: Training Joint Council on Children's Services Type: Partnership Opportunity Adoption Learning Partners Type: Training Attachment Disorder Website Type: Websource Hope Exists: Exploring Abuse and Its Effects: A Handbook for Young People Type: Book Mission Emmanuel (CBN Kiev) Type: Curriculum The Middle Mom: How to Grow Your Heart by Giving It Away ...a foster mom's journey Type: Book Juvenile Institution Material Type: Curriculum "Staying Safe" Curriculum in Russian Type: Training In a Fairy-Tale Village, Russian Orphans Thrive Type: Article The Italian Type: Video/DVD Red Letters: Living a Faith that Bleeds Type: Book Celebrating Children Type: Book Buckner Foster Parent Takes National Award in Latvia Type: Article Running a Hotel in Montenegro : Real Jobs for Young People Type: Article Accredited U.S. Adoption Agencies Type: Leaving The American Sector Type: Book Orphanages Stunt Growth, Families are Better Type: Article The Big Book of Bible Games Type: Book 103 Questions Children Ask About Right from Wrong Type: Book I Want to Enjoy My Children Type: Book Stomping Out the Darkness Type: Book What the Bible is All About Young Explorers Type: Book Foster Care in the U.S. and Russia, the Same but Different Type: Article Inside the Adoption Agency: Understanding Intercountry Adoption in the Era of the Hague Convention Type: Book Foster Care Roundtable Type: 2006 Summit Family Centers and Foster Care Programs Type: 2006 Summit Financing Adoptions Type: Websource Christian Foster Care (Ukraine) Type: Training Papochka- Adoption Video in Russian Type: Video/DVD Russian Govt Adoption Website Type: Statistic Sampling of Internet Resources on Children at Risk Type: Article Our Family - Foster Care Program Type: Training Partner with International Orphan Foundation Type: U.S. Ambassador to Russia Remarks on International Adoption Type: Article How to Adopt Internationally Type: Book Russian Adoption Handbook: How to Adopt a Child from Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan Type: Book Adopting In Russia: Your Rights and the Law Type: Book How Well Do Children Adopted from Eastern Europe Fare? Type: Article The Struggles and Successes of Trans-Racial, Cross-Cultural Adoptions Type: Book