Parenting Older Children From Hard Places
Listen to our panel discussion about parenting older children who have come from hard places.
GUEST
Jessie Jacobs, is a social worker in the Huntsville office on the Foster Care team. Jessie received her BS in Psychology at Blue Mountain College and her Masters of Social Work from Auburn University.
Carrie Dean, is a mom through Foster Care. Carrie has brought two generations home.
Chris and Alicia Johnson are bringing the Church to bear in child welfare. They are adoptive and foster parents. Chris serves as the National Director of Church Engagement at Lifeline. You may also know their family by the #johnsondozen on social media.
HOST
Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.
CO-HOST
Rick Morton is the Vice President of Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services.
RESOURCES
Summer break can be a great time to have extra help with tutoring and preparing for your child’s next school year. Bridge Educational Services customizes an educational plan for you and your child with cutting-edge techniques, but filtered through a biblical worldview.
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Jessie Jacobs, is a social worker in the Huntsville office on the Foster Care team. Jessie received her BS in Psychology at Blue Mountain College and her Masters of Social Work from Auburn University.
Carrie Dean, is a mom through Foster Care. Carrie has brought two generations home.
Chris and Alicia Johnson are bringing the Church to bear in child welfare. They are adoptive and foster parents. Chris serves as the National Director of Church Engagement at Lifeline. You may also know their family by the #johnsondozen on social media.
HOST
Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms.
CO-HOST
Rick Morton is the Vice President of Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services.
RESOURCES
Summer break can be a great time to have extra help with tutoring and preparing for your child’s next school year. Bridge Educational Services customizes an educational plan for you and your child with cutting-edge techniques, but filtered through a biblical worldview.
Learn More!
LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES
The mission of Lifeline Children’s Services is to equip the Body of Christ to manifest the gospel to vulnerable children. Our vision is for vulnerable children and their communities to be transformed by the gospel and to make disciples.
Creators and Guests
Host
Herbie Newell
Herbie Newell serves as the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services, holds an MBA in Accounting from Samford University and brings years of experience from his work as an independent auditor at WAKM Companies, LLC. Serving as Lifeline's Executive Director since 2003, Herbie has significantly expanded international outreach, obtained licensure in 17 states, and led the establishment of the foster care arm. A passionate advocate, he co-founded (un)adopted in 2009, focusing on equipping orphaned children with life skills for community transformation. Herbie, also the author of "Image Bearers: Shifting from Pro-birth to Pro-Life," emphasizes that being pro-life extends beyond opposing abortion, urging a broader ethic that includes fighting for racial equality and embracing every individual with the love of Christ. Herbie and his wife, Ashley, reside in Birmingham, Alabama, and are the parents to three children.
Host
Rick Morton
As Vice President of Engagement, Rick Morton shepherds the ministry’s outreach to individual, church, and organizational ministry partners as well as the ministry’s commitment to publishing resources that aid families and churches in discipling orphans and vulnerable children. Prior to Lifeline, Rick served for 15 years as a college and seminary professor, and he also served local churches in Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi. He is an accomplished writer and sought after speaker. Most notably, Rick is the co-author of the popular Orphanology: Awakening to Gospel-centered Adoption and Orphan Care and the author of KnowOrphans: Mobilizing the Church for Global Orphanology. Rick and his lovely wife Denise have been married for over 32 years, and they have 3 children, all of whom joined their family through international adoption. God has continued to grow their family, and he now enjoys the role of “Doc” to his precious granddaughter!