The Defender Podcast | The McAfee Family

October 24, 2018 • 28 Minutes

The McAfee Family

Join us as Herbie Newell talks with Michael and Lauren Green McAfee about their call to adopt and their current adoption journey.

Lauren Green McAfee serves as the Corporate Ambassador for Hobby Lobby in Oklahoma City, OK. Lauren is the author of Only One Life: How A Woman’s Every Day Shapes an Eternal Legacy which she wrote with her mother Jackie Green. She has been featured many times on major news outlets explaining the Christian Values of Hobby Lobby and the need to defend the company from cultural attacks through healthcare and other legislation.

Outside of her day job, Lauren’s husband Michael Director of Outreach and Engagement – qhas a pivotal role with the newly opened Museum of the Bible in Washington DC and she is also a PhD student studying Ethics and Public Policy at southern seminary in Louisville.

Lauren is happily married to her High School Sweetheart Michael McAfee. She is committed to Jesus Christ and hopes that through her work, others will be drawn to engage in the book that gives her constant hope and inspiration: the Bible.

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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!