What the Church Needs to Know About Single Mothering and Fostering | Jamie Lam
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How can the church truly support and uplift single mothers, as well as children and families navigating the foster system? What if our often limited understanding of family holds us back from doing so?
This episode of Hear Women welcomes single mom, ministry leader, and foster/adoptive parent Jamie Lam for a disarmingly honest conversation with Tara Beth Leach about single motherhood and what it really means to cultivate family in the body of Christ. Through Lam’s story of fostering and adopting children, serving families in the fostering and adoption community, and mentoring young adults, she unveils how God’s call to love and welcome those in need empowers us to confront and break through our personal and cultural assumptions.
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This conversation explores Lam’s call to become a single foster and adoptive mom, as well as the challenges, joys, and surprises she has encountered as she continues to build her family. Her story of courage, hospitality, and openness to God’s leading shows us how the church can be a village that welcomes children, supports single parents, and reimagines what family can truly look like in God’s kingdom.
Whether you are a single mom, considering foster care or adoption, longing to become a parent, or know someone on this journey, this episode calls all of us to see, celebrate, and support single mothers for the good of every child, family, and the whole church.
This episode highlights the following themes:
✅ The courage and calling of single mothers in the church
✅ Real challenges and gifts of fostering and adoption as a single woman
✅ The importance of rethinking family beyond the nuclear mold
Links from this episode:
✅ Learn more about Jamie Lam (https://give.cru.org/0551103) and keep up with her through her ministry updates (https://www.ministryupdates.org/jamie_lam)
✅ Check out Households of Faith (https://www.ivpress.com/households-of-faith?utm_source=ivpod25&utm_medium=ivp_hw&utm_campaign=show_notes) by Emily Hunter McGowin for a
