Thank you for contacting House of Ruth Ministries. This website will introduce you to pertinent information about our ministry.
First, we want to make it very clear that we are NOT a licensed adoption agency, nor do we feel the need to replace that service. Our outreach is to women who, for whatever reasons, are faced with problem pregnancies. It is our belief that every unborn baby has the right to life, and we encourage girls to continue with their pregnancies rather than opt for abortion. Whatever plan a mother should choose for herself, or her baby, we will help her with a variety of referrals. Most mothers choose to keep their babies and raise them alone or with the help of their families. A few choose to place their babies for adoption. We feel adoption should be the last alternative for a mother. Every possible attempt will be exhausted to keep a child within its birthfamily.
The state provides two ways for a mother to place a baby for adoption. One is the relinquishment of her child to a licensed adoption agency. In this type of adoption, a birthmother may specify the type of family she would like for her child, but the choice of the actual couple is the agency’s.
The other way is called a “private” or “independent” adoption. In a private adoption, the birthmother must choose for herself the family with whom her baby will be placed. Only agencies or birthparents can place a baby for adoption. In many cases, a birthmother doesn’t know of a family who would take her baby. This is where House of Ruth Ministries can assist her.
House of Ruth Ministries is an outreach to help girls find homes for their babies. We are not a service to help find babies for adoptive families. There is a difference.
Our aim is to help make the adoption process as easy as we can for the birthmother and her family. It is for that reason that we have chosen to work with “open”, private adoption.
An “open” private adoption is one where the birthmother not only chooses the family for her baby, but meets them and has the peace to know that this is the family she wants for her child. The amount of “openness” is determined by the birthmother and the family that is chosen. If the adoptive family is uncomfortable with this openness, then “open”, private adoption may not be for them.
There are only a few birthmothers who don’t want to know about the adoptive family they choose. Many birthmothers even request pictures throughout their child’s life.
Contrary to what many believe, a birthmother will never forget her baby. She has made a loving choice to choose a family, and to give her child the opportunity to have information about his/her adoption when he/she needs to know. We hold birthmothers in very high esteem for making such a difficult and loving decision.
We hope you will prayerfully consider working with us and making yourself available to be a blessing to a birthmother who comes to us in her time of need.
Agape,
Karyn Johnson
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12808 Woodruff Ave. | Downey CA 90242 | 562-803-5631