Every Child

Bill Blacquiere, president and CEO of Bethany Christian Services, speaks to renowned author Philip Yancey. Yancey’s latest book, The Question That Never Goes Away, revisits the topic of his most successful title, Where is God When it Hurts?, and examines ways to find meaning in the midst of suffering and offers real help to those in need.

Bethany’s Bill Blacquiere hosts Steven Curtis Chapman, five-time Grammy Award– winning Christian musician and adoptive father, for an intimate discussion on Steven’s commitment to vulnerable children and his current tour supporting his new album, The Glorious Unfolding.

Bill Blacquiere, president and CEO of Bethany Christian Services, speaks to world-renowned evangelist Dr. Luis Palau. Dr. Palau has shared the Gospel with more than 30 million people in 75 countries through his ministry, The Luis Palau Association, has authored nearly 50 books, and has counseled business and political leaders around the world. Bill talks to Dr. Palau about his ministry and the work both Bethany and The Luis Palau Association are doing in Ethiopia.

Bill Blacquiere, president and CEO of Bethany Christian Services, speaks to Joel Belz, founder of WORLD Magazine, a publication with a wide readership in the Christian community. Active in both publishing and Christian education all of his love, Joel discusses why faith-based publications such as WORLD are critical in the current news landscape, how the publication has evolved since its founding and what readers can expect in the coming years.

Bethany’s Bill Blacquiere welcomes Jason Dykstra, author of Healing Hereafter: Finding Rational and Refreshing Answers for Why We’re Here and Where We’re Headed, to the Every Child podcast. Dykstra’s book, as well as his interview with Bill, offers a refreshingly rational approach and investigation of the Bible to draw helpful conclusions about the afterlife.

Bill Blacquiere is joined by Ryan Struyk, a senior at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ryan grew up in the Christian Reformed church, is the son of a pastor, and this past summer began openly sharing with friends and family that he is gay after finding support from Calvin’s ministry and academic staff.

Bill Blacquiere, president/CEO of Bethany Christian Services and normal host of the Every Child podcast, is the guest for this episode’s in-depth discussion on a topic that is of utmost concern to him – child trafficking.

Bill Blacquiere, president and CEO of Bethany Christian Services, welcomes Mark Hanlon, senior vice president of Compassion International, to the Every Child podcast for an educational discussion on Compassion International’s commitment to releasing children from poverty. Bill and Mark discuss the tremendous progress that has been made and the challenges that lie ahead in delivering children from economic, physical, social and spiritual poverty, and enabling them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults.

Bill Blacquiere is joined by Dr. Karyn Purvis, director of the Texas Christian University Institute of Child Development for a passionate discussion on the welfare of at-risk children and adopting children from "hard places."

Bill Blacquiere is joined by Tendai Masiriri, Director of Global Services for Bethany Christian Services. Tendai is responsible for the development of Bethany’s successful Foster-to-Adopt program in Ethiopia, a first of its kind program model to protect vulnerable children through family-based care. As a result of its success in Ethiopia, the Foster-to-Adopt program has been introduced in Ghana and in other countries in Africa.

Bill Blacquiere hosts Kathyrn Joyce, author of The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking and the New Gospel of Adoption and a vocal critic of the evangelical adoption movement. Kathryn joins Bill for a discussion on the well-publicized adoption crisis and their shared concerns pertaining to the welfare and protection of children around the world.

Bill Blacquiere, president and CEO of Bethany Christian Services, hosts Mark Schultz, one of Christian music’s best loved artists. Mark discusses his experiences as someone who was adopted, his love for his birthmother, even though they’ve never met, and his commitment to the adoption community through his “Remember Me Mission” supporting orphans.

Bethany’s Bill Blacquiere speaks with Chuck and Hank Fortener, father and son founders of Hoping Hearts Foundation and AdoptTogether- organizations assisting adoptive parents with the cost of adoption – on the Every Child podcast for an informative discussion on crowd-funding for adoptive couples and the inspiration behind the development of these organizations.

Host Bill Blacquiere welcomes Kathleen Strottman, executive director of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI)– a non-profit organization that works to raise awareness about the needs of children without families – to Bethany’s Every Child podcast for an open discussion on the Children in Families First Act (CHIFF) introduced by Senator Mary Landrieu and Representative Michele Bachmann to support vulnerable children.

Bill Blacquiere hosts Jonathan Merritt, a faith and culture writer who has published more than 500 articles in mainstream and Christian media outlets across the country and author of several books, including A Faith of Our Own: Following Jesus Beyond the Culture Wars and Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet, for an in-depth discussion on critical issues facing the faith-based community and his vocal role in that community.