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Pastor Bob Griffith Virginia on Why Churches Struggle With Foster Care Engagement
Virginia, Manassas, 3rd January 2026, ZEX PR WIRE, Pastor Bob Griffith, Virginia, has spent years studying a problem every county in the country struggles to address: Foster Care. Local government agencies need volunteer families to open their home to children and provide a safe place for them until the goal of reunification can be accomplished. Churches are one group strongly positioned to help. They have a theological mandate to care for those in need but according to Griffith, only an estimated 1% of the average congregation is currently doing something to help. Foster care and adoption ministry often receive strong verbal support from faith communities, yet sustained participation often stays low. As a pastor, professor, and nonprofit founder, Griffith has examined why good intentions sometimes fail to translate into action.
Griffith’s work focuses on patterns he has observed across congregations in Virginia and beyond. Churches often express concern for vulnerable children. Fewer develop systems that support foster families long term. According to Griffith, the gap stems less from apathy and more from fear, inaccurate assumptions, and a lack of structure.
“Most churches do not lack compassion,” said Griffith. “They lack clarity. People want to help, but they do not know what helping in this area looks like in practice.”
Griffith points to three consistent barriers. The first involves perceived complexity. Foster care can, at first look, feel overwhelming to some individuals and church leaders alike. Requirements, training, and coordination with agencies can leave volunteers with various questions to answer before they start. Without guidance, many step back and wait.
The second barrier involves the perception of time required. Churches rely on attendees that may feel their busy lives don’t allow the time needed to make the desired impact. To some, foster care support can feel like another task added to full calendars. When no shared system of support exists, burnout can follow.
The third barrier involves church leadership framing. Foster care can often appear as a niche ministry instead of the core responsibility it truly is theologically. When leaders present it as optional, engagement stays limited.
Griffith’s perspective comes from direct experience. He has served as lead pastor of Christ Chapel Church in the Washington, DC suburbs and as executive pastor of a multi-site church in the Midwest. He has also taught practical theology and leadership studies at Southeastern University, Lakeland, Florida, where he works with emerging pastors.
In classrooms and churches, Griffith noticed the same pattern. When foster care appears disconnected from everyday church life, participation stalls. When leaders integrate it into discipleship, engagement grows.
“People often respond to responsibility in relationship to the church leadership priorities,” Griffith said. “They disengage when leaders see foster care ministry as something extra.”
His research draws from scripture, pastoral practice, and nonprofit operations. He references James 1:27 and Isaiah 1 as texts often quoted but rarely operationalized. Churches almost always agree with the message. They simply struggle with execution.
Griffith acknowledges that not every family is able to foster a child today. He rejects pressure driven messaging. Instead, he advocates for layered involvement. Meal coordination. Notes of encouragement. Purchasing Supplies. Childcare. Advocacy. Foster Family Appreciation. Financial support. Each role encourages foster parents and allows for everyone to do something to help.
Griffith founded 1Hope Together to address these gaps. The nonprofit works with churches to design repeatable support systems. Similarly, another organization he recommends is www.Backyardorphans.org. This organization helps leaders plan roles, training, and partnerships with agencies no matter what size of church they are. Everyone can do something.
His approach has gained national attention. His advocacy has appeared in Outreach Magazine, on K Love radio, and on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Yet Griffith remains focused on local outcomes.
“Foster care only works when communities show up consistently,” he said. “It takes guidance, a customized plan, and a structure that lasts.”
Griffith also reflects on his own hesitation. He did not say yes immediately when first considering helping in foster care ministry. He questioned feasibility. He sought guidance from other leaders and his faith for confirmation. That process shaped his leadership philosophy.
“When leaders admit uncertainty but still take action to help, it brings authenticity to the cause.” he said.
Griffith recently released Fostering Jesus, a book rooted in these observations. While the book does provide theological grounding, its core message aligns with how everyone can do something when we work together. Churches must start with awareness and then move to action through planning.
Griffith continues to advise churches in Virginia and across the country. His focus remains narrow and practical. Remove confusion. Share responsibility. Normalize long term support.
“People care more about helping children in foster care than we think, 38% of the average congregation reports wanting to do something to help foster children, they just don’t know how.” Griffith said. “They need a path forward from their Church leadership.”
For more information on how churches can help, book a speaking event, or purchase copies of his book, visit FosteringJesus.org.
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United States, 26th Jul 2026, – BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, July 2026 – Biomaser, a global manufacturer of professional permanent makeup (PMU) and tattoo equipment, has strengthened its strategic partnership with LatinLook, an Argentine beauty-industry company specializing in eyelashes, eyebrows, and micropigmentation. The partners marked the collaboration at a professional summit in Buenos Aires attended by more than 700 beauty professionals, over 70 national and international speakers, distributors, educators, and industry leaders.
Supporting Professional PMU Education and Development
With a presence in more than 70 countries, Biomaser is expanding its commitment to Argentina’s professional beauty community through new technologies, specialized education, and professional experiences. The summit created space for conferences, live demonstrations, and networking focused on innovation, education, and business development.
The event reflected the partners’ shared focus on helping professionals access education, technology, and development opportunities as Argentina’s PMU and beauty market continues to grow.
A Strategic Partnership for the Argentine Market
Biomaser has selected LatinLook as its strategic partner and exclusive distributor in Argentina. LatinLook brings more than 50 years of family history in the beauty industry and represents more than 13 international brands from Korea, China, Russia, Poland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Brazil.
Co-founded by Solange Madariaga and Matías Schoj, LatinLook supports beauty professionals with products, education, and development opportunities across eyelashes, eyebrows, and micropigmentation.
“We believe that Argentine professionals deserve access to the best technology, the best education, and the best opportunities for growth. Our alliance with Biomaser allows us to continue bringing world-class innovation and raising industry standards in our country.”
— Solange Madariaga and Matías Schoj, Co-Founders of LatinLook
“LatinLook’s deep understanding of the Argentine market and the solid professional community they have built make them a fundamental strategic partner for Biomaser. We share the vision of driving the industry’s development through innovation, education, and long-term cooperation.”
— Josh Zeng, Head of Global Branding at Biomaser
About Biomaser
Biomaser develops professional permanent makeup equipment and tattoo technology for the global beauty community. With a presence in more than 70 countries, the company focuses on technological innovation, specialized education, and professional experiences for PMU and tattoo practitioners worldwide.
Its range includes professional PMU machines, cartridges, pigments, and PMU machine kits.
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LatinLook is an Argentine company specializing in eyelashes, eyebrows, and micropigmentation. Co-founded by Solange Madariaga and Matías Schoj, the company connects international beauty brands with the Latin American professional community through products, education, and development opportunities.
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Transport BPO Launches First-Week-Free Dispatch and Call Answering Service for Transportation Businesses
Transport BPO has launched a first week-free program giving taxi, towing, trucking, courier, and NEMT operators one-week of 24/7 live dispatch and call answering at no cost, with agents answering in each client’s company name across four countries.
Vancouver, WA, United States, 26th Jul 2026, Grand Newswire – Transport-BPO, an outsourced dispatch and call-answering provider for the ground transportation industry, today announced the launch of a first-week-free program, allowing transportation businesses to use the company’s live dispatch and call answering services for one week at no cost before committing to a plan.
Under the program, new clients receive a full week of TransportBPO’s 24/7 live dispatch and call answering services, delivered by agents trained on the client’s own dispatch software, workflows, and service area. Calls are answered in the client’s company name from the first day of the trial, giving operators a direct view of how outsourced coverage performs during their real booking hours — including nights, weekends, and peak periods.
“A week of live calls tells an operator more than any sales presentation,” said Shahzaib Shah, CEO of SS Support Network LLC, the parent company of TransportBPO. “Fleet owners can hear how their customers are treated, watch bookings land in their own dispatch system, and measure response times themselves. If the service earns their business, we continue; if not, they’ve lost nothing.”
The first-week-free program is open to taxi, limousine, towing, trucking, courier, shuttle, and non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) operators, and applies to full 24/7 desks as well as after-hours coverage and overflow answering. Ongoing service continues on month-to-month terms with no setup fees, with pricing published in local currency for each region.
The program is available to transportation businesses in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Operators can start their free week at transportbpo.com.
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TransportBPO is a dispatch and customer support brand operated by SS Support Network LLC, a business process outsourcing company registered in Vancouver, Washington, with a second office in Pakistan. The company provides 24/7 live dispatch, call answering and front desk agents, billing, and back-office services to transportation operators worldwide. More information is available at https://transportbpo.com.
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This article was produced to coincide with the release of CGTN’s new documentary Diaoyu Dao: Small Islands, Big Stakes. Inspired by one of the documentary’s stories, it follows Chinese scholar Wu Tianying’s 23-year pursuit of historical truth, showing how one man’s lifelong research underscores the enduring importance of historical evidence in understanding the Diaoyu Dao (known in Japan as the Senkaku Islands) dispute.
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“In the years before the First Sino–Japanese War, were Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands terra nullius – or were they already Chinese territory?”
At 90 years old, Professor Wu Tianying still asks that question slowly and carefully.
In a quiet study lined with books and documents, the veteran Chinese scholar opens a worn manuscript – “On the Territorial Sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands Prior to 1894.”
It took him 23 years to complete and publish.
For Wu, the book was never simply an academic study.
“It was a commitment to sovereignty,” he says in CGTN’s new documentary “Diaoyu Dao: Small Islands, Big Stakes.”
Part Two of the documentary, “Behind Closed Doors,” follows Wu’s decades-long effort to trace the historical origins of the Diaoyu Dao dispute – not through slogans or political rhetoric, but through archives, maps and an unexpected intellectual exchange with Japanese scholars.
“The deeper I searched…”
Wu Tianying belongs to one of the earliest generations of Chinese scholars to systematically study the Diaoyu Dao issue after China and Japan normalized relations.
At the center of his research was one key argument.
Japan’s claim over the islands rests partly on the concept of terra nullius – land belonging to no state before incorporation.
If the islands were terra nullius, they could, in principle, be claimed through occupation under international law.
In his research, Wu asked whether Japan’s incorporation of Diaoyu Dao during the late 19th century was truly unrelated to its war against the Qing government.
His work brought him into contact with Japanese historian Kiyoshi Inoue.
Inoue had originally sought to prove that the islands belonged to Japan.
Years of studying historical materials led him to a different conclusion.
“The deeper I searched,” Inoue says in archival footage in the documentary, “the clearer it became that the Senkaku Islands (Diaoyu Dao) are China’s territory rather than terra nullius. They have nothing to do with Japan.”
In 1995, Inoue received a copy of Wu’s book.
A year later, Inoue wrote back, praising Wu’s work as a “thorough and scientific rebuttal” of Japanese claims represented by scholars such as Toshio Okuyama.
The two scholars came from different countries and very different historical backgrounds. But both believed historical arguments had to be tested against evidence.
Still waiting for an answer
But Behind Closed Doors is not only about the past.
It also asks what happened to the political understanding that once existed between China and Japan over the Diaoyu Dao issue.
Wu Tianying reflects on Japanese scholars who once warned against pushing the dispute further.
He says he is still watching how Japan’s current political leadership responds to those earlier voices inside Japan itself.
And he is still waiting for an answer.
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