Ministering to Foster & Adoptive Families in Your Church - Cecil Stokes - Media # 24419

Do you have a program at your church to wrap around families who are fostering or adopting children from foster care? There are over 400,000 children in foster care in the US with over 100,000 waiting for adoption. James 1:27 tells us to take care of the widow and orphans in their distress. In this breakout, Cecil Stokes, adoptive dad, and Michelle Medlock Adams, children’s book author, detail how to create or expand your church’s ministry to serve families in your church who are parenting vulnerable children in your community.

Speaker: Cecil Stokes

Cecil Stokes founded Tentmakers Entertainment in 1999. Cecil is an Executive Producer/Writer/Producer/Director. He has worked on over 500 cable television shows for networks such as A&E, Court TV, DIY, ESPN, Food Network, HGTV, History Channel, and Turner. For his television programming, he won multiple awards including the New York Film Festival, the Communicator Award, dozens of Tellys and a Regional Emmy. Cecil’s award winning documentaries include A MAN NAMED PEARL and CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. Cecil also co-created and produced the feature film OCTOBER BABY. Cecil has written, produced and directed over 100 branded entertainment commercials for the Scripps Networks (HGTV, DIY, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Fine Living & GAC). In 2018, Cecil and his son founded “Boone and Me,” a speaking ministry encouraging Christians to foster and adopt. Most recently, Cecil has found success in writing uplifting children’s books with his writing partner Michelle Medlock Adams. Cecil Stokes wants to use his experience in entertainment to tell good, uplifting, clean stories for our future.

Media # 24419