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The Defender Podcast
The Defender Podcast collection is a ministry of Lifeline Children's Services where we seek to equip the body of Christ to manifest the gospel to vulnerable children and families. We hope this collection will provide encouragement, inspiration, and ways to connect with others who have a heart for the orphan.
Episodes
- The Defender Podcast
Conversation with Ruslan Maliuta
GUESTS Ruslan Maliuta, Founder of World Without Orphans HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES…
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Conversation with Missy Robertson
GUEST Missy Robertson is based in West Monroe, Louisiana and is a devoted mother of four children (Reed, Cole, Karina, and Mia), wife to Jase, and a brand new…
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Praying for Ukraine
GUESTS Madison and Yuriy Perekotiy, Lifeline partners in Ukraine. HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and…
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Looking Ahead to International Women's Day and Women's History Month
HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. CO-HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of…
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Conversation with Madison and Yuriy
GUESTS Madison and Yuriy Perekotiy, Lifeline partners in Ukraine. HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and…
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Marriage and Adoption
HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. CO-HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of…
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Birthparent Counseling Ministry
GUESTS Marie Gunn joined Lifeline's Mississippi team in February 2019. She works in the Hattiesburg office as the Mississippi Case Work Supervisor and…
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Kansas Pregnancy Center: Stories of Hope
GUEST Jessa Swearingen is the center manager and outreach coordinator for the new Lifeline Pregnancy Resource Center in Kansas. Jessa joined the Lifeline team…
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Kansas Pregnancy Resource Center
GUEST Jessa Swearingen is the center manager and outreach coordinator for the new Lifeline Pregnancy Resource Center in Kansas. Jessa joined the Lifeline team…
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Life Cases in Review and Looking Forward to 2022
HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. CO-HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of…
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Best of 2021: Speak Out for Life: Pro-Life
Originally aired on January 20th, 2021. Herbie and Rick sit down to discuss the pro-life ethic. HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of…
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Best of 2021: Advancing the Gospel with Ed Litton
GUEST Ed Litton is the Pastor of Redemption Church in Mobile, Alabama and the previous sitting President of the Southern Baptist Convention HOST Rick Morton is…
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The Ultimate Gift
HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. CO-HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of…
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The Giving of Time with Kim Christenberry
GUEST Kim Christenberry is a Lifeline adoptive mom and secretary of the Lifeline National Board of Directors. Kim and her husband, Bill, have adopted through…
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The Giving of Talents with Cory Varden
GUEST Cory Varden is the pastor of Preaching and Vision at Philadelphia Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive…
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The Giving of Gifts
HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. CO-HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of…
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Conversation with Will and Mallie
GUESTS Will and Mallie, Lifeline domestic adoptive family. HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its…
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Financial Resources for Adoption
GUEST Hannah Pearson, Lifeline International Administrative Coordinator, started with Lifeline in February 2019 and is serving on our International Team…
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Conversation with the Doblesteins
Herbie sits down with the Doblestein Family to talk about their story of the Lord's faithfulness. HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of…
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International Adoption with Karla Thrasher and Herbie Newell
Karla Thrasher, Director of International Adoption at Lifeline, sits down with Herbie Newell to discuss international adoption. HOST Herbie Newell is the…
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Conversation with the Huffs
Join Rick as he sits down with the Huff family to discuss their family's international adoption story. HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director…
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Conversation with the Luttrells
Join Herbie and Rick as they sit down to talk with the Luttrell family, long-time friends of Lifeline, to discuss their story. HOST Herbie Newell is the…
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Conversation with Petry Groza
Herbie and Rick are joined by Petry Groza, a Lifeline partner in Romania, for an update on the work of REGEN in Eastern Europe. GUEST Petry Groza of REGEN…
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Ross and Hamn Families
GUESTS The Ross Family, Lifeline adoptive family. The Hamn Family, Lifeline adoptive family. Jana Lombardo, Senior Program Director of International Programs…
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Orphan Sunday
GUEST Billiance Chondwe, Executive Director of Together Africa. Billy founded Orphan Sunday to mobilize the church to care for orphaned and vulnerable children…
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40 Years to Come
HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. CO-HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of…
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The Importance of the Global Church
GUEST Pastor Raphael, pastor of King Jesus Church in Busega, Uganda. HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services…
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History of International Adoption
GUESTS Karla Thrasher, Director of International Adoption, is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a licensed social worker. She is also a…
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Celebrating 40 Years of Domestic Ministry
GUESTS Jana Lombardo is the Senior Program Director of International Programs at Lifeline. Lynn Beckett is an Education Specialist at Lifeline. Laura Armstrong…
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Stand for Orphans
Herbie Newell is joined by his wife Ashley, who helped their children found Stand for Orphans, and Jenna and Mary Beth Brown, a mother and daughter duo that…
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International Adoption Update
GUESTS Karla Thrasher, Director of International Adoption, is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a licensed social worker. She is also a…
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Advocating for your child this school year and Early signs that your child needs an IEP
GUEST Ann Maura Hinton is the Director of BRIDGE Educational Services. She joined the Lifeline team in August of 2017. She brings with her over 25 years of…
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Investing in your Family through Parent Coaching
GUEST Lynn Beckett, Education Specialist at Lifeline Children's Services, received her bachelor of social work from the University of Georgia in 1981. She…
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Meet Our Strategic Partners in Colombia
HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES Parent Coaching is a service available for any parent who needs…
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Meet Our Strategic Partners in Liberia
HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. CO-HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of…
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Meet Our Strategic Partners in Pakistan
HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. CO-HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of…
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Arc Stories with Lauren Eddie
GUEST Lauren Eddie joined the Lifeline staff in January of 2018 as a pregnancy counselor. She’s originally from New Orleans, LA. She got her undergrad in…
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Arc Stories: A Story of Adoption with Julie Adams
GUEST Julie Adams, Arc Stories Speaker. HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. CO-HOST…
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Arc Stories: A Story of Adoption with Shane Etheredge
GUEST Shane Etheredge joined Lifeline in September of 2019. He is from Birmingham, Alabama and serves on the Marketing Team as the Creative Director. Shane…
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Creating Structure for Your Kids this Summer
GUEST Mckinley Landen serves on the Education team as a Family Therapist. She received her Bachelors in Human Development and Family Sciences and her Masters…
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Understanding the Culture Our Kids are Growing Up In
GUEST Dr. Walt Mueller, the Founder and President of Parent Youth Understanding. It helps provide parents with an understanding of the culture that kids are…
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Parenting Older Children From Hard Places
GUEST Jessie Jacobs, is a social worker in the Huntsville office on the Foster Care team. Jessie received her BS in Psychology at Blue Mountain College and her…
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Advancing the Gospel with Ed Litton
GUEST Ed Litton is the Pastor of Redemption Church in Mobile, Alabama and nominated as the President of the Southern Baptist Convention HOST Herbie Newell is…
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Heritage Builders: Helping Kids Who Are Aging Out of Foster Care
GUEST Aren Williams joined Lifeline in October 2020. She is from Birmingham, Alabama and serves on our Foster Care Team as the Older Youth & Independent Living…
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COVID: One Year Later with Ann Maura Hinton
GUEST Ann Maura Hinton is the Director of BRIDGE Educational Services. She joined the Lifeline team in August of 2017. She brings with her over 25 years…
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COVID: One Year Later with Angela Maines
GUEST Angela Maines, MA, LPC, TBRI® Practitioner, Registered Play Therapist, joined Lifeline’s team in December 2012. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in…
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COVID: One Year Later with Kristen Avery
GUEST Kristen Avery, is a missionary in Kenya. She provides an adoptive parents perspective during a really difficult year. HOST Herbie Newell is the President…
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COVID: One Year Later
GUEST Lynn Beckett, received her bachelors of social work from the University of Georgia in 1981. She worked in the area of foster care and adoption in Georgia…
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Best of 2019: Grieving With Others
GUEST Rob Pacienza, Lead Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of…
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Best of 2018: Why the Church is the Answer to the Orphan Crisis
GUEST Brad Evangelista, lead pastor at CrossPointe Church in Columbus, Georgia and church partner with Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES Parent Coaching…
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Best of 2020 with Rick Burgess: The Pursuit of Christ-Centered Masculinity
Bridge Educational Services - lifelinechild.org/bridge GUEST Rick Burgess has been the cohost of the “Rick and Bubba Show” since 1994, a nationally syndicated…
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Best of 2019: Multi-Ethnicity and the Kingdom of God with Jason Cook
Lifeline Store - https://store.lifelinechild.org/ GUEST Jason was born and raised in Birmingham, AL before moving to Suwanee, GA where he would finish high…
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Adoption and Racial Reconciliation
Lifeline Store - https://store.lifelinechild.org/ GUEST Pastor John Onwuchekwa RESOURCES Join us for the next Arc Stories event, featuring Lifeline family…
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How Do We Talk to Our Kids about Race and Culture?
Lifeline Store - https://store.lifelinechild.org/ GUEST Josh Caldwell, Vice President of International Ministries Claire Davis, Program Director of Domestic…
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How the Lord Called Pastor Jason Paredes to Adopt
Lifeline Store - https://store.lifelinechild.org/ GUEST Jason Paredes, is the lead pastor of Fielder Church in Arlington, Texas and joined the staff in 2005…
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NCFA: The State of Foster Care and Adoption
Lifeline Store - https://store.lifelinechild.org/ GUEST Chuck Johnson serves as president and CEO of the National Council For Adoption. He is responsible for…
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Celebrating Milestones with Chuck Johnson
Lifeline Store - https://store.lifelinechild.org/ GUEST Chuck Johnson serves as president and CEO of the National Council For Adoption. He is responsible for…
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A Birth Mother's Story of Hope
Lifeline Store - https://store.lifelinechild.org/ GUEST Lili, Birth Mother, shares her story of God's goodness and mercy. Lili is a super hero in our eyes as…
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Speak Out for Life: Pro-Life
Lifeline Store - https://store.lifelinechild.org/ GUEST Dr. Rick Morton, Vice President of Engagement Rick shepherds Lifeline's outreach to individuals…
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Sanctity of Human Life: The Rally for Life
Lifeline Store - https://store.lifelinechild.org/ RESOURCES This year’s Sanctity of Human Life is January 17, the Sunday closest to the historic Roe v. Wade…