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Nightlight Christian Adoptions is a national, non-profit, Hague accredited, pro-life licensed adoption agency that counsels pregnant women and arranges adoptions. They have locations in three U.S. states and arrange adoptions both domestically and internationally. The agency was founded in 1959. Nightlight was the first agency beginning in 1995 to organize a tour of the United States by group of orphaned Russian children. In 1997, the agency created the first program in the United States to arrange for couples to adopt frozen embryos. == Founding and purpose == Nightlight is a licensed non-profit〔''(IRS Form 990 )'' (Jan. 2, 2014).〕 Hague accredited〔 adoption agency that provides pro-life counseling to pregnant women and adoption services to families. They coordinate adoptions both in the United States and internationally. They also facilitate adoption of frozen embryos and provide humanitarian assistance to children in orphanages.〔''(Nightlight )'' (Jan. 2, 2014).〕 Nightlight was founded in 1959〔Timothy P. Collins, ''On Abandoned Embryos'' 75 9 (Feb. 2008).〕 by a group of evangelical Christian churches with the purpose of addressing the needs of women in unplanned pregnancy.〔 At the time, the name of the agency was Evangelical Welfare Agency. In 1994, Ron Stoddart, a California adoption attorney, assumed leadership.〔, 250-51 (2007); , (2006).〕 The agency changed its name to Nightlight Christian Adoptions and has offices in California, Colorado, Kentucky, and South Carolina. It has four divisions: Nightlight Christian Adoptions, Snowflakes Embryo Adoption, Embryo Adoption Awareness Center and Orphan Galaxy.〔 It arranges adoptions within the United States and in 12 foreign counties: Taiwan, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Panama, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Romania, Haiti, Hong Kong, and China. In 1995 Nightlight was the first agency to bring a group of Russian orphan children to the United States on a tour to help increase awareness of older children's adoption needs.〔 (Nightlight Christian Adoptions ) (January 13, 2014)〕 Daniel Nehrbass became Executive Director in May 2012.〔(Nightlight’s Gala 2013: Congratulations, Ron! ) Spring 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nightlight Christian Adoptions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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