The Defender Podcast

GUEST Ashley Newell is the wife of Herbie Newell and helped her children found Stand for Orphans.   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 Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES Stand for Orphans is our kid-initiated, kid-run opportunity to make a difference in t...

GUESTS Alex Cowan, Associate Pastor at Skyland Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, AL. Scott Green, Discipleship and Missions Pastor at North Port Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa, AL. Traci Newell, National Program Director of Families Count.  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 Enga...

GUEST Lynn Beckett, Education Specialist and parent coach at Lifeline Children's Services, received her bachelor of social work from the University of Georgia in 1981. She worked in the area of foster care and adoption in Georgia and Virginia before joining Lifeline staff in 1989. She became a TBRI® Practitioner in 2016. Lynn feels that it is an incredible privilege to be able to be a part of this...

GUEST Alison Centofante is the founder of Centofante Strategies, LLC and has worked in the pro-life industry for over a decade with organizations like Concerned Women for America, Alliance Defending Freedom, and Live Action.  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 Engagement at...

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 social work at Mississippi College and then continued her education by attending The University of Alabama for grad school. Birth mothers Amanda and Michelle talk about their experiences.  HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Direc...

GUESTS Mary Beth Steven Curtis Chapman, founders of Show Hope . Mary Beth is a New York Times bestselling author and Steven is a Grammy and Dove award-winning recording artist. 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 Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES As you a...

GUESTS Mary Beth Steven Curtis Chapman, founders of Show Hope . Mary Beth is a New York Times bestselling author and Steven is a Grammy and Dove award-winning recording artist. 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 Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES The Road...

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 Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES Mission Kid is a free resource for churches or families to perfectly complement your camp, Backyard Bible Club, VBS, or other ministry programs for children. This year, we will take a j...

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 TBRI® Practitioner, certified by the TCU Karen Purvis Institute of Child Development. Karla has been on staff at Lifeline since 2001 and currently serves as the Director of International Adoption. In her role, Karla is privileged to manage...

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 teaching experience in a variety of different settings and with a variety of different disabilities.  She loves to learn and is constantly looking for new ways to help build a bridge from frustration to hope alongside families in need.  She is...

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 Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES Parent Coaching is a service available for any parent who needs additional insight into their child’s behavior. Sessions are tailored to each family and each child. These are 45-60-minu...

GUESTS Ruslan Maliuta, Founder of World Without Orphans HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES Lifeline's Resource page provides articles and resources to help families with a number of potential circumstances that they may find themselves in. Click here to read more.  LIFELINE CHILDREN'S SERVICES The mission of Lifeline Children’s Services...

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 grandmother. She has contributed heavily to the Robertson family business, Duck Commander, and has been an integral part of the success that the family and company have seen in recent years. Missy's new children's book, Because You're My Fam...

GUESTS Madison and Yuriy Perekotiy, Lifeline partners in Ukraine. 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 Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES As we pray with and for our brothers and sisters in Ukraine, we would also like to share additional ways to provide aid...

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 Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES Families have the unique opportunity to host a child in their home and show them the love of Christ and what it means to live in a family. We have a great opportunity to host orphans fr...

GUESTS Madison and Yuriy Perekotiy, Lifeline partners in Ukraine.  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 Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES If you’re considering international adoption but are stuck with too many questions to list, we invite you to join an u...

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 Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES Fostering Hope is a resource for the church to get involved with foster care. The most difficult aspect of foster care is knowing how to get involved. Lifeline wants to take the guesswo...

GUESTS Marie Gunn joined Lifeline's Mississippi team in February 2019. She works in the Hattiesburg office as the Mississippi Case Work Supervisor and Pregnancy Counselor. Marie studied at The University of Southern Mississippi. She received her Bachelors in Child and Family Studies with an emphasis in Development and a Masters in Social Work. HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Di...

GUEST  Jessa Swearingen is the center manager and outreach coordinator for the new Lifeline Pregnancy Resource Center in Kansas. Jessa joined the Lifeline team in 2016. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology from Oklahoma Baptist University. Jessa and her husband, Cullen, have a heart for youth and spend their time serving in their home church, Western Hills in Topeka. When Jessa isn’t...

GUEST  Jessa Swearingen is the center manager and outreach coordinator for the new Lifeline Pregnancy Resource Center in Kansas. Jessa joined the Lifeline team in 2016. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology from Oklahoma Baptist University. Jessa and her husband, Cullen, have a heart for youth and spend their time serving in their home church, Western Hills in Topeka. When Jessa isn’t...

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 Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES Fund Your Adoption resources and an e-book are available to families looking to begin the adoption process. We know that funding can be a major obstacle for families who desire to adopt...

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 Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. CO-HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES Sanctity of Human Life resources are available to help your church advocate for life. Th...

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 the Vice President of Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES As you look ahead to the New Year and the desires you have for yourself and your family, we’re still in the ministry of helping moms and dads parent well through th...

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 Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES Sanctity of Human Life resources are available to help your church advocate for life. This year’s Sanctity of Human Life is January 16, the Sunday closest to the historic Roe v. Wade la...

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 Lifeline and played significant roles in volunteering their time through camps and translation through sign language.  HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. CO-HOST...