The Defender Podcast

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...

GUEST Cory Varden is the pastor of Preaching and Vision at Philadelphia Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.    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 Gather your family or small group and join us on December 16 at 7 p.m....

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 Advent Cards with short Bible discussion and Scripture on each card are available for free download or purchase a set in our store. These cards are beautifully designed and are a great...

GUESTS Will and Mallie, Lifeline domestic adoptive family. 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 Advent Cards with short Bible discussion and Scripture on each card are available for free download or purchase a set in our s...

GUEST Hannah Pearson, Lifeline International Administrative Coordinator, started with Lifeline in February 2019 and is serving on our International Team. Originally from Alabama, she earned her Bachelor's from the University of Alabama in Human Development & Psychology. She went on to pursue her Master's in Counseling from Boston University.    HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executi...

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 Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. CO-HOST Rick Morton is the Vice President of Engagement at Lifeline Children's Services. RESOURCES Vessels of Hope is our faithful community of monthly donors. This ministry to orphane...

Karla Thrasher, Director of International Adoption at Lifeline, sits down with Herbie Newell to discuss international adoption.   HOST Herbie Newell is the President & Executive Director of Lifeline Children’s Services and its ministry arms. GUEST Karla Thrasher, Director of International Adoption, is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a licensed social worker. She is al...