The local church can play a key role in adoption by educating and orienting its members to it scriptural foundations, to the studies that show the positive outcomes of adoption, to the needs of our society that can be met through adoption, and to the opportunities and ideas for ministry that relate to adoption. Most of us are at least familiar with the concept of God's adoption of us when we become Christians.
Adoption embodies the biblical theme of the covenant.
It is important to see that adoption is more than a legal contract - it is a relationship of promise. In fact, this distinction can be made of all family relationships. The relationship between God and His people is covenant al, not contractual, and God intends that family relationships mirror his covenantal relationship with us. When he adopted the children of Abraham, He took them under His keeping forever. The apostle Paul also uses the adoption analogy in his writings several times.