Missions Pulse 044: Krish Kandiah
https://davidjoannes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Krish-Kandiah-DEFAULT-1024x576.jpg 1024 576 David Joannes David Joannes https://davidjoannes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Krish-Kandiah-DEFAULT-1024x576.jpgOn this episode of Missions Pulse, David Joannes interviews Krish Kandiah, founder of Home for Good, TEDx speaker, consultant, author, foster carer and adopter.
Krish talks about the unnecessary institutionalization of children worldwide, how the Church is often seen as filled with naive do-gooders, and steps we must take to care for the vulnerable and set the lonely in families.
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“Put a heat map of where orphanages are and where tourists go,” Krish Kandiah begins, “there’s usually a congruence.”
Krish Kandiah breaks down one of the origin stories of the rise of orphanages. Warning: This may get awkward for you. Why? Because Krish says that way too many children are unnecessarily institutionalized. They still have living parents or relatives who can care for them. But that is not the story that we have been told. Have good-intentioned evangelicals, missionaries, and the Church itself perpetuated a system that is ungodly and unbiblical? Learn more in this clip.
The world’s biggest funder of orphanages are Christians. “So,” Krish Kandiah wonders, “why would the Church be supporting institutions that no one in the Western world thinks are a good idea?” Children do not thrive without the nurture of a loving family. We need a paradigm shift.
“Our first point about adoption is that it is the highest privilege that the gospel offers.” — J. L. Packer.
In fact, Krish Kandiah believes that adoption is a microcosm of the Gospel. Yet, there is some sort of mental dissonance about the Christian’s understanding of adoption in relation to their Heavenly Father.
What is the defining feature—the thing that Jesus asked us to do? The answer: Love God and love your neighbor. But Krish Kandiah thinks that the reputation of the Church when it comes to caring for children is disastrous. We are often seen as naive do-gooders. The scripture is unequivocally positive about caring for the vulnerable and setting the lonely in families, yet we are blatantly disobeying the commands of Christ.
Krish Kandiah’s passion began to form in him after he realized the tumultuousness of his ancestry. His grandmother modeled hospitality in a way that included people in their family. Welcoming the lonely, loving the unlovely, including others into the bigger family of God—these are the themes that permeate Krish’s reading of the scripture.
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