1. Created in dignity -- Getting to the root of the problem / Jan Grobbelaar, South African -- Affirming children's dignity as a theological vision and mandate / Jessy Jaison, Indian -- Restoring dignity to children in bonded labor / Adnan Azhar Sandhu, Pakistani -- 2. Placed in families -- Children outside the door / Rosalind Tan, Malaysian -- Kinsman, redeemer : welcoming children outside the door / Nativity A. Petallar, Filipino -- A city without orphans / Faith Kembabazi and Patrick Byekwaso, Ugandan -- 3. Cared for in community -- It still takes a village to raise a child / Amberbir Tamire Habtemariam, Ethiopian -- Ubuntu : conceptualizing community for children in the African context / Roseline Olumbe, Kenyan -- Church and village as community / Saw Law Eh Htoo, Myanmarese -- 4. Advocated society -- Hubs of light / Menchit Wong, Filipino -- Children, advocacy, and the kingdom of God / Bradley Thompson, Indian -- I exist, I am a citizen / Carmen Alvarez González -- 5. Secured in hope -- Spirituality and hope : the extraordinary hidden within the ordinary / María Alejandra Andrade Vinueza, Ecuadorian -- Love, faith, and hope / Shake ̀ Geotcherian, Armenian-Syrian -- Child friendly spaces : spaces of hope / Kezia M'Clelland, British , Subhi Nadhaf, Syrian -- 6. Affirmed in God's church -- Children on the move / Enrique Pinedo, Peruvian American -- Beyond welcoming to engaging children for God's kingdom / Shantelle Weber, South African -- The lion is furious when he doesn't know how to get back to his home / Clenir Xavier dos Santos, Brazilian -- 7. Included in God's mission -- Redeeming children is integral missions / Sublimé Nyundu Mabiala, Congolese (DRC) -- Children as full members of the priesthood of all believers : a pastoral paradigm for including children in the mission of God / Harold Segura, Costa Rican -- The cost for children witnessing to Christ in Nigeria / Nathan Hussaini Chiroma, Nigerian -- 8. Engaged in creation care -- Children and the global climate emergency / Athena Peralta, Filipino -- Our beautiful dwelling place / Rei Lemuel Crizaldo, Filipino -- Children and nature : a pilot program of the United Church of Zambia / Jane Travis, British, Damon Mkandawire, Zambian -- Epilogue : Two prayers in response to God's heart for children.