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When she was only 11 years old, Emily Chapman went on a mission trip to Haiti that would forever change her life — and the life of her entire family.<\/p>\n
Upon returning home, Emily planted a seed that, after much prayer and consideration, ultimately led her parents —\u00a0renowned Christian music artist Steven Curtis Chapman<\/a> and his wife, Mary Beth —\u00a0to adopt three daughters from China in 2000, 2003 and 2004. And her impact did not stop there; Emily’s efforts sparked in her parents an intense passion for orphans that led them to found an organization called Show Hope<\/a> in 2003 that would help care for orphans by engaging the church and reducing barriers to adoption.<\/p>\n More than 20 years later, that 11-year-old girl has grown up, graduated from Baylor, and now serves as\u00a0executive director for Show Hope<\/a>, overseeing an organization that has provided more than $24 million in adoption aid grants that have benefitted more than 6,000 children from over 60 countries.<\/p>\n Emily — now Emily Chapman Richards<\/a>, BA ’07 — earned her bachelor’s in international studies and religion from Baylor, then added a master’s in theology from\u00a0Queen\u2019s University before going to work with Show Hope.<\/p>\n The organization is founded on the belief that each child has an inherent, God-given right to be a part of a loving, caring family. Their work is dedicated to restoring hope to millions of children living as orphans by breaking down barriers between waiting children and loving families. In addition to the adoption aid grants, Show Hope has also provided care for more than 2,600 children with\u00a0acute medical and special needs in China, with more than 760 of those children transitioning into forever homes through adoption.<\/p>\n Sic \u2019em, Emily!<\/p>\n You might also like:<\/em><\/strong> When she was only 11 years old, Emily Chapman went on a mission trip to Haiti that would forever change her life — and the life of her entire family. Upon returning home, Emily planted a seed that, after much prayer and consideration, ultimately led her parents —\u00a0renowned Christian music artist Steven Curtis Chapman and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-faith","category-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n*\u00a0Baylor recognized among nation\u2019s top 100 adoption-friendly workplaces<\/a> (Nov. 2017)<\/em>
\n*\u00a0Children join their forever families at Baylor Law School\u2019s Adoption Day<\/a> (Nov. 2016)<\/em>
\n*\u00a0Baylor senior finds her true family inside the Baylor family<\/a> (May 2015)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"