Bethany Christian Services

My wife and I adopted a baby girl in 2010 and baby boy in 2013 through Bethany. Our experience with Bethany was excellent. Their social workers were kind, informative and supportive throughout the process. Once we were on the adopting parents list for both babies, our waits were similar to trying to have a baby naturally. We now have two very happy and healthy kids. I can’t imagine the process working out better.
They also appeared very supportive and concerned for the birthmothers. At Bethany meetings, we were able to hear from and meet past birthmothers. Hearing about their experiences and perspectives of the birthmothers was extremely valuable. They encourage open adoptions so that both the child and birthmother have the opportunity to know each other, provided both the birthmother and adopting parents agree, and of course the amount of contact has to be agreed upon as well.
George

I am a Birth Mom and signed up to use Bethany Christian Service as the adoptive family was already signed up with their services. They are the worst agency you can chose to release your child with. I STRONGLY recommend looking elsewhere when finding an agency to work with when placing your child. I also STRONGLY recommend prospective parents to consider the Birth Mom and not put them through terrible counseling, distant social workers who are only concerned with getting paid. Not allowing the Birth Mom to explore parenting in any way shape or form. I placed my child with them and found them to be very manipulative and regret releasing my child into their care. They offered no post-​pardeum support and as soon as the papers were signed, were rude on the phone, offered no advice during the ups and downs during the grieving process and simply didn’t care about my role as birth mom in the open adoption. Please do not pay them your money to adopt. They are the highest priced agency out there and do not offer the Birth mom any assistance while she is pregnant except for meager counseling which is all bias as they represent the adoptive parents. DO NOT USE THIS AGENCY. From personal experience.