What If Your Church Could End the Foster Care Crisis in Your County?

Join the Free Training That’s Mobilizing Believers Across the Nation to Care for Vulnerable Children—One Church, One Family, One Child at a Time.

“ Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress..." - James 1:27

WHY THIS MATTERS

The Crisis is Real. The Church is Ready. The Time is Now.

600,000+

Children will enter the U.S. foster care system this year

35%

Will find a safe, stable home

60M

Believers gather weekly in churches across America

The problem isn't a lack of love. It's a lack of organization, support, and vision.

Encounter: Foster Care Ministry exists to change that.

What You'll Learn

Understand the Crisis

Understand the scope of the foster care crisis—and what the Church can do

Discover Your Role

Discover your unique role (foster, support, lead—everyone can do something)

Build Community

Build a "Community of Care" to wrap around foster families in your church

Train Volunteers

Train volunteers and launch a sustainable, church-based ministry.

Take Next Steps

Take your next steps—from support team to licensed foster parent

Course Overview

Introduction

Why the Church?

Community of Care

Comfort: The Heart of Foster Care

What is Foster Care & Why It Matters

Who Can Be a Foster Parent?

Support Team Roles

Becoming the Solution

Your Story

High-quality foster care and foster care prevention

Simplifying foster care and supporting families in crisis.

FOSTERING OUR FUTURE (FOF) at Grace Landing, Inc a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit | tax exempt organization | Tax ID EIN# 27-0406569