Workshop sessions and speakers are now available to explore for the CAFO2026 Summit in Atlanta, with more added weekly!
As CAFO2026 draws near, attendees can now get their first look at the sessions and speakers that will shape this year’s gathering.
Hosted this Sept. 23-25 at First Baptist Atlanta, the annual CAFO Summit brings together foster and adoptive parents, nonprofit leaders, child-serving professionals, pastors and advocates from around the world to pursue effective care for vulnerable children and families.
This year’s theme —“Less. Fewer branches, better fruit.” — is inspired by Jesus’ teaching in John 15:2. It invites us to consider how fruitfulness often grows not through constant addition, but through careful pruning and faithful focus on what matters most.
This year’s sessions explore both practical and spiritual questions facing today’s leaders, caregivers and ministries. Attendees will find learning and connection opportunities focused on foster care and adoption, effectively serving foster youth (US-focused) and children worldwide (global-focused), church engagement and launching church-based ministries, organizational health, communications, data and technology, and more.
Featured mainstage speakers
In addition to over 170+ breakout sessions, CAFO2026 will feature respected mainstage voices, including:
- Lecrae, artist, author and podcaster
- Katherine Wolf, disability advocate and survivor
- Dr. Kelly Kapic, author and speaker
- Trent Taylor, advocate, author and speaker
- Génesis Miranda Longo, industry leader and adoptive mom
- Curt Thompson, MD, psychiatrist and author
- Annika Marek-Barta, foster care and adoption advocate
- Rev. Jason Peredes, pastor
- Alina Druta, president of ACMO
- Jedd Medefind, president of CAFO
Together, these speakers will help explore themes of faithfulness and pruning, offering much-needed encouragement and practical wisdom for those serving vulnerable children and families around the world.
Join us at CAFO2026 in Atlanta
For more than two decades, the annual CAFO Summit has served as a unique gathering place for Christians engaged in foster care, adoption, family preservation and global orphan care. As new sessions are added, now is the perfect time to begin planning your Summit experience and register!
