Movement Church
Free
Or any donation amount
Join a growing community of churches invested in caring for vulnerable children and families.
Supporter Church
$250+
Annual donation
Contribute to a growing community of churches and help expand the reach of your church’s impact.
Champion Church
$1000+
Annual donation
Help lead a growing community of churches by expanding your impact and advising others.
Connect With Other Churches and Make an Impact
Find Community
Connect with other churches like yours in a united community, working to expand the reach and impact of the Church in caring for vulnerable children.
Access Coaching
Courses and cohorts, as well as individualized coaching and support, is available for members to strengthen their outreach and ministry.
Contribute
All members have a voice in the community. Supporter and Champion Church Membership includes further opportunities to invest and contribute in the movement together.
Did you know you can invest your membership dues locally?
At CAFO, we empower and mobilize local collaborative movements that are supporting vulnerable children and families better together than they ever could separately. To that end, we invite you to consider investing in a local non-profit, agency or ministry that is serving vulnerable children and families in your community.
If your church commits to investing annually at a local level, your investment will be credited toward your church’s membership at CAFO. For example, a local investment of at least $250/year will qualify as your Supporter Level member dues at CAFO, or a minimum local investment of $1,000/year will qualify as your Champion Level dues.
How to join as a Local Investor member
Complete the online membership application.
Confirm your church can align with CAFO’s Statement of Faith, Core Commitments and Guiding Principles.
Select Local Investor and the membership level to correlate with your church’s contribution.
Please review our FAQs below or contact us at [email protected].
“CAFO does a really great job of creating this kind of sense of locality of the local church to start connecting with other churches in your city, other organizations in your city, other people in your city that have similar passions and priorities about orphan care. We’ve found it absolutely beyond valuable that we have a network locally because of CAFO’s work… So much shared learning is taking place and shared support.”
Renaut Van Der Riet
CAFO membership options
Core Values and Credibility
CAFO Church Members are credible and responsible. All Members stand committed to CAFO’s Core Commitments, Guiding Principles and Statement of Faith.
We value partnership, collaboration and pursuing excellence in all we do through shared resourcing and implementing best practices in our ministry contexts. This includes the following areas:
Frequently asked questions
Your church can become a member of CAFO by completing the online application here. Membership dues range from FREE to $1,000. You can also count your investment in local ministries as your dues. Read more about this option here.
You need to be in some position of leadership at your church to make this commitment on behalf of your church. Either on staff or leading as a volunteer and joining CAFO with a staff leader’s knowledge and approval.
Being a member of CAFO connects you with other churches like yours, churches that are committed to growing as disciples of Jesus while also growing and sustaining ministry to orphaned and vulnerable children and families, including foster care and adoption, kinship care and wrap-around support. You’ll also gain access to some unique member-only opportunities and discounts on resources, our annual conference and more! Perhaps most importantly, membership invites you in to help shape and contribute to a growing movement of churches worldwide. You have much to receive but also much to offer as you learn and grow and help other churches do the same! See all member benefits here.
There are three categories of Church Membership: Movement Church, Supporter Church and Champion Church. Movement churches can join for free. Supporter churches and Champion churches can join by a) investing directly into the work of CAFO, or b) investing into local ministries or partnerships working on behalf of children and families. Learn more about this option here.
We do not have any requirements for your local investment, we simply ask that it’s a ministry your church is committed to supporting and is working to benefit children and families where you live. If you have specific questions, please reach out to us at [email protected].
Your membership is annual. Depending on the time of year you join, you will receive a notice around that time the following year that it is time to renew your membership. Just make sure your contact information is kept up to date so you don’t miss any important messages about your membership!
“There is unspeakable benefit for a church like ours to be connected to CAFO. We’ve already felt ourselves take steps that I think save us years of mistakes and years of exploration, because there’s a movement of people who are not just further ahead than we are, and have processed and wrestled in this longer than we have, but that are just incredibly generous with sharing the resources, sharing encouragement and pointing us in the right direction.”
Kondo Simfukwe
Select Your CAFO Membership Level
Movement Church
Free
Or any donation amount
Join a growing community of churches invested in caring for vulnerable children and families.
Supporter Church
$250+
Annual donation
Contribute to a growing community of churches and help expand the reach of your church’s impact.
Champion Church
$1000+
Annual donation
Help lead a growing community of churches by expanding your impact and advising others.