Your free Roadmap for Launching Effective Foster Care, Adoption and Global Orphan Care Ministries
This 10-book bundle is your comprehensive guide to understanding God’s heart for orphaned and vulnerable children and families — so you can foster a culture of discipleship in your community, church and home.
Explore 10 primers to get you started and help you grow.
How can I build a culture of orphan care in my church? What is God’s heart for the vulnerable, especially children and families in foster care near me? How should this shape how I disciple others and engage in missions and ministry?
As CAFO’s national director of church engagement and mobilization, Jason Johnson brings decades of experience in church leadership and foster care to these questions and more.
Whether you’re in leadership or simply have a heart for the vulnerable, these primers offer a clear, compassionate roadmap for answering God’s call with dignity, discernment and care.
WHY
Articulating a Gospel-centered, identity-driven message for your church's foster care and adoption ministry.
LEVERAGE
A framework for harnessing the power of your Orphan Sunday, Stand Sunday or Pure Religion Sunday events.
GO
Principles and practices to benefit vulnerable children and families for wise short-term missions.
More Church Strategy Resources
Additional resources to help you grow in your leadership, vision and ministry strategy
Church Ministry Essentials
Church Ministry Essentials is an immersive learning experience that will introduce you to the principles, practices and people you need to take your next best steps forward.
The Fostering Church Podcast
If you want more clarity and confidence in your foster care ministry, then this seven-part limited series podcast on what it looks like to be a fostering church is for you.
Pure Religion Sunday
On the second Sunday in November, churches around the world will come together to draw attention to God’s heart for vulnerable children and families.
Coaching
Looking for some personalized guidance as you launch or grow your church ministry? Learn more about coaching opportunities and connections with other church leaders.
Sound of Hope: Group Discussion Guide
This guide helps create a safe place for your people to ask questions, discuss ideas and understand more about God's heart for vulnerable children and families as it relates to the film.
Mission Wise
Do you ever wonder if your current global missions are hurting more than they are helping? This book curates best practices so you can be confident in your approach.
Cross-Cultural Engagement Resources
Find tools to engage cross-culturally and globally with wisdom and effectiveness.
Short-Term Missions Course
This in-depth course is designed for leaders in charge of strategizing, planning and organizing short-term missions programming for a church or sending/hosting organization.
Child Sponsorship Guidance
Explore critical insights and best practices to guide your church's engagement with any child sponsorship programs.
The Core Elements of Success program draws from much of today’s best global guidance to equip you to offer the best care for vulnerable children and families.
Coaching
Looking for some personalized guidance as you engage globally? Learn more about coaching opportunities and connections with other church leaders.
Child Protection Policies
This course will help you develop and implement child protection policies and procedures in your church and ministries.
Until There's More Than Enough
Until There's More Than Enough is a faith-based field guide for collaborative foster care transformation in your community.
Community Collaboration for Foster Care
Grow in your capacity to collaborate with your community around a shared vision of more than enough for children and families in foster care.
US Churches
More Than Enough Podcast
The More Than Enough Podcast connects you to the people, ideas and tools in foster care that will help your community work together to fill the biggest gaps in caring for children and families.
US Churches
Foster Care Statistics
Explore recent statistics to help your church understand the state of foster care in the United States — and what you can do about it.
Community Collaboration Globally
Grow in your capacity to collaborate with your community around a shared vision of being better together.
Global Churches
Global Network Vision
Churches globally are uniting together as networks affirming a shared vision of every child in a loving family embraced within a collaborative community.
Global Churches
Global Network Collaborate
Collaborate is designed as an immersive experience for global Christian leaders who either lead or desire to begin national movements in their countries to care for vulnerable children and families.
Global Churches
Orphan Statistics Worldwide
Understanding global orphan statistics isn't as straightforward as you might think, but you can help your church understand the current needs and data that is available.
