For Kris Isom, foster care is personal. She’s walked in their shoes; she’s experienced the feelings and emotions that come…
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Katrina Campbell’s been providing training for FaithBridge foster families since 2009. Even after all that time, she’s still moved to…
He doesn’t remember it specifically but foster care played a vital role in Bob Bruder-Mattson’s life at an early age.…
As FaithBridge’s Director of Foster Home Development, Beth Vinyard leads our home study team and monitors and manages the foster…
Jessi oversees our intake, case management, home study and training. She has a long history in foster care [executive bio]…
When Caden was first placed with Jen and Joe Brown and their biological son, Jen told their foster family consultant…
Eric and Julianna Ryan began fostering on Mother’s Day of 2014 through FaithBridge Foster Care. The Ryan’s fostered a sibling…
In 2015, Shanon and Jennifer Pruitt attended a FaithBridge Encounter meeting at First Baptist Woodstock church. After two years of…
By: Bob Bruder-Mattson, President and CEO of FaithBridge Foster Care FaithBridge Foster Care is supporting the Family First Prevention Services…
*James is a 10-year-old boy who was removed from his home and placed with Michelle and Kyle Yeager. As members…
Calling isn’t contingent on marital status. “So what are you doing about it now?” That’s how my pastor responded…
The Community of Care® promises and provides support to foster families and, when it’s possible and appropriate, continues meeting the…
By Nicole Barlow, FaithBridge Foster Mom My family began the fostering journey nearly three years ago. We said “yes” to…
Fostering can be both incredibly beautiful and incredibly difficult. That’s why FaithBridge Foster Care believes that no one should foster…
Children end up in foster care for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, it’s sometimes a mistake that the parents made.…
It started as a feeling that just wouldn’t go away. A nagging, heart-worry burden. Something that resided in the back…
Fostering can reveal God’s love–the love of THE perfect Father–in ways that no other role has the privy of experiencing.…
Vertical Life Church in Dallas, Georgia, will be launching a partnership with FaithBridge and their church’s foster care ministry on…
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Jump. Bounce. Play. Love. Serve.
FaithBridge loves celebrating our church partners and all the ways that they are honoring and loving foster families. Mt. Bethel…
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Meet Our Community of Care®: We are not in this alone
As we approach our one-year anniversary of becoming foster parents, I am most grateful for the Community of Care® that…
Photo credit: The Full Moon of Glen Ellyn via photopin (license) I was somewhere in between that deep sleep of…
We like things that are logical. Step one. Step two. And then step three. God designed much of life to…
“God is the great redeemer,” said FaithBridge foster mom Amanda. “He’s taken ugly ugliness and made it beautiful.” Her energy…
FaithBridge Foster Care, Inc. has announced the appointment of Bob J. Bruder-Mattson as its new president and CEO. “Bob is…
The God who created the universe and everything in it has an imagination infinitely beyond ours. At times, His seemingly…
Wayne Stolz has always been around Christians who prioritized family and church. He grew up in a home where the…
FaithBridge foster mom Sandra Stanley understands how hard it is to say goodbye. She and her husband Andy serve foster…
I distinctly recall the first time someone “blessed my heart.” You know the type: the staged whisper [southern accent optional],…
“Foster care was nowhere on my radar screen.” said Steve Hambrick, senior pastor at Vintage242. “I had never considered it…
“I would never foster if it wasn’t headed toward adoption. What’s the point?” This question from a friend struck me…
“Do you know why we give presents at Christmas?” I asked L., my foster child. “So everybody can see our…
Families say “YES!” to fostering for all kinds of reasons. Kevin and Alisa had a desire to share their faith…
Thanksgiving morning, I was busy cooking while our five children played in an adjacent room. Every few minutes, I paused…
Nick Bruner, discipleship pastor at Calvary Baptist Church, shares why he and his wife of nine years, Ashley, entered the…
FaithBridge seeks to be Christ-centered, fixing our eyes on Jesus, both His person and His work, as the basis for…
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I could tell you about foster care…
By a FaithBridge foster mom whose identity will remain anonymous for the privacy of her foster children. Talking about…
Families say “YES!” to fostering for all kinds of reasons. Kelly and Molly foster because they heard God’s call to…
One of the kids has one of those stuffed animals that lights up. At bedtime, the person who’s holding it…
The wall around the Old City of Jerusalem, 2007. Photo by Heather. Jerusalem had a call to action for its…
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Everyone Can Be Andrew
If you have a sibling, then chances are you’ve experienced the amazingly wonderful and joy-filled feeling of telling your brother…
If there’s one thing predictable about foster care it’s that it is completely unpredictable. The Stewarts* received a placement, and…
Families say “YES!” to fostering for all kinds of reasons. Ryan and Stephanie couldn’t not foster with the tug on…
#tbt to the time that FaithBridge foster mom, Katie Phillips, wrote about her emotions on the anticipation of receiving a…
“It’s so much fun!” Jim said for the umpteenth time in the conversation. “The pay is tremendous – you get…
FaithBridge holds ourselves accountable to the many individuals and organizations that depend on us, including but not limited to churches,…
Families say “YES!” to fostering for all kinds of reasons. Ty and Kristen had a heart to care for both…
On Tuesday, September 1, FaithBridge foster families had the opportunity to walk the red carpet at the Fox Theatre in…
As an entrepreneurial organization, FaithBridge has a vision for how to change foster care in this country, a passion for…
by Vernon Jackson, FaithBridge foster dad I got to my desk at the office the other day and kept smelling nasty…
God has been caring for the fatherless for thousands and thousands of years. It’s HIS story and touches every corner…
Lisa* had made some unfortunate choices, unfortunate choices that came with unfortunate consequences. These unfortunate consequences included jail time and…
He didn’t find foster care; foster care found him. Bill Hancock, the co-founder and CEO of FaithBridge, shares the story…
ReMoved is considered one of the best depictions of what life is like for a child who does not understand the…
One of FaithBridge’s core values is to be relational. It’s been in our DNA from the beginning. If it weren’t…
Jeff Reams, the minister of missions for Dunwoody Baptist Church in Dunwoody, GA, shared his experience fostering with FaithBridge. In…
Foster care ministry provides a unique opportunity to see firsthand how God restores families in ways that are best for…
We are humble servant leaders of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our work fulfills the mission that He has called…
Over the years, FaithBridge has had the privilege of interviewing families who’ve fostered. Read about one family and their experience…
Rick Jackson, FaithBridge Foster Care’s chairman of the board and Jackson Healthcare CEO, shares his story and the importance of a…
When siblings enter foster care, sometimes they end up in the same home and sometimes they are placed in separate…
A mountainside in Israel. Photo by Heather. Jesus created relationships among His disciples and followers. At FaithBridge, being relational drives us to create…
Some of us are BFFs (best friends forever) with data. Information. Statistics. Numbers. Facts. Figures. We get along great and…
Foster children have to grow up too quickly sometimes. They see the harsh realities of sin in our world and…
Might you be the next talented person to join the FaithBridge team? We’re pretty excited about everyone who starts working…