Christian Service
Christian Foster Care and Adoption Ministries
Christian foster care and adoption ministries care for children who need safe, loving homes, supporting foster and adoptive families, and standing with vulnerable children. Scripture calls care for orphans the heart of pure religion. Whether you are considering fostering, are already a foster or adoptive family, or want to support those who are, there is a place for you.
What these ministries do
Thousands of children need safe homes and steady love. Christian foster care and adoption ministries recruit and train families, walk with them through the hard days, support children in the system, and surround foster and adoptive families so they are not carrying it alone.
Well-known Christian foster care and adoption ministries include:
- Bethany Christian Services. One of the largest faith-based child and family services organizations in the United States, working in foster care, adoption, and family support.
- Lifeline Children's Services. A Christian adoption and orphan-care ministry serving children and families domestically and internationally.
- Show Hope. A movement, co-founded by Steven Curtis Chapman, that provides adoption grants and care for children with special needs.
- The CALL and similar church-based networks. Local ministries that recruit and support Christian foster and adoptive families in partnership with state agencies.
These organizations are named for information only. Details are accurate to the best of our knowledge, but they may change; please confirm on each group’s own website. Being listed here is not an endorsement, and none of these organizations are affiliated with The Living Bread.
If you are a foster or adoptive family
If you are already fostering or adopting and feeling stretched, support exists. Ask your agency or a local church about respite care, support groups, and practical help. Dial 211 or search findhelp.org for family resources near you.
How to get involved
Not everyone can foster, but everyone can help a family who does: meals, babysitting, encouragement, and gifts all matter. Many churches have a wraparound team.
Find a way to serve in the Living Bread app, where local needs and volunteer openings are posted by real people and verified ministries. You can also find a church near you and ask how to join its outreach, or explore the directory of churches to see who is already serving in your area.
Frequently asked questions
- What do Christian foster care and adoption ministries do?
- They recruit and train foster and adoptive families, support children who need homes, and surround families with practical help, following the biblical call to care for the fatherless (James 1:27).
- What are examples of Christian adoption and foster ministries?
- Bethany Christian Services, Lifeline Children's Services, Show Hope, and church-based networks such as The CALL are well-known examples. They are described factually and are not affiliated with The Living Bread.
- How can I help if I cannot foster or adopt?
- You can support foster and adoptive families with meals, childcare, encouragement, and gifts, volunteer with a local ministry, or give to adoption grants. Ask a nearby church about its wraparound team.
Why Christians serve
Underneath every soup kitchen, shelter, and relief truck is a Person. Jesus said that whatever we do for the hungry, the sick, the stranger, and the prisoner, we do for him. Service is not how Christians earn God’s love; it is how they answer it. If you want to know the One who first loved us, you are welcome to come and see, in your own time and with no pressure.
Come and seeWhy Jesus?Freely ye have received, freely give.