The foster care crisis remains a leading (if not the leading) crisis facing state and federal officials and communities around the country. For this reason and because of the clear Scriptural commands to care for vulnerable children (Isaiah 1:17; James 1:27), foster care is a critical opportunity for churches and individual Christians to make a key difference in their zip codes. Here is an inspiring example of one church that is making an outsized impact in its community and practical steps and examples for starting and leading a foster care ministry at your church.

Dawn Arnold, the Outreach Director at Maryland Community Church in Terre Haute, Indiana, helped launch and leads Fostering Hope. This ministry of MCC invests in life-changing relationships to help vulnerable children and their families take steps closer to Christ and is a remarkable example of strategically and comprehensively engaging the issue of foster care.

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