Five Current Trends in Churches Fostering Churches

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Church fostering is one church helping another church for a specified period of time. There has been a lot of interest in the topic, so Thom and Sam explore where the church-fostering movement is headed.

1. The interest in church fostering is still strong.

2. Not as many churches have moved in this direction yet as anticipated.

3. Leaders of the fostered church struggle with limiting the period of fostering.

4. The key question is still: How does my church find a church to foster?

5. Fostering will result in adoption over 50% of the time.

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