Join the Movement
- Teach on Children and Families: Dedicate at least one service each year to discussing the importance of supporting children and families in need.
- Engage Your Congregation: Encourage your members to get involved, using this site as a resource to guide their participation.
- Collaborate with Equipping Partners: Join forces with one of our Equipping Partners to extend your reach and impact.
Ready to join the movement?
Tools to Mobilize Your Church
From supporting fragile families to promoting peace in times of conflict, people of faith have always been at the forefront of tackling our toughest societal challenges. The Care for Every Family Initiative is inviting the Wichita faith community to once again step up and lead the way in making Wichita a model city for child and family well-being.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
Psalm 68:5-6
Empowering Churches in Making a Difference
Churches play a unique role in supporting our children and families in Sedgwick County. We’re equipping churches like yours with the resources, guidance, and connections needed to make a significant impact.
Imagine a caring church within walking distance of every family – a power grid that brings light to dark places.
Stories of Meaningful Leadership: Reducing Foster Care in Wichita
Explore this collection of videos capturing local faith leaders rallying together towards a common purpose to Care for Every Family.
Watch as volunteers, church leaders and community members come together to learn from one another, offer actionable insights to actively engage in solutions, pray for our children and families and spur one another on to great works.
Get inspired to join our movement, learn how you can make a meaningful difference, and become part of a growing initiative fostering positive change.
Encouraging Church Leaders to Mobilize
Pastors Uniting Together in Prayer
Equipping
Partners
Equipping churches to connect to needs in our community. Over 85% of church responders agree that CarePortal made them more aware of the needs of children and families in their community and made it easier to assist with those needs.
Equipping congregations to surround families facing a crisis with caring, compassionate community. Safe Families for Children hosts vulnerable children and creates extended family–like supports for families through a community of devoted volunteers who are motivated by compassion to keep children safe and families together.
Equipping churches to empower families to overcome homelessness and housing insecurity. Become a Host and Support Congregation.
Equipping churches to address and reduce poverty and its effects community-wide. Host a Getting Ahead in Just-Gettin’-By World class.
Equipping churches to educate their congregation about becoming a foster family. Provide a Foster Care 101 class or connect your congregation to one of the Foster Care Licensing agencies in Sedgwick County. (EmberHope, Wichita Children’s Home, Saint Francis Ministries, TFI, KVC, DCCCA, Restoration Family Services, Eckerd, CALM, Cornerstones of Care, and Rainbows United)
Equipping churches to support foster care parents. Provide speakers, training, and resources.
FosterAdopt Connect works with children, youth, and families as they navigate the complexities of the child welfare system. With the help of innovative tools, a dedicated professional staff, and over 20 years of experience working in the Kansas and Missouri foster care systems, we’re equipped to connect children with families that provide love, healing, and stability for a brighter future.
Adopt KS Kids is a program designed to raise awareness about the need for adoptive families for children in foster care in Kansas. We are here to support you, through every step of the adoption process - whether you’ve just learned about adoption from foster care or you’re nearing finalization of your 2nd or 3rd adoption. You don’t have to be perfect to be the perfect parent. Let us help connect you to information, resources, peer support and area agencies to support you and your journey in adoption.
Access all these tools and learn more here:
My pastor told me the church would have my back 100% if I brought a teen from foster care into our home. That made all the difference for us.
Care Kit for Pastors
Download resources here:
- Sermon assets
- Rack card
- Hype video
- Equipping Partner one-pager
- QR Code to Care For Every Family website
- “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot” trailer link
Get Inspired by Past Sermons on Foster Care
Explore our collection of past sermons from local pastors who have spoken passionately about the importance of foster care and its impact on families in our community. These messages offer heartfelt insights, biblical encouragement, and practical steps for congregations to engage with and support the foster care system. By sharing these sermons, we hope to inspire and empower you to take action in helping children and families in need, fostering a culture of compassion and care within our church community.
Wichita Prayer Breakfast - Bishop W.C. Martin
Northwest Christian Church - Pastor Randy Williams
Pathway Church - Pastor Todd Carter (Oct 2023)
Pathway Church - Pastor Todd Hutchinson (Oct 2024)
How Can We Help You?
This is the initial launch where we want to capture as much feedback as possible as to what resources a pastor/church needs to impact this movement. Please provide your feedback here.
