Your Church Was Built for This Moment.
There are vulnerable children in your community right now. Foster families in your congregation who are exhausted and unsupported. Families praying about adoption who don't know how to start. You don't need a new program. You need a clear pathway. We'll help you build one.
THE OPPORTUNITY
The State Can't Do This Alone. They Need You.
Government agencies manage the system. Nonprofits fill specific gaps. But the Church — with her people in every neighborhood, her long-term relationships, her volunteers, her buildings, and her conviction — can do something no agency can: she can wrap a child and a family in genuine, sustained community.
In Florida alone, there are more than 24,000 children in foster care annually. In Duval County alone, there are 400 families providing kinship care. The need is not abstract. It is in your zip code. And the families carrying this burden are often doing it with very little support.
The Church stepping in changes everything. We've seen it. We know how to help you do it.
Explore Kingdom Foster Care →WHAT WE BRING
A Proven Framework. A Trusted Partner. A Clear Path.
Our Church Mobilization Pathway walks you through every phase of building a sustainable foster care ministry.
Phase 1
Inspire
Weeks 1–2
We help your leadership team understand the scope of the need in your community and build the case so your church catches the vision.
Phase 2
Explore
Weeks 3–4
We research your state's foster care system, identify local contacts and partners, and map opportunities in your community.
Phase 3
Equip
Weeks 5–8
We train your core team, build partnerships with agencies, and give you FASD-informed tools for supporting families.
Phase 4
Launch
Weeks 9–24
We plan your Launch Sunday, help engage your congregation, and build sustainable follow-up structures.
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE
Not Every Church Does This the Same Way. That's the Point.
Depending on your church's size, capacity, and community context, your foster care ministry might look like:
A support group for foster and adoptive families in your congregation
A respite care network that gives foster families regular breaks
A community-facing advocacy and awareness effort
A kinship care support program for grandparents and relatives raising children
A formal partnership with your county's child welfare agency
A foster family recruitment and training pipeline
We help you figure out which lane is yours — and then we help you run in it well.
OUR CREDIBILITY
We've Been in the Room You're Stepping Into.
Wayne and Diana Lanier have 35 years of foster care and adoption experience — as parents, advocates, trainers, and ministry leaders. Wayne helped lead a church-based community initiative in Jacksonville, Florida that produced a documented 24% decline in the city's divorce rate over three years.
He's been in conversations with state agencies, child welfare leaders, and government officials about the role of the faith community in the orphan crisis.
He knows the system. He knows the church. And he knows how to help them work together.
24%
Divorce Rate Decline
Jacksonville, 2015–2017
A Proven Track Record, Documented in Print
Wayne Lanier's work mobilizing churches in Jacksonville, Florida is featured in Endgame: The Church's Strategic Move to Save Faith and Family in America — a landmark book by J.P. De Gance and John Van Epp, Ph.D. that documents how the Church can reverse the family and faith crisis in America.
"Celebration Church pastor Wayne Lanier had developed such a deep bench of marriage mentors, trained by Live the Life Ministries, and these mentors had developed such a reputation in the community for their service to couples, that secular authorities began to seek out their help."
"Celebration Church was one of the largest non-denominational churches in Jacksonville, and was arguably the most-involved church in the COFI project."
— Endgame, page 233, by J.P. De Gance & John Van Epp, Ph.D.
24%
Divorce Rate Decline
Jacksonville, FL
COFI
Most-Involved Church
Culture of Freedom Initiative
35+
Years of Experience
Foster care & family ministry
READY TO GET STARTED?
Ready to Find Out Where Your Church Fits?
Start with our Church Readiness Assessment. It takes about 5 minutes. It tells us a little about your church, your current capacity, and where you're feeling called. Then we'll schedule a complimentary introductory call to talk through what a partnership could look like for your specific context.
No pressure. No obligation. Just a conversation.