It all started with a big idea and some good coffee.

That idea came together one day over breakfast when Co-Founders Wayne Stolz and Bill Hancock grabbed a napkin to jot down their ideas. The plan? To develop a ministry that could enable local churches to recruit, train, and sustain parents who take on the challenging role of fostering. Both men knew the difference a loving, Christian family could make.

That early work also created our Community of Care^® program, a model that relies on churches to supply support of all kinds (mentors, prayer, babysitting, meals, and more).

FaithBridge launched in 2007 as Cornerstone Family Services, initially funded through a grant from Mt. Bethel Church. That summer, we were excited to place our first four children.

In 2008, we were able to expand our operation when Rick Jackson, the entrepreneur behind Jackson Healthcare, joined forces with us, becoming an investor and partner. The following year, FaithBridge Foster Care was officially established. Since then, we’ve grown into the largest Georgia-based and Christ-centered private child placing agency in the state. Since 2007 we have served more than 2,000 children, and saw more than 1,500 reunifications and more than 400 adoptions.

When children are brought into foster care, they need families to help them heal from the trauma from experiencing neglect and abuse. FaithBridge is the largest Georgia-based, Christ-centered child placing agency in the state. 

We recruit, train, and support foster and adoptive families in local churches. We license these families to provide community-based, short- and long-term traditional, medically fragile, and therapeutic foster care and, when needed, adoptive homes. 

FaithBridge’s Youth Opportunities program collaborates with young people who have aged out of Georgia’s foster care system to assess their needs, set personal goals, and provide them with the support they need to achieve successful independent lives. 

FaithBridgeU provides valuable live and on-demand training for foster and adoptive parents to help them face the unique challenges that come with parenting children who have experienced trauma. 

As we continue to grow, our goal remains the same: to be a positive, Christ-centered change in foster care. Our plan is to equip local churches to be a foster care and adoption solution in their community. We believe that together we can reach these children and families with God’s life-changing love.