Matthew Carter joined the FaithBridge Foster Care staff in May 2018 as the Director of Church Engagement. In his role, he develops long-term relationships with local churches and acts as the liaison between FaithBridge and the church as they develop strategies for the launch of their foster care ministry. He has a personal connection with the FaithBridge mission. “My wife and I have six children, ages 21 down to four. Two of our children are adopted and we fostered several children early in our marriage. We began fostering in 1996 and it made an indelible impact on our lives. Having…
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Foster care and adoption have always been part of Derek and Tori Jones' lives. Tori’s parents adopted a daughter from the Ukraine and worked in the foster care system in Tennessee. Derek…
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Krista Wolf has wanted to help orphans since she was a little girl herself. What she didn't realize then, was that she didn't have to go overseas to do it. She has…
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Whether she’s sitting on the floor playing with foster kids or spending the day at the zoo while the kids visit with biological parents, Tiffany Maddox loves being part of the foster…
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For Four Points Church in Acworth, foster care is a big part of their DNA. We recently did a Q&A with their new ministry team leader, Heather Price, about why foster care…
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Lukas loves dinosaurs, alligators and Ninja Turtles (Raphael is his favorite). But he doesn’t love pizza or spaghetti. Like most 7 year olds he love to play outside. His dreams for the…
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She was scared. Lequisha Scott had grown up in foster care and aged out of the system at 18, left to fend for herself. Now here she was, watching DFCS take her…
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It’s a leap of faith and a labor of love. It’s tough, it’s beautiful and life giving all at the same time. It reminds us of Acts 20:35, ‘It is more blessed…
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Spend a few minutes with Lindsey Martin and you’ll quickly see how deeply she cares for vulnerable children. “I don’t know anything that would be more important than taking care of children…
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On February 19, 2016, Nicola Robinson’s phone rang. It was DFCS asking if she and her husband Corey would take a 14-month-old girl. “Corey was out of town on business when the…
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Her biological home wasn’t the safe, loving place it should have been for then 2-year-old Aliyah. Her FaithBridge foster parents picked up on that right away. She was terrified of her new…
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