More Resources
Online Resources
Christian Alliance for Orphans
How to Talk to Kids about Foster Care
Christian Alliance for Orphans
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
FREE modules and webinars for foster parent training. Remember webinars are considered live training.
EMK Press: Realistic Expections for Fostering Families
EMK Press: The Foster Parenting Toolbox
Interested in starting an Orphan Ministry at your Church?
Everybody Can do Something eBook
Check out the Forgotten Initiative and get educated on how you can speak to, support, respect and work with foster/adoptive families in your church! 7 Things Foster Parents Need You to Know!
What Foster Parents Wish Other People Knew
What is my role in helping? Stop Confusing Your Calling with His Commands
Navigating the “Messy and Complicated” Path of Foster Parenting
Great Reads for Foster/Adoptive Families
The Connected Child, by Karen Purvis
Journey to the Fatherless, by CAFO Jedd Minefield
Adopted for Life, by Russell More
Orphanology: Awakening to Gospel-Centered Adoption and Orphan Care, by Tony Merida.
The Beauty and Brokenness of Foster Care, by Jason Johnson
This is a gospel-centered support resource for foster parents designed to connect them in community with others so they may be supported and encouraged through circumstances and emotions that only other foster parents can relate to. At its core, this book is meant to refresh foster parents in the gospel with others through community, and remind them what they are doing is beautiful—and they are never alone.
Fields of the Fatherless, by Tom Davis
When Helping Hurts, by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert
The Whole Brain Child
Attaching in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today's Parents, by Deborah D. Gray
When Love is Not Enough, by Nancy Thomas
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children With Severe Behaviors, by Heather T. Forbes and B. Bryan Post
Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster, by Jennifer Wilgocki
Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption, by Katie J. Davis
The Beauty and Brokenness of Foster Care, by Jason Johnson
The Hole in Our Gospel: What Does God Expect of Us? The Answer That Changed My Life and Might Just Change the World, by Richard Stearns
Another Place at the Table
Children’s Books about Foster Care
I Don't Have Your Eyes
Have a National Adoption Day event coming up or just families finalizing their adoptions? A sweet book that helps families who look different from one another is a great gift to mark the occasion.