Family doesn’t have to be blood
Parker spent much of his life in North Carolina’s foster care system. Two and a half years with the Willaford family changed what family means to him – and here’s how fostering with BCH actually works.
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Understanding out-of-home care, BCH’s role, and serving 11,000+ children in NC foster care
More than 11,000 children are in the North Carolina foster care system. BCH Chief Programs Officer Nancy Osborne explains what out-of-home care means, how foster care has changed, and why the gospel stays at the center.
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How to Become a Foster Parent in North Carolina: A Step-by-Step Guide
If God has been stirring something in you about foster care, the question that usually comes next is a practical one: what does this actually involve? Here’s the honest answer, start to finish. Becoming a licensed foster parent through BCH takes about four to six months. It involves 30 hours of training, at least three…
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How to Become a Foster Parent in North Carolina: A Step-by-Step Guide
Wondering how to become a foster parent in NC? Here’s the full licensing process through Baptist Children’s Homes: application, 30 hours of training, home visits, and state approval.
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Foster Care: Hard and Heartbreaking—Yet Worth It
A BCH story of hope: What changes for us when we choose to see foster care through the eyes of a child— a child who has been removed from their family of origin, often separated…
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How to Pray for Foster Families: 8 Practical Ways Your Church Can Start Today
A BCH story of hope: Most churches want to pray more meaningfully for children in foster care, for residential homes like the cottages at Baptist Children’s Homes, and for the…
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Malik’s Story: Foster Care Is About Restoration
A BCH story of hope: When Malik first came to live with his foster family, they didn’t pray for adoption. They prayed for something harder — and more beautiful. They prayed that…
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National Foster Care Month 2026
A BCH story of hope: Every May, our nation pauses to recognize something that Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina carries in its heart every single day: the urgent…
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First Foster Care Retreat encourages the Branch family
A BCH story of hope: “It was incredible to be with other couples committed to fostering,” Justin says. “They are families like us going through things likes us. We felt not…
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CEO David Melber: Everyone can do something: The Body of Christ and foster care!
A BCH story of hope: If you’ve ever read 1 Corinthians 12:12–27, you know Paul paints a pretty clear picture: the Church is like a body—one body, many parts. Each part is…
