── RESIDENTIAL MISSIONS · COTTAGE PARENTING ──
Your Mission Field Awaits at BCH
A calling to serve, nurture, and be the steady presence a child needs.
── A CALLING, NOT JUST A POSITION ──
Cottage Parents Are Missionaries
If God has called you to serve, to nurture, and to be the steady presence a child desperately needs, then Cottage Parenting may be the ministry He’s preparing you for. At BCH, Cottage Parents are more than caregivers—they are missionaries stepping into a sacred mission field where hope is planted, trust is rebuilt, and young lives begin to heal.
As a Christian, married couple living in our homes, you become the heartbeat of a cottage family: offering love, structure, discipleship, and encouragement to children who need a safe and Christ-centered home. Your everyday moments—sharing meals, leading devotionals, praying together, guiding routines, celebrating growth—become powerful expressions of the Gospel in action.
── A MISSION FIELD CLOSE TO HOME ──
Steady, Christ-Centered Adults Who Invest Daily
Children in residential care need more than supervision — they need steady, Christ-centered adults who are willing to invest daily in their lives. We believe cottage parents are missionaries.
They model patience. They teach responsibility. They disciple through everyday moments. They create stability where there has been chaos. They reflect the love of Christ in both joy and difficulty.
This is not simply a position — it is a calling.
── THE EVERYDAY WORK ──
What Does a Cottage Parent Do?
Children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
Psalm 127:3
── SINCE 1885 ──
Step Into the Mission
Answer the Call
If you feel God nudging your heart toward mission work that happens not overseas, but right here at home—within the walls of a cottage and in the lives of the children who live there—we invite you to answer that call.
Cottage Parenting interest form will be embedded here.