Adopted by God, husband that married up in @trishakporter, father of 6 little disciples, father to the fatherless and a voice for orphans with @backyardorphans.
Happy Father's Day! Today, we celebrate dads, foster dads, adoptive dads, mentors, coaches, pastors, and father figures who show up, invest in others, and change lives. Tag a father figure who has impacted you and tell them why they matter.
Sometimes people wonder if their gift really makes a difference and it does!
Every $200 given helps one child move closer to a healing home.
The need is big, but so is the opportunity for the Church to respond.
👉 Give today: https://t.co/TANM2y8va9
Check out what Eric Porter has to say!
A HUGE thank you to every child welfare worker who helps a hurting child find a healing home! Church, it's time to stand up. Let's build bridges with them so more children can find healing homes.
Learn more at https://t.co/ORTW44xzJt
We set out to raise $180,000… and we are SO close.
And we have just $9,382 to go until we reach that number 🙌
Every $200 helps one hurting child find a home.
Let’s finish this TOGETHER!
👉 Give here and help us cross the finish line: https://t.co/y0vTOeQJDK
The CHURCH is the SOLUTION!
God is continually mobilizing the church to care for orphans! Another church and two more families moving forward in fostering and adopting!
Every prayer, every step of obedience, every act of love matters more than you know. Keep going. God is still working.
If you want to be part of helping vulnerable children find healing homes, learn more at https://t.co/cJy2GBRntO.
There are more than 390,000 children in foster care in the U.S. right now. That is not just a number. It is children who need safety. When the Church steps in, lives change. You may not be able to help all 390,000…
But you can help ONE! Learn more at https://t.co/btYbXj77sq!
123 orphan care support teams were launched in 2025!
That is 123 communities rallying around foster and adoptive families so no one walks this journey alone.
Want to see the full impact? Check out the 2025 Impact Report at https://t.co/P6wZBzJkQm!
Look at God! 2,106 churches were engaged by our team last year to learn, pray, and take steps toward caring for vulnerable children.
When the Church steps in, more children move closer to healing homes.
Visit our 2025 impact report at https://t.co/GZHEL8SiI7
$5,535,784.80!
That is the estimated social impact created in 2025 through the compassion and commitment of orphan care volunteers. This is what happens when the Church shows up. ❤️
Check out our 2025 impact report 👉 https://t.co/528uKFIwBy
638 children found healing homes this past year! ❤️
That’s 638 stories of hope.
638 children who are no longer waiting alone.
We celebrate what God has done, and we believe this is just the beginning.
Check out our 2025 Impact Report with this link: https://t.co/ZU0ULXaGiV
Our 2025 Impact Report is here, and we could not be more excited to share what God has done!! Because of God’s faithfulness and your partnership, 638 children found healing homes this year! Check it out more here: https://t.co/E9La0S0wky
It is tax return season! What if your refund could help a child find a healing home? Right now, thousands of children are waiting for stability, belonging, and family. Your refund could help equip churches, support foster families, and change a child’s story.
Not everyone is called to foster or adopt, but everyone is called to respond. Maybe you’re something is to give. When you give, you are helping children step into safety and belonging. Give today at https://t.co/sPetOc0tLh and be apart of the solution.
Hope at the Border just finished prayer and planning to partner with churches along the Texas Mexico border. There are so many needs and limited resources. But there is HOPE! Jesus is at work and the Church is rising up to help kids find healing homes.
There are a lot of reasons to come to the golf fundraiser. Golf, Miami, food, etc.
But the one that matters most?
Every drive, every putt, every swing helps more hurting children find healing homes through the local church.
Register at https://t.co/LJ4L1QtowC
Roughly 20,000 youth age out of foster care every year without a permanent family. Where is the solution? It starts with us. With churches opening their doors. Today, we can pray for those who are lost. Visit https://t.co/N6NbCqvIGV for a guided way to pray for the vulnerable.
Did you know adoption is part of presidential history? Gerald Ford was adopted, and Ronald Reagan was an adoptive father who supported adoption causes. This Presidents Day, remember caring for vulnerable children is not political, it's personal. Every child deserves a home.
Here’s what a day in the life of a Backyard Orphans Program Director looks like!
Engaging churches and equipping leaders to empower families so that hurting children can find healing homes.