Our vision is to fulfill God’s promise “to set the lonely in families.” Our goal is to see every child in a safe, loving family. We work toward this goal by mobilizing church communities to care for vulnerable children.
Our vision is to fulfill God’s promise “to set the lonely in families.” Our goal is to see every child in a safe, loving family. We work toward this goal by mobilizing church communities to care for vulnerable children.
Promise686 equips churches to:
We call this model Family Advocacy Ministries (FAMs). Ultimately, our hope is to see every child in a safe, loving family, forever. FAMs help us get closer to this goal by creating support systems for foster & adoptive families, and biological families in crisis.
INTERVENING THROUGH CARE COMMUNITIES
Promise686 doesn’t decide whether a child goes into the child welfare system…that’s up to the state. However, we know when the state does intervene, it’s time for the Church to intervene. Did you know there are over 400,000 children in the U.S. foster care system and over 300,00 churches in America? That means, if every church could raise up one foster family, we’d have enough homes for these vulnerable children.
But fostering is a tough job. Without support, it can feel nearly impossible to continue. In fact, the national average of families who continue fostering after their first year is about 50%, but when supported by a Promise686 Family Advocacy Ministry and its Care Communities, 90% continue fostering into a second year.
That’s why we’re on a mission to mobilize churches to create this much-needed support for foster families. Our network is made up of over 1,300 churches & FAMs nationwide.
TRAINING CHURCH ADVOCATES
Promise686 staff works with our partners to train new leaders across the nation through Virtual Clinics. These Clinics equip individuals to create and lead successful FAMs within their local church.
SERVING VULNERABLE CHILDREN NATIONWIDE
Because of our generous donors, we’re able to continue mobilizing churches across the country. While we currently serve 281 Georgia churches, we work with 35 affiliates in 34 states to serve over 1,300 churches nationwide.
Our mission is to raise funds to construct shade structures over play areas to limit UV exposure for children in elementary school in Georgia and Florida. We will also fight against this disease through education and prevention.
Our goal is to raise funds to cover play grounds with shade tents to help decrease the sun exposure of our children. These structures can block out 96% of harmful UV rays and lower the temperature 15-20 degrees underneath. We can help mitigate melanoma by providing shade for our children. While melanoma accounts for about 3% of all cancers, it accounts for 75% of all cancer deaths. In our children, 23% of their sun damage is done by the time they are 18.
Covering playgrounds gives these kids an extra 45 minutes of coverage from the sun while they enjoy their time outside during P.E. or recess. We are proud to be working with a local company, Shades Abound to put up the structures.
