By Julie Cupples, LBCH Communications
Our LBC 2020 Commission recently asked the question, “Who are the people in Louisiana who need to be reached?” The research clearly indicated that reaching the “next generation” must be a priority if we are to reverse the current declining trends and see our children, teens, and young adults truly follow Christ.
Your Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home is in its 115th year of reaching and restoring the next generation! Thank you for helping us fulfill the Great Commandment and the Great Commission as we provide love, care, and hope in Christ to children and families in need. We are so grateful for your partnership in this life-changing ministry!
–Dr. Perry Hancock, President & CEO
MONROE – The Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home and Family Ministries continually strives to minister to the changing needs of children and families in our state. Currently there are hundreds of families facing crises, which place their children at risk.
Crises might include financial problems, unemployment and homelessness. In other cases, children come from families in which the parent needs time to heal physically or emotionally, or is recovering from an alcohol or drug addiction. Other families encounter a crisis when a parent is facing a brief incarceration period.
LBCHFM is implementing a program that will offer a short-term, Christian residential home for children whose parents are experiencing these types of crises that affect their ability to provide care and/or safety for their children, and have no other child care resources available.
The short-term residential program will serve children ages five through fourteen. Certified foster cottage parents will provide care for the children on the Children’s Home campus in Monroe.
Custodial parents or guardians will voluntarily place their children for approximately two to six months. Weekly visitation, phone calls, and letters will be encouraged to promote family stability and the parent/child attachment.
If you or someone you know could benefit from this ministry, please contact LBCHFM Family Services for additional information at 318-343-2244.