Missouri Baptist Children’s Home and its affiliates are making a lasting difference in the lives of children, youth and families. Here are some recent stories of how MBCH is providing hope, healing and restoration to kids who are hurting and broken.
As brand new foster parents, a MBCH family accepted the placement of two young siblings. Since this was their first placement, they didn’t know what to expect but they understood the goal ... [more]
MBCH Children and Family Ministries’ passion is caring for children from hard places. We use the trauma-informed model, TBRI (Trust-Based Relational Intervention) that Dr. Karyn Purvis developed in our work with clients.... ... [more]
This school year the Byrne Campus has been able to celebrate academic achievements with two of our clients. We had a young lady who was inducted into the National Honor's Society and a young man who received an award for Outstanding Performance in ... [more]
MBCH offers missionary/ministry opportunities statewide to impact children’s lives for eternity by joining our employment team. Our live-in and shift positions come with a sign-on bonus! One of our staff openings m ... [more]
The overturn of Roe v. Wade announced on June 24 was something that I did not expect to see in my lifetime. Nowhere in the Constitution does it confer the right to abortion. The 1973 ruling was an overreach on the part of the Court and this latest ruling corrects ... [more]
The report recently released by Guidepost Solutions addressing sexual abuse allegations within the Southern Baptist Convention is heartbreaking. It reveals an ongoing pattern of abuse, cover-ups, and misuse of power by those in whom people should have been able to trust. We grieve for the survivors and their families. The ... [more]
Our hearts ache over the tragic deaths of 19 children and two teachers who were killed senselessly earlier this week in Uvalde, TX. The anguish and loss being experienced by parents, siblings, grandparents, other relatives, and friends cannot be easily comprehended or understood. Please join me in praying for those who ... [more]
Missouri Baptist Children’s Home is hosting Branson Stars (previously known as Afternoon with the Stars) benefit show once again this year.
[more]We provide you with baby bottles which you then distribute to the image, baby bottle families or groups in your church.
[more]Curious about our Regional Representatives and the ministries that they speak about on behalf of Missouri Baptist Children's Home? Here's an informative video about why you should invite a Regional Representative to speak at your church today
[more]It depends on where you live. You can call our 1-800 number and we would be happy to discuss with you whether we can train you and manage your license. If we cannot, we can refer you to an agency who can help you.
Missouri Baptist Children’s Home does not specialize in international adoptions and completing international adoption home studies; however, we can refer you to an agency that does.
People often are confused by the variety of ministries MBCH provides and how we currently take care of children. Many people have the misconception that the number of kids we care for is limited to the number of kids in our residential program on one of our campuses. In reality, the residential program is only a very small percentage of the ministries we provide.
In 2019, the following statistics demonstrate the number of clients we served:
Costs are minimal to foster or adopt a child/youth in state custody. There is no cost to be trained and licensed. Relative providers and foster parents receive a modest monthly stipend to assist in providing care and to provide some assistance with clothing. Adoptive parents are eligible to receive an adoption subsidy that can help with legal costs and other costs. Relative, foster, and adoptive parents do need to be able to add a foster child to their household without it being a financial burden to their family.
We currently do not have offices and/or staff available to cover every county in Missouri, although we are working to expand our ministry footprint. Missouri has privatized certain services in some counties so that also can be a limiting factor for us to serve in those areas efficiently and effectively. Through our church engagement initiative, we will be happy to visit with you to see what options might be available for you to receive foster parent training.
According to the 2018 audited figures of the MBCH family of corporations:
Missouri Baptist Children’s Home was started in the late 1800’s specifically to provide services to orphans – children whose parents had died. Epidemics of the 19th century were faced without the medical advances that were seen in the 20th century, so there were more orphans during that time than there are today. Also, over time it was realized that housing children in facilities was not best practice in many situations. Placing children in normalized living environments like relative homes or foster homes in the community is much more desirable. Research bears out that better outcomes are realized when children are placed with families as opposed to being placed in a residential facility. Having said that, this is not true for all children/youth who need to be placed outside their home; a continuum of services including residential care and community-based care all based on what is best for each child/youth is what Missouri Baptist Children’s Home provides.