[Wednesday Wellness] Finding Healing in the “Day of Small Things”
By Emily McMaster, LAC February is one of the coldest months of the year. The ground is hard; the trees are bare, and there are no visible signs of
February 4, 2026
By Emily McMaster, LAC February is one of the coldest months of the year. The ground is hard; the trees are bare, and there are no visible signs of
Church and community partnerships are vital to the mission and ministry of Arkansas Baptist Children & Family Ministries (ABCFM). These relationships have allowed us to expand into a statewide ministry, providing trusted, affordable counseling through more than 45 church-based locations. Our Markham Central office, now serving as our statewide hub, was once a church campus gifted to ABCFM. Church partners have also made it possible for us to offer private foster care across Arkansas, opening Christ-centered homes for children during their most vulnerable seasons.
When Markham Street Baptist Church made the generous decision to give their building to Arkansas Baptist Children & Family Ministries (ABCFM) to become our central office, none
By Ryan Ropp, LCSW, ABCFM Director of Connected Families “God in His holy dwelling is a father to the fatherless and a champion of widows.
Trish Waltz, LCSW, Living Well Counseling We all have pain in our lives: some pain can be debilitating, while other pain is a mere annoyance.
By Heather Noel, director of communications for Arkansas Baptist Children & Family Ministries Sometimes the stories we tell are the ones that first told us
Lightstock photo April is Child Abuse Prevention Month—a time for churches to come alongside vulnerable families with hope, support, and action. The Arkansas Baptist State
Steven McClatchy, LPC, Living Well Counseling February is a month with emphasis on love with Valentine’s Day in the middle. In our online world, there
Tim Noel serves as the Director of Mission Advancement and Church Partnership at Arkansas Baptist Children & Family Ministries. Lately, I have been drawn to
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Pastors and church leaders from across Arkansas gathered in Little Rock on Thursday, Sept. 26, for the Arkansas Baptist Children &
By James Barham, LPC, LMFT, Director of Healthy Family Initiatives with ABCFM and marriage therapist with ABCFM counseling provider, Living Well Professional Counseling. In November
A Sunday School class from Geyer Springs First Baptist Church recently made personal summertime gift baskets for the families at Desired Haven Family Care in Little Rock and Monticello.
Jesus is still doing this work. He is redeeming and restoring families through the hard work of foster care, and I believe He is calling all of us to be involved.
Pray for us at Arkansas Baptist Ranch, a ministry of Arkansas Baptist Children & Family Ministries, as we serve the children in our care and their families.
In a world full of hurting children and hurting families, together we can help them find peace and healing.
The ABCFM Toy Express will make debut this month at the 2023 Annual Meeting. (Submitted) The Arkansas Baptist Children & Family Ministries (ABCFM) Toy Express
In 2024, our flagship campus in Monticello, Arkansas Baptist Homes for Children, celebrates its 130th birthday and we will celebrate in strength!
For the church to step into the brokenness that overwhelms all our communities, they must be healthy and equipped. Healthy churches will undoubtedly impact a hurting community.
Through Gospel-centered reconciliation, we can experience a world where “healing people heal people.”
Because of these families who dared greatly in 2022, over 50,000 nights of care were provided for foster children through Connected Foster Care and Adoptions! Each of those nights represents a real child with a face and a name sleeping safely in a real bed with a real family who loved with Gospel-centered selflessness and offered real hope.
The mission of the Arkansas Baptist Children & Family Ministries is to make families strong.
Together, we can change the trajectory that families are on today.
Unfortunately, most foster homes are not equipped to care for large sibling groups. Thankfully, the campus care program of Arkansas Baptist Children & Family Ministries is perfectly suited to meet this need.
The Board of Trustees voted to change the name of this ministry to Arkansas Baptist Children & Family Ministries.