FaithBridge Foster Care announces a new partnership with
Perimeter Church in Duluth
Alpharetta, GA (September 14, 2009) - FaithBridge Foster Care
announced today that Perimeter Church in Duluth, Georgia has joined
the FaithBridge community, becoming the organization's fifth
partner church and the first in Fulton County. With over 4,500
members, Perimeter is now FaithBridge's third largest partner.
"We are thrilled to have Perimeter Church join the FaithBridge
family," says Terence Chatmon, Chief Church Relations Officer for
FaithBridge Foster Care. "Their model of discipleship aligns
perfectly with our Community of Care model, and their desire to
pursue ministries where they can have an impact makes them an ideal
partner as we seek to a solution to the foster care crisis in this
country."
The new foster care ministry will become part of Perimeter's
existing adoption ministry, Promise686, which is named for Psalms
68:6 (NIV), "), "A father to the fatherless...God sets the lonely
in families; he leads forth the prisoners with singing..." The
ministry's mission is to mobilize and support Perimeter families
and the surrounding community to serve the needs of orphans.
"Thanks to FaithBridge Foster Care, when an abused, abandoned or
neglected child shows up at our church we know what to do," says
Tim Ryder, Foster Care Advocate for Perimeter Church. "Through our
foster and adoption ministry, Promise686, we are a part of the
foster care crisis solution and we desire to deploy people in the
communities we serve."
At a recent FaithBridge luncheon, Perimeter's Pastor David
McNeely discussed Perimeter's decision to partner with FaithBridge,
"I don't know how to equip people to be foster care parents. What I
do know is that we as pastors and leaders in our church are called
to equip God's people to do the work of the ministry. And that's
what [FaithBridge] does."
Perimeter has set an aggressive goal for its ministry, hoping to
serve 100 foster children over the next 18 months. "Perimeter has a
real passion for transformation and a desire to take the ministry
outside the four walls of the church," says Chatmon. "We're excited
about helping them achieve their goals."
About FaithBridge Foster Care
A Christ-centered, tax-exempt organization intent on changing
U.S. foster care, FaithBridge Foster Care works with the local
church to solve its community's foster care crisis. FaithBridge
partners with local churches to create independent foster care
ministries around a small group model, called the Community of
CareSM, which provides foster families with unparalleled
support and resources. This relationship-enhanced model scales to
create local foster family capacity with built-in stability and
quality, bringing children and families together in a safe, loving
community.