Our Focus Ministries

Foster Care & Adoption

Foster Care & Adoption

Finding loving families for children who need them.

Buckner Family Pathways

Family Pathways

Providing families critical aid and guidance.

Family Hope Centers

Family Hope Centers

Enabling parents. Strengthening families.

Senior Living

Senior Living

Enhancing quality of life for senior adults.

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Faith Focus: This superpower is rarely seen but always noticed
Faith Focus: This superpower is rarely seen but always noticed
As we continue to look at “superheroes” who protect children and strengthen families, it dawned on me that most superpowers are obvious: super...
Respite care: What in the world is that? Why not you?
Respite care: What in the world is that? Why not you?
For eight years, my husband and I were blessed to do full-time foster care. We cared for little and big ones, playful and crying ones, verbal and...
After 1,006 days in foster care, 4-year-old embraces forever family through Buckner
After 1,006 days in foster care, 4-year-old embraces forever family through Buckner
Mary, a 4-year-old avid Peppa Pig fan, has spent most of her life in foster care before being adopted Aug. 13. Last Monday was her first day of Head...
Chaplain Spotlight: Kevin McSpadden
Chaplain Spotlight: Kevin McSpadden
In honor of National Minister Appreciation Day on October 14th, we spotlighted Kevin McSpadden, chaplain of Baptist Retirement Community in San...
Parkway Place in Houston members bond through fitness
Parkway Place in Houston members bond through fitness
Donna Stadler moved to Parkway Place with her husband in 2010 and would see Jean Hartzell in the dining room and at Sunday vespers. Donna, 88, said...
Buckner Westminster Place member and author reads to children on National Read a Book Day
Buckner Westminster Place member and author reads to children on National Read a Book Day
Thursday, Sept. 6 was National Read a Book Day – the perfect day for children’s book author and Buckner Westminster Place member Ida Luttrell to...
An email fuels the fire for church to serve vulnerable children
An email fuels the fire for church to serve vulnerable children
What started as a simple reply to an email has blossomed into a flourishing relationship between Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Plano, Texas,...
Buckner Peru provides aid for Venuezuelan migrants
Buckner Peru provides aid for Venuezuelan migrants
Buckner Peru is sending nearly 11,000 meals to the Peruvian border shared with Ecuador and is planning to send more than 1,000 new pairs of shoes to...
Wells Fargo, Buckner work together to transform lives in Rio Grande Valley
Wells Fargo, Buckner work together to transform lives in Rio Grande Valley
In the month of October, we're highlighting some of our superheroes who protect children, strengthen families and serve seniors. Everyone knows that...
Turning it around: Single mom defeats the odds with support from Buckner Family Pathways
Turning it around: Single mom defeats the odds with support from Buckner Family Pathways
At the end of Abigail Tlamasico’s first semester at Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas, all that was left to do was pack her bags and tell Buckner...
Use your skills to make a difference in a child's life
Use your skills to make a difference in a child's life
The truth is, not everyone is called to be a foster parent, but we’re all called to help. Here’s some of the top ways you can help vulnerable...
Family Pathways mother finds blessings in the storm
Family Pathways mother finds blessings in the storm
When Krystal Smith sneaks into her children’s room to wake them for school, she doesn’t enter on her tip toes – she dances. ...

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Buckner transforms the lives of vulnerable children, enriches the lives of senior adults, and builds strong families through Christ-centered values. Buckner International is a global ministry dedicated to the transformation and restoration of the lives we serve. We are a Christ-centered organization that delivers redemptive ministry to the most vulnerable from the beginning to the ending of life. Our mission: Buckner International transforms the lives of vulnerable children, enriches the lives of senior adults and builds strong families through Christ-centered values. || Our vision: Buckner International will become a global ministry maximizing resources and leadership to serve vulnerable children, seniors and families. || Our values: Organizational values are critical because they define Buckner’s personality and provide our employees clarity about how we engage others. Buckner is: Christ-like, Servant spirit, Passion-driven
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