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Children in foster care need hope

Children in foster care often come from seemingly hopeless situations. Their familes are broken.  They have been abandoned. A foster family is their last hope. To find...
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Faith Focus: Prayer for foster care needs

In honor of National Foster Care Month, we're asking the Buckner family to pray for children in the foster care system and parents who are caring for...
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National Foster Care Month video series

May is National Foster Care Month, an annual event dedicated to increasing awareness of the need for safe and loving families for children who have been removed...
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Friday photo: First pitch

Uyless Brand, a high school senior and Eagle Scout from Goliad, Texas, threw out the first pitch Sunday for Buckner Day at the Texas Rangers. Uyless collected...
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Children in foster care need love

Most children in foster care do not know unconditional love. They’ve never seen a loving family. They think they’re the reason they were removed.  They feel unlovable. But...
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By faith alone: Midland couple adopts siblings through foster care

Since the day they got married, George and Agatha Wall dreamed about having a large family. They both grew up in large families – Agatha has nine...
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Faith Focus: A dream 20 years in the making

When Angela Gotte was 18, she met a girl in foster care. Angela listened to her story, and her life changed. She sensed her calling.

 Twenty years...
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Friday photo: Day of prayer for foster care

On May 4, Buckner held a state-wide day of prayer for children in foster care, foster families and caseworkers. Here are photos from around Texas.
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Faith Focus: Living out Matthew 5:14-16

Bettye Mack awoke one Friday morning in April to water quickly coming under the door of her house. She did everything she could to make it stop, but...
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Buckner still helping Houston flooding victims weeks after storm

Bettye Mack awoke one Friday morning in April to water quickly coming under the door of her house. She did everything she could to make it stop,...
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