Podcast

Mike Evans

Mike Evans

Mike Evans is the Co-founder of Foster One Ministries, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the foster care and child welfare system. The organization serves foster parents, kinship families, social workers, and biological parents working toward reunification. Under Mike’s leadership, Foster One sponsors over 2,000 foster children annually during the holidays and provides essential resources, support groups, and parenting classes. Its programs contribute to strong reunification outcomes and meaningful life transformation for the families it serves.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: 

  • [3:59] Mike Evans shares how Foster One Ministries began from a simple support group
  • [6:42] How can people best prepare to become foster parents?
  • [7:53] Why community is crucial for foster families
  • [14:46] Foster One’s Storehouse supporting foster and kinship families
  • [17:32] Parenting classes and advocacy for parents pursuing reunification
  • [24:28] Supporting group homes and overlooked older youth in foster care
  • [38:50] Mike talks about Foster One’s growth from 50 to 2000 children served

In this episode…

Breaking cycles rarely starts with big systems or sweeping reforms. More often, it begins with one person deciding to show up, even when the situation feels messy or uncomfortable. So what actually helps stop generational patterns in foster care and create real, lasting change for families?

The answer starts, for Mike Evans, with community and obedience. Drawing from his experience as a foster and adoptive parent, he believes lasting change happens when people surround families with consistent support instead of judgment. He points to how foster care is often generational and explains that walking alongside children, parents, and caregivers together is what creates the space for healing and restoration.

In this episode of the Align & Abide podcast, Dr. Kim Tran is joined by Mike Evans, Co-founder of Foster One Ministries, to discuss breaking generational cycles within the foster care system. They discuss why community support is crucial for foster families, the role of reunification in long-term change, and what it truly takes to enter foster care with the right mindset. Mike also shares practical ways anyone can get involved, even without becoming a foster parent.

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Quotable Moments

  • “The minute you say yes to even filling out the paperwork, spiritual warfare starts.”
  • “It’s not uncommon that we hear someone leave that support group for the first time and say, I’m not alone.”
  • “So much of the foster care system is generational, where mom and dad were in care.”
  • “There’s beauty in brokenness because you find it all over in the foster care system.”
  • “We are never going to know what that Christmas gift did until he turned 80.”

Action Steps

  1. Build intentional community around foster families: Consistent support systems reduce isolation and help families persevere through challenges.
  2. Support reunification efforts, not just placement: Helping biological parents heal breaks generational cycles and creates lasting family stability.
  3. Say yes before you feel fully ready: Action often clarifies calling, and obedience opens doors that preparation alone cannot.
  4. Get involved without becoming a foster parent: Meals, donations, and advocacy provide critical relief and sustainability for caregivers.
  5. Invest locally in vulnerable children: Impacting kids in your own community creates visible change and strengthens neighborhoods long term.

Sponsor for this episode:

This episode is brought to you by Minnesota Family Chiropractic, a wellness clinic founded and led by Dr. Kim Tran. 

Dedicated to helping patients find lasting relief and vibrant health through chiropractic care, nutrition, and functional medicine, Minnesota Family Chiropractic is on a mission to transform lives — physically, mentally, and emotionally. 

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