As a Pro Abundant Life organization, Care Net leads its affiliate pregnancy centers in serving fathers because fathers are valuable to God, highly influential in their partner’s pregnancy decision, and vital for the future well-being of their child. Based on national surveys conducted by Care Net with Lifeway Research, both women who have had an abortion and men whose partners have had an abortion list the father of the unborn child as the most influential factor in the abortion decision. To address this need to reach and equip men who are involved in unplanned pregnancies, Care Net has developed resources and training that prepare pregnancy centers to welcome men into their centers and meet them with compassion, hope, and help from the outset of their fatherhood journey.
Inspired by the story of Joseph, who God called to be a husband to Mary and a father to Jesus, Care Net's special fatherhood initiative is called the Joseph Project. You can learn more about this project in the video below!
To get your center, church or community involved in reaching fathers, browse our resources below, including Doctor Dad® course offerings, Care Net’s online program for new and expectant fathers. Through a special partnership with National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), Care Net also provides several of NFI's most popular and relevant resources for pregnancy centers at a 15% discount.