Year In Review 2025
Thank you for empowering families with biblical resources.
This year brought a roller coaster of emotions and challenges for families. From unsettling international conflict to devastating fires and floods here at home to social unrest across the country, the world can be a scary place. But through it all, God is faithful.
“The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV).
God is at work to bring peace, healing, and hope to families through you. Your generous support provides biblical resources to change eternities, heal marriages, equip parents, save lives, and help children and families in foster care.
Thank you for sharing God’s faithfulness with families this year. Here’s a quick glimpse of some ways you’ve made a difference in 2025.
IMPACTING ETERNITY
292,000 decisions for Christ
God used your compassionate support to transform eternity for 799 people every single day through biblical resources and outreaches. Every effort points souls to the saving grace of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
SUPPORTING MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
530,000 stronger marriages
Friends like you brought over 140,000 marriages in crisis back from the brink of divorce in the last 12 months. Thank you for helping to launch a new Focus on the Family Hope Restored™ facility in Arizona. Your gifts support broadcasts, podcasts, counseling resources, articles, books, mentor training, and marriage events to save and strengthen marriages.
EQUIPPING PARENTS
660,000 parents accessed biblical tools
Because of friends like you, parents have access to powerful resources like our Adventures in Odyssey® radio program, Raising Highly Capable Kids™, broadcasts, podcasts, print and online materials, counseling resources, Plugged In®, Bring Your Bible to School Day® and Live It monthly challenges, and award-winning magazines — Brio®, Clubhouse® and Clubhouse Jr®.
ENGAGING CULTURE
760,000 people inspired to impact culture
Over 760,000 people have been equipped to promote biblical and pro-family values in culture because of the resources you provide like magazines, events and programs that support life, family, and faith. Just last month, your support helped us release Truth Rising — a powerful new documentary film examining our cultural chaos and pointing to spiritual solutions.
SAVING LIVES
500,000 mothers and babies rescued from abortion
Your support saves lives through our Option Ultrasound™ program. You are providing pregnancy medical centers around the country with nurses’ training and ultrasound machines for free sonograms, as well as abortion pill reversal training, a database of resources for moms, and even funds for much-needed medical personnel. And you make the My Choice Network possible that helps pregnant mothers find help with a quick online search.
LOVING KIDS IN FOSTER CARE
520,000 families helping children in foster care
You’ve helped children in foster care through Focus on the Family’s Foster Care and Adoption program, including Wait No More® events. The Suitcase Bundle Program has provided 11,500 children in foster care in all 50 states with a suitcase, teddy bear, note of encouragement and a Bible to call their own.
Reach even more families with biblical resources!
We hear from families like yours every day who are in crisis — couples heading for divorce, parents overwhelmed by an anti-faith culture, hurting souls caught in emotional distress, and more. Those who need peace and guidance are depending on friends like you to make biblical resources available.
You can reach families with biblical truth and the healing power of Jesus Christ with your support today. Your gift will provide Focus on the Family broadcasts, podcasts, print and online articles, counseling resources, special events and other tools to bring God’s healing to struggling families.
And when you share a gift of $150 or more to support Focus on the Family, you can get an unsigned print by artist Morgan Weistling called The Prodigal. Or share a generous gift of $300 and get your print signed by the artist
The Prodigal
In his latest painting called The Prodigal, award-winning artist Morgan Weistling reveals the merciful heart of our Heavenly Father. He captures the beautiful moment when a lost son returns home and falls into the arms of his waiting father.
Weistling explains, “That moment when the father embraces the son who has returned home is a picture of God’s love as a father to His children.”
This holiday, Weistling’s special edition giclée print is the perfect reminder of God’s grace and love! Get a copy of The Prodigal for yourself or as a gift for the holidays. Order by 12/10 to get yours before Christmas!
You can receive an unsigned copy with your gift of $150 or more to support the ministry. Or get your print hand signed by the artist with your generous gift of $300.
Jim's Heart
Greetings from Focus on the Family! I hope you and your loved ones are enjoying a wonderful fall. With the holiday season right around the corner, it is a good time to gratefully reflect on another year of outreach. You’ll be uplifted to hear about some of the ways you’ve helped families worldwide thrive in Christ.
The cornerstone of any flourishing family is a healthy marriage, and your efforts to come alongside husbands and wives remain vital. Every day hurting couples reach out for counsel and advice, and we’re thankful you help provide resources that can place a marriage in distress back on solid ground.
Here’s what one woman had to say about your endeavors:
I started listening to Focus on the Family about 30 years ago and found the ministry so helpful for my marriage and raising our two sons. Initially, my husband wasn’t a Christian and your ministry helped me show my husband Christ’s love. I listened to Focus regularly during those years and Focus helped me know how to live with an unbelieving husband and raise our sons in a godly way. After many years of prayer and utilizing the tools that Focus gave me, my husband became a believer. I doubt that we would still be married over 45 years if I hadn’t utilized all the tools that Focus gave me. Now Focus helps me be a better wife, mother to our sons, and grandmother to our grandchildren. So, I want to thank you for your wonderful ministry! –Debra, California
Parenting, of course, is another facet of your ministry that remains front and center. The troubling state of our culture makes godly parenting indispensable as we look with hope toward the next generation. It’s incredibly exciting to know that the Lord is working through families to raise up young men and women who will take a courageous stand for Christ and faithfully shine His light in a society that desperately needs to see the Church living out the Gospel.
I love what these folks had to say about the impact of your ministry to parents:
I have a friend that has been estranged from his son for four years and was not allowed to see their grandchildren. I shared your video series Healing Parent and Adult Child Relationships with his wife, and last week they were able to meet with their son and his family. A true answer to prayer! –Jewelle, Kentucky
Years ago, I listened to your shows every day. They helped me so much to raise my daughter in a godly home as a single mom. Now she is grown up, still following the Lord, and raising three godly children of her own. I’m so grateful for the impact you’ve had on my life and family. Thank you! I want you to know that I still listen to your broadcasts, support you, and pray for you. –Bless, Oregon
Your efforts to bring help, healing, and encouragement to families support a staff of caring counselors who are trained and equipped to speak with people dealing with a wide array of complex problems. Every day, this dedicated team of counselors provides a listening ear, compassionate understanding, prayer, and practical suggestions for those navigating various crises.
In some cases, as the testimonial below reveals, some people are even led to a saving relationship with Christ:
A young man in his 20s spoke with a Focus counselor, explaining that he had been through some significant challenges, including his parents’ divorce. He wasn’t sure if he had ever become a genuine Christian, but his desire was to follow the Lord. The counselor shared with the young man what it means to come to a saving faith, and the young man indicated his readiness to accept the Lord. The counselor led the young man in prayer as he placed His faith in Christ and trust Him as Lord and Savior. The man wants to grow in his Christian walk and plans to find a mentoring relationship to help guide him toward that end.
In an era when the culture would have us believe that broken, dysfunctional families are simply a sad yet inevitable fact of life, you are helping to demonstrate that the Lord is mightily at work in the lives of husbands, wives, and children all over the world. As a direct result of your efforts, marriages are being saved, children are being raised and nurtured according to biblical principles, preborn babies are being spared from abortion, individuals are being empowered to exercise wise and impactful citizenship within their communities, and the Gospel is going out far and wide.
If you’re encouraged by all that’s being accomplished through the gifts of caring friends like you, I humbly ask you to consider partnering with us. Your support is indispensable to the objectives and initiatives that God has set before us, and we are endlessly grateful for the sacrifice and generosity that enables us to carry out our family-strengthening work.
When you share a gift of $150 or more to support Focus on the Family, you can get an unsigned print by artist Morgan Weistling called “xxxxxx.” Or share a generous gift of $300 and get your print signed by the artist.
Your faithfulness reminds me of Paul’s words in Philippians 1:3-5:
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.
I’m thankful for the opportunity each month to shine a spotlight on what God is doing through your generous efforts. As always, please let us know if there’s some way we can serve you. May God’s grace, peace, and richest blessings go before you and yours throughout the days ahead!
Sincerely,
Jim Daly
President, Focus on the Family
P.S. Many thanks in advance for any financial assistance you feel led to provide. Your gift will be applied wisely to hands-on, effective ministry! Please use the enclosed response card and envelope. Or give online at FocusOnTheFamily.com/Weistling25