John Sweet
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John Sweet

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Dr. John Sweet is a seasoned child welfare advocate, coach and global educator/consultant with decades of experience equipping organizations and caregivers to serve children from hard places. For more than 20 years he has led childcaring agencies and built sustainable systems for residential care, foster care, adoption, and family support—helping teams strengthen safety, stability, and long-term outcomes for vulnerable children.
Dr. Sweet’s work combines trauma-informed practice with faith-rooted compassion and practical leadership. As a leadership development and organizational consultant, he coaches executive directors, boards, and frontline teams in strategic planning, staff development, culture change, and program improvement. His consulting has supported ministry and nonprofit leaders in clarifying mission, strengthening organizational health, and moving ministry models from “surviving” to “thriving.”
A global advocate for children, Dr. Sweet has served as Lead Consultant to Church of God World Missions Orphanages and other partners. Together with his wife, Alice Sweet—founder of Haven of Hope International—he helps lead the HOHI Orphan Care Training Institute, equipping caregivers and directors across 35+ nations, 150 orphanages and touching the lives of tens of thousands of children through healthier caregiving and stronger leadership. He is the founder of Parenting on Purpose LLC and organization dedicated to serving parents and caregivers in various contexts. He has also been engaged in Florida’s efforts to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of children, underscoring the urgent need for specialized, trauma-informed care and crisis response.
An accomplished author, Dr. Sweet’s publications include Healing in a Hurting World, Beyond the Walls, Being Right the Right Way, Ascending to Your Dreams and recently re-released three books in the series Called Alongside – Practical faith for people who carry others.
Dr. Sweet holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Pentecostal Theological Seminary with a focus on 21st-century care ministry. His background as a foster parent, law enforcement chaplain, crisis intervention specialist, organizational consultant and chaplain trainer brings a rare blend of pastoral care, organizational leadership, and field-tested crisis skills. He is passionate about helping pastors, leaders and caregivers build environments where ministries can grow and flourish.
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