Family Ministry Field Guide: How Your Church Can Equip Parents to Make Disciples
Overview
Scripture calls parents to train and nurture their children's faith. How can churches best equip families to disciple their children? Family ministry expert Dr. Timothy Paul Jones gives church leaders a practical plan to equip parents to be the primary faith trainers in their children's lives, moving beyond mere programming into genuine spiritual transformation. This resource is for leaders in the trenches—those who:see parents disengaging from their children's spiritual developmentsee too many students leave for college and drop out of church, orare frustrated with programmed ministries that fail to produce results.Based on solid research, this field guide unpacks how real-life churches can narrow the gap between present reality and the biblical ideal of faith-nurturing families.
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Top Highlights
“‘family-equipping ministry model’ to describe the framework for this process of reorienting existing ministries to partner with parents.” (Page 26)
“ The goal of family ministry is for parents to see themselves and their families in light of the gospel.” (Page 97)
“It’s about a process of equipping parents to engage actively in the discipleship of their children.” (Pages 34–35)
“It’s not just about reaching those that are near, and it’s not all about reaching those that are far. It’s about both. Family-equipping begins with those that are near, our own families and the families in our churches, but then it moves immediately to those who are far. A passion to reach those who are far is good, but that passion does not give us permission to abandon or ignore those who are near.” (Pages 140–141)
“This false vision runs something like this: The purpose of student ministry is to gain and retain youth by entertaining them until the time comes for them to serve the church as an adult.” (Page 54)
- Title: Family Ministry Field Guide: How Your Church Can Equip Parents to Make Disciples
- Author: Timothy Paul Jones
- Publisher: WPH
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 224
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Christian education of children; Christian education › Home training; Church work with families
- ISBNs: 9780898274578, 9780898276015, 0898274575, 0898276012
- Resource ID: LLS:WS_D4B22E3A161B46259894C4E2707BEDAA
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T04:24:27Z