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Family Ministry: When Inviting Parents Isn’t Enough

23rd December 2013

How can your ministry equip parents with the resources they need? In the first place, help parents to see that if they are believers in Jesus Christ, God has already equipped them with his Spirit, his Word, and the community of faith (John 16:12–14; Eph. 4:11–16; 2 Tim. 3:16–17; Heb. 13:21). Through these gifts from […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family ministry

Family Ministry: Why Going Far Requires Us First to Go Near

16th December 2013

Family ministry is not a series of activities. Family-equipping ministry in particular flows out of an identity that begins in the homes of ministry leaders. But this doesn’t mean that equipping families should become the identity that drives our ministry. Jesus alone is our identity, and his gospel is our story. Anything more or less […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family ministry

Family Ministry: Your Children and the Hobbit Films

13th December 2013

  With the much anticipated release of the newest Hobbit film, parents might be asking, “Is this movie okay for my children?” It’s a legitimate question to ask. In a recent interview with Mike Nappa, I walk through various facets of the film and challenge parents to think critically and Christianly. If you are wrestling […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Learn, Solve Tagged With: family ministry, media, movies, The Hobbit

Family Ministry: Stop Inviting and Start Involving

9th December 2013

Without thinking too hard, you could probably tell me exactly who they are. In many smaller and mid-sized ministries, you wouldn’t even need two hands to tally them. What we’re talking about are the parents who will actually be present at a typical youth or children’s event. What about all the other parents? Well, like […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family ministry

Family Ministry: What Happens When Youth Ministers Work With Parents?

6th December 2013

John Pond is pastor of students at West Jackson Baptist Church in Jackson, Tennessee recently provided some engaging thoughts on the value of youth ministers working with parents. He offers four practical things youth ministers can start doing to communicate and work with parents. He encourages youth ministers to (1) communicate regularly, (2) pray with […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family ministry, John Pond, The Gospel Coalition, youth ministry

Family Ministry: Family Ministry is Not the Answer to Your Church’s Problems

2nd December 2013

Although the concepts behind family ministry are far from new, church-based family ministry has turned trendy in some circles over the past few years. After decades on the back burner of congregational life, family ministry has suddenly become a hot topic. Type “family ministry” into a search engine, and you computer is likely to crank […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family ministry

Family Ministry: Do Parents Take Over Where You Left Off?

25th November 2013

The youth head to camp, or a retreat or perhaps a mission trip. When they return, they’re sleep-deprived, hyper-caffeinated, and ready to change the world. But beyond the babbling summary that mom or dad receives on the car-ride home, parents have little idea what triggered such enthusiasm during the week. What information they do receive […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Solve Tagged With: family, family ministry, parent meeting, parents

Family Ministry: What Are Faith-Talks and Why Do They Matter?

18th November 2013

::WHY FAITH-TALKS?:: The purpose of faith-talks is to restore Christian parents to their God-ordained role as teachers of God’s Word in their children’s lives. Your ministry may choose some term other than faith-talks, of course. “Family devotions” might communicate the point more clearly in your context; somewhere else, you could go with “family faith-training” or […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Serve, Solve Tagged With: family, family ministry

Family Ministry: Two-Day Intensive Training in Family-Equipping Ministry

12th November 2013

Do you have a desire to implement family ministry practices in your church? Are you looking to be trained in the ways of family ministry? Do you have two days to spare? Join me in January on the tree-lined campus of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY for a training event which will […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: christian family, family, family ministry

Family Ministry: The Grover Principle

4th November 2013

  “Sunny days, sweepin’ the clouds away. On my way to where the air is sweet. Can you tell me how to get, how to get to . . . ?” If that couplet strikes a chord in your memories of childhood, you were probably an avid viewer of the American PBS program known as […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family ministry

Family Ministry: Have You Taken the TIE Test?

31st October 2013

Are you effectively training, involving, and equipping the parents in your ministry to be the main faith influencers for their children? Consider how your family ministry events might be more effective using this TIE Test, which simply asks, “How could this activity Train, Involve, or Equip parents as primary faith influencers? How could it Train, […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: children, equipping families, family, family ministry, parents, TIE test, training parents

Family Ministry: Family, the Original Small Group Ministry

28th October 2013

Parents are the primary teachers in their children’s lives, even if they don’t know it. Some parents are better teachers than others, but every parent is a teacher when it comes to the children with whom he or she shares a home. Even after decades of family fragmentation, the most significant influence on children’s spiritual […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family ministry

Family Ministry: Stumbling Through Family Faith Talks…for the Glory of God

24th October 2013

Sankie Lynch, Pastor of Families at New Beginnings Church in Bixby, Oklahoma asks: Do you ever start out with good intentions with your family and end up frustrated and breathing heavily? What correlations does parenting have with high blood pressure and barely missed strokes? What used to be relaxing, calm vacations have now turned into “Survivor: […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family devotions, family faith talks, family ministry

Family Ministry: Doing Less So That Parents Can Do More

21st October 2013

Most parents in churches do believe, at least on the surface, that their children’s existence will persist past this life. The problem is that this tenet of faith doesn’t always make its way into their daily practices of prioritizing household commitments. Parents mentally accept the fact that their children will exist forever, but they do […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family ministry

Family Ministry: Pornography and the Hijacking of the Male Brain

17th October 2013

Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, makes this point regarding the phenomenon of nearly-infinite and instantly-accessible pornography: To no one’s surprise, the vast majority of those who consume pornography are males. It is no trade secret that males are highly stimulated by visual images, whether still or video. That […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family ministry, male brain, pornography

Family Ministry: Why Not Reward Spiritual Activities?

10th October 2013

In a recent blog post Coleman Ford, PhD student at Southern Seminary, asks the question, “Should we reward children and youth for spiritual activities?” He says, Spiritual activities such as reading and memorizing Scripture, prayer, worship and evangelism are the duty (yes, duty) of all followers of Jesus Christ. These activities do not accumulate merit, […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: children's ministry, family, family ministry, spiritual disciplines, youth ministry

Family Ministry: Why Retention Rates Can’t Determine a Ministry’s Effectiveness

7th October 2013

If you’ve spent much time in youth ministry, you’ve probably heard the claim at least a few times: “Nine out of ten youth walk away from the church after high school!” But, as I’ve pointed out elsewhere, there’s good reason to doubt this claim. The infamous nine-out-of-ten dropout statistic was always a false alarm. Most […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Solve Tagged With: family, family ministry

Family Ministry: Ten Tips for Discipling Your Children

3rd October 2013

Justin Buzzard, author of Date Your Wife and lead pastor of Garden City Church in Silicon Valley, recently wrote: “Jesus gave his church one mission: make disciples. As a church planter I’m consumed all day with the work of disciple making, but the most important disciple making in my life happens with my three sons. The mission Jesus […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: discipleship, family, family ministry, Justin Buzzard

Family Ministry: Are You Engaging in the Cosmic Battle for Your Child’s Soul?

30th September 2013

Cosmic combat occurs most Friday mornings at a coffee shop a few blocks from my home. If you happen to be ordering your mocha latte during this episode of intergalactic warfare, you might not even notice. Neither arms nor armor can be seen at the epicenter of this celestial struggle. No lightsabers are visible, and […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Learn Tagged With: family, family ministry

Leadership: What You Probably Don’t Know About the Families in Your Church

27th September 2013

A while back, I wrote an article for D6 Family entitled “It’s Time to Engage!: Three Facts You Need to Know to Launch an Incredible Family Ministry.” Here’s an excerpt from the article: The animated feature The Incredibles is a favorite movie in our household—and one of our favorite scenes is the family meal early […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Lead, Serve Tagged With: family, family ministry

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