Family Ministry Field Guide How the Church Can Equip Parents to Make Disciples

Name: Family Ministry Field Guide How the Church Can Equip Parents to Make Disciples
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ISBN: 9780898274578

ISBN-10: 0898274575

ISBN-13: 9780898274578

Edition: 2011

Authors: Timothy Paul Jones, Timothy P. Jones

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Scripture calls parents to train their children in the faith and to nurture their children's souls. Yet few parents actively engage in their children's spiritual development. How can churches best equip families to engage in their divine calling to disciple their children? Family ministry expert Dr. Timothy Paul Jones guides church leaders to develop a ministry system that equips parents to be the primary faith-trainers in their children's lives, moving beyond mere programming into a deeper spiritual life at home, within the church, and beyond. This resource is for leaders in the trenches--those who: see parents disengaging from their children's spiritual development; see too many students…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Wesleyan Publishing House
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Timothy Paul Jones serves as professor of leadership at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and works in the SojournKids children's ministry at Sojourn Community Church. Before coming to Louisville, Timothy led churches in Missouri and Oklahoma as a pastor and an associate pastor. He has been widely recognized as a leading writer and researcher in the fields of apologetics, church history, and family ministry. He has authored or contributed to more than a dozen books, including Misquoting Truth (InterVarsity, 2007), Christian History Made Easy (Rose, 2010), and the CBA bestseller The Da Vinci Codebreaker (Bethany House, 2005).



Foreword


Introduction: The Gap in Your Chruch



Map the Gap



What Families in Your Church Are Doing-and Not Doing-When You're Not Looking



What Family Ministry Is and Why It's Worth It



Rethink Your Goal



Why Not to Do Family Ministry



How to Find the Right Motivation



Frame Your Ministry in God's Story Line



Discover Who Your Children Really Are



The Split in God's Story Line



Give Parents the Guidance They Need



We're Supposed to Do That at Home?



A Matter of Training and Matter of Time



Providing What Parents Really Need



Transition to Family-Equipping



Killing the One-Eared Mickey Mouse



Family-Equipping Transition 1: Be



Family-Equipping Transition 2a: Equip Families for Faith Talks



Fmaily-Equipping Transition 2b: Equip Families for Faith Walks and Faith Processes



Family-Equipping Transition 3: Acknowledge



Family-Equipping Transition 4: Synchronize (with W. Ryan Steenburg)


Afterword


Twelve Tools to Equip Families



Family Discipleship Perceptions and Practices Survey



Motives Matter



Living in God's Story Line



What Message Are We Sending?



TIE Your Ministry Together


Acknowledgements


Appendix: Survey Methodology and Results


Notes


About the Author