Family Ministry

As a Christian parent, you want your children to develop good character and godly wisdom. But how do you go beyond hoping and praying to teaching them ethical knowledge, practical skills, and virtuous habits? This innovative guide provides practical, effective ideas you can use to help your children build their faith and character in 50 ways, including engaging with the Bible and culture, interacting with God and others, making good decisions, becoming better learners, and managing conflict.

Filled with real-life stories and practical advice, Called to Care starts by helping you honestly assess your motivation to help - sometimes the wrong motivation sets the stage for an unsuccessful experience. From there, the book shows what adoption and foster care really look like in a variety of situations, from domestic and international adoptions to short-term foster care and foster-to-adopt arrangements. Also included is how churches and individuals can minister to refugees.

Today's grandparent needs to understand technology - how it mesmerizes grandchildren but also enhances the opportunities to connect and share life experiences. And while many of the roles grandparents play in the lives of grandchildren have changed, their most important role of influencing with wisdom, faith, and fun remains the same. Author Chrys Howard addresses topics relevant to all grandparents and also looks at the challenges of grandchildren living in single parent or blended families.

In Starry-Eyed, MOPS CEO Mandy Arioto reveals how the brightest and darkest moments of motherhood alike can become a sacred - and sanity-saving - opportunity to encounter God. There is a way to flourish in the midst of it all, and it starts with embracing the light and darkness in life with expectation and awe.

Every parent wants the best possible education for their child - one that fits their child's unique needs, challenges them to grow, and equips them to succeed. But there are so many options - public, private, and charter schools, plus homeschooling and online schooling - that it's easy for parents to feel overwhelmed and, well, undereducated about the choices. What's more, while one schooling option may be right for one child, it may be challenging for another.

In a world where parenting advice shifts faster than fashion trends, this "how not to parent" resource takes a fresh look at how the seven deadly sins are the root of most modern parenting mistakes. Through humorous stories and practical biblical wisdom, Patrick M. Quinn and Ken Roach show how well-meaning parents can ruin their children's lives in seven easy steps (wrath, greed, envy, lust, sloth, gluttony, and pride).

You promised yourself you'd never fall into the same sin again. You've prayed about it over and over, but it has tripped you up at the most inopportune times, knocking you back several steps. Will you ever be victorious? Maybe like Aaron Davis, among thousands of pastors, and millions of Christians around the world, you have felt powerless to overcome the same one or two pitfalls that have plagued you your whole life.

In Parenting Without Regret, Jimmy and Laura Seibert share their story of how God led them to parent with intentionality. They touch on topics that are a common struggle among parents: How do we help our children overcome their insecurities? How do we deal with the challenges of our culture and protect our kids' purity? How do we prepare them for the future? How do we help them develop their own relationship with God and live life on mission?

Even good parents often underestimate the dangers their children face. Research indicates that one in four females and one in six males are sexually abused before age 18. In most cases, the enemy is not a faceless stranger; it's someone you know and trust. This book provides practical steps to ensure you're doing all you can to reduce the risks of abuse. But since you cannot be with your children 24/7, it goes beyond what you can do as a parent to teach you how to increase your child's own awareness and strategies in the face of potential dangers - without making them fearful.

When Gail Gallant was five months old, she died. A year later, she was reborn. Or so her mother said. The crash occurred on a July night in 1955. The truck hit the Gallant family's car head-on; a few weeks later, newborn baby Gail died from her injuries. Mad with grief, her mother prayed feverishly for Gail's return, convinced that God would bring her child back to her. And when she gave birth within a year to a baby girl who looked identical to her lost child, she believed her prayers had been answered. She named that newborn baby Gail.

Is the way we do church making disciples of our people and helping them fulfil their God-given purpose? There can be no apathy, restlessness, or boredom in such a church! In his warm and candid style, Howard Webb shows how the scriptural model of church as a mission-centered family embracing its place is the way to both grow our people and grow the Kingdom. Here is a vision of church that has the power to transform us and our world.

Most people think that money is the key to happiness, but when an ecstatic Nina Lawson wins millions in the Powerball lottery, her world is turned upside down. At first, she and her fiance, Rick, are delighted with the unexpected windfall and immediately begin planning their future. Soon, family members and friends begin coming out of the woodwork to claim a piece of Nina's winnings. But the most unexpected request comes from Todd, Nina's ex-husband.

How you parent directly impacts who your children are and who they will become. No one is naturally born a good parent. It takes hard work, determination, and passionate intention to raise our kids right. In the end, we can either parent on purpose...or idly sit back and allow everything else in the world to shape our children into the men and women they will become.

See your life and purpose in a whole new light as part of God's epic story - with this beautiful leather-look devotional. Through 365 daily Scripture readings arranged chronologically, plus bite-sized reflections and a daily takeaway, this unique devotional illuminates how God has been weaving his plan throughout history. Each day, you'll be blessed with a reminder of God's unrelenting love and pursuit of his people. The Story Devotional is also wonderful companion to The Story.

Follow Me is a captivating narrative of the life of Mary, Joseph, and their first born, Jesus. It follows Him through His childhood and then through His ministry. You will feel what the apostles must have felt as they witnessed the miracles of Jesus: His response of comfort to the weary and downtrodden, His healing of the ill and physically handicapped, His peace when attacked by the bitterness of antagonists, His forgiveness for those who railed against Him and nailed Him to the cross.

Il n’y a peut-être pas de plus grande crainte dans le coeur d’un parent que celle de voir son enfant chéri et bien élevé se transformer en enfant prodigue. Dans ce livre, Jim Newheiser et Elyse Fitzpatrick se basent sur leurs années d’expérience personnelle en tant que parents et conseillers bibliques pour expliquer comment des parents blessés peuvent faire face au traumatisme émotionnel causé par la rébellion d’un enfant. Ils offrent des encouragements chaleureux et des solutions concrètes qui seront utiles aux parents.

James Spiegel never realized what challenges and adventures he would face in talking about God with his own children. In a book that is witty, warm, and profound, he explains complex issues of the Christian faith in terms that his children can understand and accept.

> Ownership Road calls Christian parents to the ole of the chief discipliners and gives them a vision for how to raise their children with the post-high school transition challenges in mind. This journey of discipleship involves leading kids down the road from followship to ownership: the path that all believers must tread to develop a real, authentic walk with Christ. This is your deepest desire for your children and what you will find along Ownership Road.

Today's Christian family is under attack. It is experiencing an aggressive, culturally progressive bombardment unlike any other we have witnessed in our lifetime. A key focus of this secular barrage on the Christian home is the parent/child relationship. Unbiblical cultural values and attitudes have invaded many believing families, threatening to diminish, divide, and destroy the bond that God desires for parents and children.

In his timely audiobook, The Power of Submission, John Tebay contends that our permissive culture’s resistance to authority has permeated the Church and that God’s clear principle of authority has become muddled, murky, or ignored. When spiritual authority is unclear, the potential for division, strife, confusion, and darkness among God’s people and the world is highly intensified, always lurking and waiting to erupt.