The Family Friendly Church

Rick Lawrence & Ben Freudenburg

Help Families in Your Church Grow in Their Christian Faith!

You want families in your church to know Jesus. To glorify God in their neighborhoods. To raise faithful children. So help them get the job done...by becoming a family-friendly church!

Join veteran Christian educator Ben Freudenburg as he journeys across America to find family-friendly churches. Churches that truly care for their families...including the families of their pastors!

Discover how key churches are revolutionizing family ministry. How they're discipling parents to lead their children. Bringing families together at church, and equipping families for a home-based, church-supported ministry.

This book is a must-have for every pastor! Discover how certain programming can often short-circuit your church's ability to truly strengthen families–and what you can do about it! You'll get practical ideas and suggestions featuring profiles of real churches.

It also includes thought-provoking application worksheets that will help you apply the principles and insights to your own church.

Physical Info: 0.47" H x 9.0" L x 6.0" W (0.63 lbs) 160 pages
Carton Quantity: 56
Publisher: Group Publishing
US SRP: $ 17.99 US
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: June 1998

Table of Contents

Journey Preparation

Introduction

Section 1-
Sounding the Alarm
Trouble at Home
Trouble at Church

Section 2-
Five Discoveries About the Home
Family Business
Quantity and Quality
Nothing's "Natural" About Healthy Relationships
Church vs. Home
Regaining Control

Section 3-
Six Imperatives for a Family-Friendly Church
From Program-Focused to Need-Responsive
Staffing Properly
Supporting Home-Centered Staff
Training Faith-Shaping Parents
A Homey Church Environment
It Takes a Village to Raise a Child
Concluding Thoughts

Section 4-
Shifting the Church's Paradigm
Surfing the Paradigm Shift
How the Church's Vision Will Change
How Faith Development Will Change
How Faith-Development Programs Will Change
A New Church Position: Family Minister
Churchwide Implications
Conclusion

Appendices
Develop Your Own Family Mission Statement
What Does a Model Teenager's Faith Look Like?
Fourteen Hopes for Our Children
Developing a Vision for a Family-Centered Church
A Sabbatical Plan for Investigating Family Ministry
Job Descriptions for Home-Centered, Churdh-Supported Ministry
Celebrate the Childe: A Home Christmas Banner Kit for a Family Christmas Eve Service
Bible Presentation Sunday Letter
Bookmark
Family Bible Hour Discussion Worksheet
Home Month
Home Faith-Development Ideas
Reading List

Categories:
- Educational Materials | Teaching Helps
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Institutions & Organizations
- Religion | Christian Education | General
- Religion | Christian Life | General
LC Subjects:
- Christian education - Church work with families
- Home training
Themes:
Religious Orientation | Christian

The Family Friendly Church Rick Lawrence & Ben Freudenburg
	Item#	Binding	isbn - 10	Price
	9780764420481	Paperback	0764420488	12.75
Join veteran Christian educator Ben Freudenburg as he journeys across America to find family-friendly churches. Churches that truly care for their families...including the families of their pastors!

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