We all have a place in the family
Welcome. You are visiting the official website of the Department of Family Ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. We are dedicated to strengthening relationships and empowering ministry leaders and churches in their work with families. Family Ministries focuses on people in relationship. It is a ministry that provides tools to help individuals communicate more effectively, deepen commitment in marriage, and assist in becoming better parents. Family Ministries helps families grow in love and live in harmony as the family of God.
At this site you will find resources and ideas to help launch and maintain an effective family ministries program, the mission and philosophy of Adventist Family Ministries, and position statements pertaining to family issues. You will also find trustworthy and biblical answers to many questions regarding family life and links to other helpful websites.
2026 Resource Book | Family, Faith, and Focus in a Digital World
Family, Faith, and Focus in a Digital World is born out of real conversations with real families wrestling with real challenges. We’ve talked with parents who feel like they’re speaking a foreign language to their kids. We’ve sat with families where everyone’s physically present but emotionally elsewhere. We’ve seen the frustration, the guilt, and yes,…
Family Worship Materials
Family worship gives every family an opportunity to Rebuild the Family Altar of God daily. Rather than forcing families and children to have regular family worship, it is an occasion for family members to build stronger relationships with each other and with God. Family worship also offers family members an opportunity to make God central in their…
Hope for Today’s Families: Presentations and Study Guides
Available in English, French, and Spanish, you can now access the Presentations and Study Guides for the worldwide shared book "Hope for Today's Families".
enditnow® Emphasis Day
enditnow® Emphasis Day is August 23, 2025. The world is watching how Christians respond to violence. In a society where abuse statistics are staggering and many institutions have failed survivors; we have an opportunity—and an obligation—to do better. By championing non-violence in our families, churches, and communities, we become a living testimony of God’s justice…
Fun & Easy Family Worship Memories
Find more than 25 ideas, new and easy to adapt to your family worship at home.
Revival and Reformation and your Family
The GC Family Ministries joins the Revival and Reformation program and presents practical ideas to bring your family to a spiritual revival and so reach families for Jesus.
Adventist Families in North America
This study reveals statistics on Adventist families and marriage, divorce, remarriage, living arrangements, spirituality, abuse, and much more. It is based on a total of 1,397 questionnaires returned from a random, doubleblind sample of families in the Adventist Church in the United States, Canada and Bermuda.
Pornography Addiction Resources
These two resources are designed by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America with the specific goal of raising awareness of the pornography epidemic and giving churches a tool to help members…
