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.
Enjoy your visit with us!
Resource Book 2021: Unity in Community
The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Strategic Focus for the 2020-2025 quinquennium is “I Will Go!” The theme for the 2021 newly rebranded Family Ministries Resource Book is “I Will Go with My Family”, which is also Adventist Family Ministries’ emphasis for the 2020-2025 quinquennium.
Parenting Children for Christian Interracial Friendships
How to talk to your child about racism
Covid-19 Survival Guides for Marriage, Families, Parents
As many of you already know, the COVID-19 public health crisis has also become an emotional and spiritual challenge for countless individuals as well as marriage and family relationships around the world. This situation has provoked anxiety, stress, tension, grief and even spiritual uncertainty.
Resources to Support Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Articles Videos 1. Creating a Happy Home in a Pandemic Staying at home is the best option to stop the COVID-19 spread, but it is challenging to keep fear, anxiety, and uncertainty from disrupting the peace in our homes. Willie and Elaine Oliver were live at Hope At Home, sharing ideas on how to create a…
Your Marriage Can Survive COVID-19
COVID-19 has dramatically and drastically changed life in our homes. Many of us are feeling anxious, uncertain, and stressed while trying to adjust to a new and hopefully temporary normal. Marriage and family life are already full of challenges, where we inevitably have conflict and hurt one another.
Tips for Surviving and Thriving During COVID-19 for Families
Here are a few tips to help in managing the stay-at-home orders and maintaining peace in the home.
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…
