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.
Unmet Expectations
Your story is one we’ve heard before from many disappointed marriage partners. Yet, many of them have never spoken to their spouse about their feelings and needs. What you’ve shared is described in the marriage literature as unmet expectations, which are among the most difficult situations to deal with in marriage.
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 Survival Guides Covid-19 Survival Guides<br>for Marriage, Families, Parents Available in 6 languages.ExploreLong right arrow 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…
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…
