Start a FM Program – The Special Needs of Families
THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF FAMILIES VARIED FAMILY SITUATIONS Family ministry seeks to reach every kind of household. The stereotype of the “ideal” family and household-father, mother, children together-is no longer typical. In the United States, for instance, such families now comprise only about one-third of all households. Two out of every five of U.S. households…
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SHAPING A CHURCH’S FAMILY MINISTRIES The form that family ministry takes will be determined by the overall goals of the church, the felt needs of the congregation and the community, the prevailing attitudes toward such specific ministry and the resources available. The approach that may be used and the intensity with which it is pursued…
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SUCCESSFUL FAMILY MINISTRIES PROGRAMS The key to successful family ministry programs in the local church includes the following: A definition of needs A specific target audience Adequate planning Quality communication with the target audience A small team of church members who are willing to learn some essential relational skills, and A keen sense of how…
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STARTING A FAMILY MINISTRIES PROGRAM Our work for Christ is to begin with the family in the home. By many this home field has been shamefully neglected, and it is time that divine resources and remedies were presented, that this state of evil may be corrected. God designs that the families of earth shall be…
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The Family Worship App can be downloaded for FREE at the App Store! ¡Ahora disponible en castellano! FAMILY WORSHIP
Read MoreSeventh-day Adventist Response to Same-Sex Unions–A Reaffirmation of Christian Marriage
Over the past several decades the Seventh-day Adventist Church has felt it necessary to clearly state in various ways its position in regards to marriage, the family, and human sexuality. These subjects are at the heart of many pressing issues facing society. That which for centuries has been considered to be basic Christian morality in…
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