Family Ministry Today

The Center for Christian Family Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

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Eight Books for Family Devotional Times
by Timothy Paul Jones – Oct 30

One emphasis in the Family-Equipping Ministry Model is equipping parents to lead devotional times in their homes. Here are eight books that may be helpful for parents in your congregation:

Adam Murrell. The Young Baptist’s Catechism. [Self-published.] $7.00.
Buy it here.

Will your youngest children understand everything in this catechism? Of course not-but using catechisms [...]

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What Sets Southern Seminary’s Family-Equipping Ministry Model Apart from Other Ministry Models?

What makes the Family-Equipping Ministry Model different from any other perspective on ministry? Watch this video from Randy Stinson to find out.

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Recent Posts

Family Worship
by W. Ryan Steenburg – Oct 28
by David Prince

Reprinted with permission from The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

“Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, Which we have heard and known, And our [...]

Music for Family Worship Times
by W. Ryan Steenburg – Oct 26

Is music a necessity for family worship and devotional times? No-but it sometimes helps! If you’re interested in Scripture-based music for your family’s worship times, try Seeds Family Worship:

http://www.youtube.com/seedsfamilyworship

Envisioning Family-Equipping Ministry
by Timothy Paul Jones – Oct 23

Adapted from the book Perspectives on Family Ministry

To envision the family-equipping model in action, imagine a river with large stones jutting through the surface of the water. The river represents children’s growth and development. One riverbank signifies the church, and the other riverbank connotes the family. Both banks are necessary for the river to [...]

SBTS announces new training model for family ministry
by Garrett Wishall – Oct 21

Reprinted from Towers, February 13, 2009

The School of Leadership and Church Ministry at Southern Seminary has introduced a family ministry model that centers on equipping parents to biblically train their children.

Designed for future associate pastors, the new approach, called the Family Equipping Ministry Model, seeks to address a weakness in the [...]

Where Did the Name “Family-Equipping Ministry Model” Come From?
by Timothy Paul Jones – Oct 16

Adapted from the book Perspectives on Family Ministry

In late 2007 and early 2008, Dr. Randy Stinson and I worked together to develop a specific approach to family ministry. We studied dozens of approaches to family ministry, and we identified a handful of churches that were doing what we felt that God was leading us [...]

Local Church Family Ministry in the New Millennium
by W. Ryan Steenburg – Oct 14

Through the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Crossway Books has made available in its entirety an excellent resource for family-equipping ministries, Dennis Rainey’s book Building Strong Families. To access the book, go to http://www.cbmw.org/Building-Strong-Families/.  Included in the book is Dennis Rainey’s chapter “Local Church Family Ministry in the New Millennium.”

Leadership

Randy Stinson

Dr. Randy Stinson

Dean of the School of Church Ministries
William Cutrer

Dr. William Cutrer

C. Edwin Gheens Professor of Christian Ministry; Director, Gheens Center for Family Ministry
Timothy Paul Jones

Dr. Timothy Paul Jones

Associate Professor of Leadership and Church Ministry; Editor of The Journal of Family Ministry; Family Ministry Coordinator; Children’s Ministry Coordinator