Family Ministry Today
The Center for Christian Family Ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Latest Article
- 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 [...]
Latest Video
Get the Flash Player to see this player.- 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.
— Sep 21
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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:
- 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
Dr. Randy Stinson
Dean of the School of Church Ministries
Dr. William Cutrer
C. Edwin Gheens Professor of Christian Ministry; Director, Gheens Center for Family Ministry