3.

Family Ministries in the Local

Church--Essential Features

 Promotes understanding of God’s purpose

 Strong families build up kingdom of God
 Promotes reconciliation and healing
3. Family Ministries in the Local
Church--Elements

• Offers restoration and wholeness to abuse

victims
• Teaches competence in interpersonal
skills
Education
Enrichment
Counseling
Work in groups of two’s or three’s
and come up with a list of ideas
for Family Evangelism in the local
church
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3. The Family System Requires
A Particular Kind of Ministry

Setting for primary relationships

• encourage relationship building
• provide support group for intimate
relationship within the family
Ministry to
families
as wholes
• Plan programs that
minister to the needs
of the family as a
whole:
* family camps
* parenting seminars
 Families Reaching Families

• Family life is for sharing

• The power of social influence
• Hospitality evangelism
• The power of the home to evangelize
Family Ministries
Curriculum for Local 7
Church Leaders
Ministry to married couples
• Married couples need
special nurture and care
* marriage enrichment
* couples retreat
* couples night out
Families Need Other
Families

• Whole families are encouraged,

enriched and renewed by
fellowship and interaction
with other families
• Provide opportunities for
families to minister to each
other
Organizing Family Ministries
in the Local Church

• Define your needs

• Develop objectives
• Leaders and helpers
• Material resources
• Place, time, fee
• Advertise your events/seminars
• Evaluation questionnaires
• Follow-up
4. Family Ministry--Tangible Evidence
of a Caring Church

• A focused life within the family can assist in

revitalizing the church
• The presence of the Spirit of Christ within
the family leads us to care about others
• We cannot become deeply involved with
people without caring for their families
• People are interested in coming to a
church that is concerned about them and
provides help with basic life issues