Church Parents

When your adult child's choices leave you grieving and uncertain, God offers a path to peace, renewed hope, and steadfast faith. One of the greatest heartaches a parent can experience is watching an adult child turn away from the faith they were raised to embrace--or make choices that lead to...

The last time I spoke was eight years ago when my best friend tried to kill me. I never dreamed my silence would break with a scream. Being sent to Chapel Crest after my new stepfather deemed me a heathen seemed like a blessing compared to staying with him and my mom. I was a mute demon in his eyes, and when the rod didn’t beat the evil out of me, he prayed Chapel Crest could. I envisioned the religious academy would become my sanctuary. I was wrong. So very wrong. Chapel Crest was an asylum moonlighting as a religious school.

Church should be a place where every person belongs. Yet many pastors and parents feel unprepared to walk beside individuals with autism and their families. Autism in the Church: A Guide for Pastors and Parents offers both hope and practical guidance, blending biblical truth, pastoral insight, and personal story. Drawing from her experience as a lead pastor, ministry leader, and parent of a young adult with autism, Julie Pratt equips churches of every size to welcome and disciple individuals with autism—not simply to be present, but to fully participate in the body of Christ.

Scripture calls parents to train and nurture their children's faith. How can churches best equip families to disciple their children? Family ministry expert Dr. Timothy Paul Jones gives church leaders a practical plan to equip parents to be the primary faith trainers in their children's lives, moving beyond mere programming into genuine spiritual transformation.

Capture a biblical vision for family ministry at your church. Family Ministry will help your church shepherd parents and grandparents to make disciples. In this book you will discover what family ministry is, why it matters, and how to establish a family ministry in your church as we explore nine biblical characteristics of a vibrant family ministry.

Navigate modern family discipleship and raise confident believers with this grace-filled Christian parenting roadmap. Whether guiding curious toddlers or shepherding independent teens, building a spiritual foundation does not require sheltering them or adding pressure to your schedule. Find...

Questions about what the Bible says about the LGBT community abound in Christian circles. Pastors and ministry leaders are flooded with inquiries. Parents and loved ones ask how to respond to a son or daughter asking about reassignment surgery or struggling with same-sex attraction. And many individuals question their own LGBT lifestyle choices.

Read by the author with Mac Harris. Winner of the 2024 Christianity Today Book Award for Marriage, Family, and Singleness Weaving her own story together with nine attributes of God's character revealed from Scripture, Anna Meade Harris speaks to vulnerable single parents and to churches who want...

Do you want your children to be actively serving in the local church when they turn 30 and beyond? Why They Stay can help! Much has been written about younger adults and their departure from church involvement. Concerned parents and church leaders want to know what has caused them to depart. Instead of asking why young adults are leaving the church, Parr and Crites conducted a national research project of those who grew up in church and are still serving faithfully.

This book is about the various places and ways that uncertainty shows up for parents who, having left or altered the faith they once knew, now must decide what to give their kids. It’s about church attendance, Bible memorization, school choices, and sex talks. It’s about forging new paths in racial justice and creation care while the intractable voices in your head call you a pagan Marxist for doing so.

Learn the wisdom, patience, and love that comes from life experience through the years - learn from your elders and grow in your faith.