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Family Ministry Field Guide: How Your Church Can Equip Parents to Make Disciples Paperback – May 25, 2011

by Timothy Paul Jones (Author), Mark DeVries (Foreword), W. Ryan Steenburg (Contributor)
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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.

This resource is for leaders in the trenches--those who:

  • see parents disengaging from their children's spiritual development,
  • see too many students leave for college and drop out of church, or
  • are frustrated with programmed ministries that fail to produce results.

Based on solid research, this field guide unpacks how real-life churches can narrow the gap between present reality and the biblical ideal of faith-nurturing families.

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Timothy Paul Jones is a best-selling and award-winning author of many books, magazine articles, and reference materials. He is senior editor of The Journal of Family Ministry and professor of leadership and church ministry at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He was named by Charles W. Colson as one of four "Names You Need to Know."

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wesleyan Publishing House; 5/16/11 edition (May 25, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0898274575
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0898274578
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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    W. Ryan Steenburg (Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is the Founder and Director of Daddy Discipleship. He also serves as the Director of Administration and Development for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. In addition, Ryan is the Associate Editor for The Journal of Family Ministry and Contributing Editor for Doulos Discipleship, a six part study to train boys and girls how to be men and women of the Lord. Ryan earned the first ever Doctor of Philosophy in Family Ministry for his research on the role of the church in equipping parents for family discipleship.

    Ryan lives in the City of Spring Valley in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife Kristen, daughters Caitlyn, Anabelle, Mikayla, and son Wes. As a family, the Steenburg's enjoy reading books together, playing games, and taking advantage of the outdoors. In addition to Ryan’s Black Belt in Judo, he lettered in NCAA Track and Field while at Calvin College.

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    Timothy Paul Jones serves as professor of Christian apologetics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world. Before coming to Southern Seminary, Dr. Jones led churches in Missouri and Oklahoma as a pastor and an associate pastor. He now serves as one of the pastors at the Midtown congregation of Sojourn Community Church.

    Dr. Jones has written widely in the fields of apologetics and family ministry. Christian Retailing Magazine awarded Jones top honors in 2010 in the Christian education category for his book Christian History Made Easy. How We Got the Bible received the Christian Book Awards Book of the Year Award in Bible reference books. Charles Colson once listed Jones as one of "four names you need to know" when responding to the new atheists.

    Dr. Jones holds the bachelor of arts degree in biblical studies at Manhattan Christian College. He has also earned the Master of Divinity degree from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Doctor of Philosophy degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has taught biblical languages at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and at Oklahoma Baptist University, as well as lecturing on the reliability of the New Testament Gospels at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) at forums sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Dr. Jones has been interviewed on numerous radio and television programs, including WGN Morning News, Fox & Friends, Crosstalk America, and Bible Answer Man.

    He is married to Rayann and they have four daughters.

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S. Slater
5.0 out of 5 stars The book every youth/children's/family pastor should read
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2020
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Anyone who asks me what book they need to read about children's or youth ministry, or family ministry, or discipling parents, etc. this will be one of the books I recommend.

This book was particularly helpful to me as a pastor wanting to transition our age segregated ministries towards more of a focus on family ministry. I didn't realize that even I had the wrong perspective of family ministry until I read this book. Based on the other resources I've checked out regarding family ministry this book is definitely foundational in nature. It starts by addressing the "why" question, long before you're given any kind of "how" prescriptions. At the beginning that was frustrating because I was coming to this book expecting nothing but instruction of how to programmatically transition from age-segregated ministry to family ministry. After getting through the first few chapters I realized that what this book was doing was far more important for me in the long run by making sure that my underlying assumptions were correct before I try to implement any family ministry focus at our church.

Timothy Paul Jones includes helpful guides at the end of the chapters to help you think through your context, as well as helpful graphs and illustrations to conceptualize what he's trying to explain.

I couldn't recommend this book more.
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Sean Nolan
5.0 out of 5 stars Less talk more action.
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2016
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There has been a lot of discussion as of late regarding the importance of parents as the primary disciple-makers of their children/teens. Largely because of Jones' book here I've come to think that this discussion has often missed the mark. The rhetoric I've observed has largely gone something like this, "parents are the primary disciple-makers of children, and we want to make sure we convince them of this." However, he highlights well that most parents are already convinced of this truth and we do little to help them by bringing further emphasis to this truth. Where the real discussion should be happening is this: how do we EQUIP parents to succeed in their discipling of their children? A lack of clarity over who is the primary discipler is not the issue, the issue is simply pragmatic: how can we help parents in discipling their kids? Toward this end Jones has toiled on this resource. I'd recommend it for anyone within church leadership. Big takeaway? Don't just tell parents they are primary disciple-makers, equip them to maximize this role for God's glory.

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John
4.0 out of 5 stars Fresh perspective on comprehensive ministry
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2019
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The nature of human effort is to ignore God's design due to residual effects of sin. When leaders embrace their own efforts in ministry, a programmatic approach can lead a church to drift from the better, gospel centric, Christ focused, family equipped model. This is a helpful and objective work for ministry leaders that need to explore and move toward a biblical, comprehensive family and church discipleship culture.
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Dylan Sanders
5.0 out of 5 stars A Wholistic View of Family and Church
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Although I am incredibly appreciative of the youth groups that I grew up in and the role of spiritual formation that they had on me, my parents remain the greatest shapers of my soul during that time. The need to recognize parent’s God given roles and implement church strategies which do likewise is high. Jones lays out both the rational and a practical strategy to get churches started in doing just that.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read For Any Minister Or Church Member
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2017
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This book found me at just the right time. Our church is in the process of trying to re-shape our midweek services (and overall strategy) to better reach/equip the families of our community. When family ministry gets brought up, images of extreme opinions often come to the surface and condemn efforts in Next Generation ministry. This book provides a healthy outlook on the topic that is fueled by an ocean of appropriately conducted research. If one spends just a few minutes looking into who Dr. Timothy Paul Jones is, they would fine information on one of the most valuable voices in our world. Of course, I highly recommend this book to anyone who is willing to examine current practices and shelf/rethink current philosophies to better equip the primary disciplers of the children in our churches.
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Andrew A. Hedges
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Guide for Family Ministry
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2012
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Of all the books on family ministry available right now, Family Ministry Field Guide is a must-have resource. Dr. Timothy Paul Jones skillfully synchronizes a biblical view of the natural family, the faith family, and a passion for bringing generations together to see the gospel of Jesus Christ passed on to children yet to be born.

Dr. Jones puts to right many of the statistical nightmares we hear about so frequently and helps us reframe our perspectives of family ministry by asking insightful questions. He properly directs our gaze toward the gospel in terms of our motivations, goals, and our views of children, youth, and their families.

Not only is this book like having a heart-to-heart with the author, but it is interlaced with excellent questions, team discussion guides, and appendices to assist in developing a family ministry that fits your church. Use this as a field-tested guide to lead you and others into a family ministry that will pass faith on for generations to come.
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Emily Chisek
3.0 out of 5 stars It is a good book, idea wise
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2017
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I am currently reading this book for seminary. It is a good book, idea wise. I'm taking stars off because I'm reading the kindle edition and the formatting is awful! You have to scroll over for chars and extended quotes or side bars, and you end up losing/not seeing the whole chart or quote. In addition, some are cut off and I don't have all of the information that should be in the side bar. I know it's cut off because it might stop mid word. Spend the extra money for the physical book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for every Family Ministry leader!
Reviewed in Canada on June 7, 2020
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This is a very practical, well-written book that will help any church implement a family-ministry strategy. Highly recommend.
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5.0 out of 5 stars love it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2014
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eye opening information! this book is so accurate illustration for Youth Ministry wannabe. Please read it if you are going into youth ministry as a full time ministry.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2017
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