Download or read book Marriage Ministry in the 21st Century written by Group Publishing and published by Group Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Choose from more than 200 great ideas that strengthen marriages! Marriage Ministry in the 21st Century is your one-stop resource for building a marriage ministry--and getting couples connecting at your church, enjoying a fresh spark, and growing together in Jesus. # Tons of powerful guidance and ideas to build marriages in your church, including: Ideas for ministering to engaged couples, newlyweds, and couples going through rocky times. # Couples' nights out (and nights in), movie nights, marriage getaways, and spiritual retreats. # Marriage mentoring insights and how to find potential marriage mentors in your church! # Family-building ideas for families with teenagers, discipline helps, faith building, and relationship building. Information on the skills and disciplines of biblical counseling. # Connecting couples through outreach, service, and small groups! # Counseling tips & encouragement for remarried couples and blended families. # Top-notch stress busters, plus ways for couples to build self-esteem and grow together in unity. # And more!

Download or read book Revitalizing the Institution of Marriage for the Twenty First Century written by Alan J. Hawkins and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2002-01-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As divorce rates in the United States reach alarming levels, the institution of marriage receives more and more criticism as an unrealistic endeavor. However, the contributors to this volume view marriage as a vital social institution, not merely one kind of intimate relationship. They argue for stronger support through legal and policy reform in order to strengthen for the benefit of individuals, communities, and the nation. The contributors address hot-button issues such as same-sex marriage, effects of divorce on children, and the role of fathers in addition to issues such as the permanence of marriage, covenant marriage, and the role of religion in marriage. This work brings together the work of respected legal scholars and social scientists, who articulate why we should care about strengthening the institution of marriage, what we can do, and what challenges we face. Despite dramatic social change, marriage remains a critical social institution that promotes individual, family and community well being. The contributors to this book believe that marriage deserves our best efforts to revitalize it instead of a conscious agenda of benign neglect. Here, assembled in one place, is a clear pro-marriage research and policy agenda aimed at revitalizing this insitution based on principles of the best interests of children, husbands and wives, and society at large. Contributors from both the social sciences and legal studies illuminate critical issues from a variety of important perspectives, providing a comprehensive and respectful treatment of a timely and often divisive subject.

Download or read book Marriage Ministry Guide written by Focus on the Family and published by Gospel Light Publications. This book was released on 2003-05-21 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource is much more than a mere leader's guide for the Focus on the Family Marriage Series; it is a manual for developing and sustaining a ministry to marriages in your church and community. With marriages in our culture-and even the Church- in dire straits, there is a desperate need for the Church and it's leaders to stand in the gap for families and marriages. Gleaned from ministries around the nation, this manual contains information on how and where to begin, types of ministry settings, staffing and organization of the ministry. It also includes basic information on learning styles and how to teach adults, develop lessons and encourage discussion. It will also include reproducible forms, publicity aids and clip art, as well as a listing of additional resources.

Download or read book Marriage Ministry by Design written by Gary H. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your church or ministry will greatly benefit from the information contained within this book. Learn a practical definition for marriage in the church as well as God's design for marriage. Look at the various stages of marriage and the different forms of marriage. And learn how to use the various components of ministry to marriage, including a structure that will greatly enhance your ministry mix. Topics include: Why marriage ministry? Components of marriage ministry Structuring marriage ministry Connecting points for marriage ministry

Download or read book Bible Foundations for Marriage Family Living in the 21st Century written by Conrad A. Reichert and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author offers a Bible-based marriage and family blueprint. (Relationships)

Download or read book The Focus on the Family Marriage Ministry Guide written by Focus on the Family and published by Bethany House Publishers. This book was released on 2003-05-21 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource is much more than a mere leader's guide for the Focus on the Family Marriage Series; it is a manual for developing and sustaining a ministry to marriages in your church and community. With marriages in our culture--and even the church--in dire straits, there is a desperate need for the church and its leaders to stand in the gap for families and marriages. Gleaned from ministries around the nation, this manual contains information on how and where to begin, types of ministry settings, staffing, and organization of the ministry. It also includes basic information on learning styles and how to teach adults, develop lessons, and encourage discussion. It will also include reproducible forms, publicity aids, and clip art, as well as a listing of additional resources.

Download or read book The Marriage Friendly Church written by Daniel F. Camp and published by 21st Century Christian. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is your church really teaching and practicing concerning Christian marriage? The truth might surprise you. It certainly serves as a wake up call to church leaders that we MUST be intentional about helping our married folk. Bill Perkins, Preaching Minister, Central Church of Christ Athens, AL Danny's writing is skillful as well as engaging. Read five pages and you'll be hooked. Read the whole book and you'll start looking for ways to change how your church ministers to couples. Dale Jenkins, Evangelist/Pulpit Minister Spring Meadows Church of Christ Spring Hill, TN It's a great book. We have to educate others on this topic and [this] book will be instrumental in doing just that. Jennifer Garcia, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Association of Marriage and Family Ministries I want to get a copy into the hands of every eldership, elder board, and person I know who has a heart for marriage ministry. What a needed volume! John Conger, PhD, CFLE Family and Consumer Sciences Lipscomb University Dr. Camp offers as assessment process whereby churches are able to explore the local church's thought, feelings, and theology of marriage. Dr. Camp is helping us build a bridge between church and theology of marriage. Nathan Pickard, Preaching Minister Newmarket Church of Christ Ontario, Canada Dr. Daniel Camp and his wife Lisa have three children; two daughters and a son. After earning a B.A. degree from Lipscomb University, he served as a youth and family minister in Portland, TN. He is currently serving as the Family Life Minister at the Smyrna Church of Christ in Smyrna, TN. In addition to a B.A., Dr. Camp earned a Master of Arts in Religion and a Master of Divinity degree from Lipscomb University and completed a Doctor of Ministry degree at Abilene Christian University, focusing on the theology and ecclesiology of marriage. He is the co-director and co-founder of Remembering Our First Love Marriage Ministries, and The Marriage Blog (www.rememberingourfirstlove.blogspot.com) which is his weekly post for helping couples have a better marriage. Dr. Camp has a passion for helping churches reclaim Christ-centered marriage as a powerful witness of the goodness of God in our world.

Download or read book Senior Adult Ministry in the 21st Century written by David P. Gallagher and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Guide for Senior Adult Ministry Over one quarter of Americans are age fifty or older. This sizable group has unique needs and requires specialized ministry. In this resource, pastor to senior adults Dr. David Gallagher offers invaluable insights, practical ideas, and successful strategies for ministering effectively to people over 50. In this book you'll find: Ð THE BIG PICTURE AND NUTS AND BOLTS OF SENIOR ADULT MINISTRY. This book offers a fresh framework of ministry goals and vision, as well as the practical insights to accomplish them. It includes steps for effective senior adult ministry, characteristics of senior adults, ways to involve senior adults in ministry, and more! Ð 150 SOLID GOLD MINISTRY TIPS, TIME-SAVERS, AND LIFE-SAVERS. This priceless help will be useful to both those new and experienced at senior adult ministry. Ð POWERFUL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. These tested and proven-effective ideas help meet the social, emotional and spiritual needs of seniors! Ð REPRODUCIBLE WORKSHEETS AND HANDOUTS. Found in most chapters, you'll find these reproducible helps invaluable for sparking creativity for all areas of senior adult ministry. A must-have, fresh, new resource for churches who truly desire to effectively reach everyone in their community.

Download or read book The Fight for Marriage written by Phillip F. Cramer and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For leaders in governments and in churches, marriage equality is the most contentious civil-rights dispute in the 21st century. During an era where nearly half of all marriages end in divorce, same-gender couples now have the federal civil right to marry, too. At a time when 62 percent of Americans approve of same-gender marriage, according to June 2017 Pew Research, churches are having to come to terms with whether to recognize and affirm these faithful partnerships as sacred covenants. Attorneys Harbison and Cramer, faithful and active members of a United Methodist congregation, brought one of the cases to the US Supreme Court, which resulted in the 2015 landmark decision that permits persons of the same gender to marry. They bring a unique legal and cultural perspective to the controversy. For the three couples Harbison and Cramer represented, marriage is not an "issue" to be resolved. Marriage is rather a sign for these couples of their faithful promise to love each other until they depart this life. "Each couple married for several reasons, including their commitment to love and support one another, to demonstrate their mutual commitment to their family, friends, and colleagues, and to show others that they should be treated as a family. They also married to make a legally binding mutual commitment, to join their resources together in a legal unit, and to be treated by others as a legal family unit, rather than as legally unrelated individuals. Finally, each couple married so that they could access the legal responsibilities of marriage to protect themselves and their families, just as heterosexual couples do." Aleta A. Trauger, Federal Judge With a first-hand account of the respectful courtroom drama concerning marriage in American communities and states, Harbison and Cramer show why states care about marriage, why the church got involved in marriage more than a thousand years after Jesus's earthly ministry, and how the church and the state function in partnership to foster the purposes and social benefits of marriage. From the Faultlines collection, resources intended to inform conversations around human sexuality and the church.

Download or read book Aging Successfully written by David P. Gallagher and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aging Successfully offers suggestions for greater satisfaction and happiness for people over age fifty. It raises spiritual and emotional issues such as how to deal with depression and gives specific action steps. This book is packed full of practical help; it is a road map for aging, especially during economically challenging days. This practical, easy-to-read book provides wisdom and time-tested counsel for a happy and highly productive second half of life. When Dave Gallagher was considering retirement, he wanted help with financial planning and retirement living options, so he began compiling resources. Dr. Gallagher combines the information he gained with principles that he gained in working with hundreds of people over the years, and compiled them into this book. The principles come from personal experience, research, and helping people age successfully. The author draws from his experience of ten years as senior pastor in an age-restricted community designed to reach people over age fifty.

Download or read book Youth Ministry in the 21st Century Youth Family and Culture written by Chap Clark and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many philosophies and strategies that drive today's youth ministry. To most people, they are variations on a single goal: to make faithful disciples of young people. However, digging deeper into various programs, books, and concepts reveals substantive differences among approaches. Bestselling author Chap Clark is one of the leading voices in youth ministry today. In this multiview work, he brings together a diverse group of leaders to present major views on youth ministry. Chapters are written in essay/response fashion by Fernando Arzola, Greg Stier, Ron Hunter, Brian Cosby, and Chap Clark. As the contributors present their views and respond to each of the other views, they discuss their task and calling, giving readers the resources they need to develop their own approach to youth ministry. Offering a model of critical thinking and respectful dialogue, this volume provides a balanced, irenic approach to a topic with which every church wrestles.

Download or read book The 21st Century Paradigm Shift for the Pastor and His Wife written by Gail E. Williams and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 'paradigm' is the way you have thought about something all your life. Shifting a 'paradigm' happens when you open your mind to the fact that what you've always thought about something may in fact be different. God is calling for a paradigm shift in ministry. What worked in the past is not working today. Question, can the pastors admit that what they thought about ministry and marriage may in fact be different than what is on the mind of God for today. This book will give you all the necessary tools to "shift." If you would embrace these concepts your marriage and ministry would be phenomenal. Read a powerful letter of confession by a local pastor that was written to his wife and church congregation. "I didn't fight so the spirit of fighting for your marriage is not dominant in this church because I did not usher it in. So when many of your marriages got difficult there was no fight in you because you didn't see someone fighting to save theirs... I wrongly accused her of wanting to be co-pastor when all she wanted was to be my help meet."

Download or read book More Than a Great Wedding 2 written by Daryl Smith and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-25 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weddings are only one small piece of a life-long marriage. Totally rewritten and rearranged, this second edition is directed toward ministry leaders; those leaders who are trying to make sense out of the changing relational landscape of the 21st century. This book is filled with practical tools for guiding healthy relationships and creating wonderful weddings.

Download or read book Good Christians Good Husbands written by Doreen Moore and published by Mentor. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Wesley, George Whitefield & Jonathan Edwards, left an enduring and fruitful legacy through their labours, and they were also married. This book gives us contemporary lessons, offering Biblical guidelines and counsel from modern day Christian leaders.

Download or read book Not Yet Married written by Marshall Segal and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Is Never Mainly About Love and Marriage. So Learn to Live and Date for More. Many of you grew up assuming that marriage would meet all of your needs and unlock God's purposes for you. But God has far more planned for you than your future marriage. Not Yet Married is not about waiting quietly in the corner of the world for God to bring you "the one," but about inspiring you to live and date for more now. If you follow Jesus, the search for a spouse is no longer a pursuit of the perfect person, but a pursuit of more of God. He will likely write a love story for you different than the one you would write for yourself, but that's because he loves you and knows how to write a better story. This book was written to help you find real hope, happiness, and purpose in your not-yet-married life.

Download or read book The Meaning of Marriage Study Guide written by Timothy Keller and published by HarperChristian Resources. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timothy and Kathy Keller will show you a portrait of marriage as it's meant to be according to the Bible...by first throwing out most of what we've been taught about love. Modern culture would have you believe that everyone has a soul mate; that romance is the most important part of a successful marriage; that marriage does not mean 'til death do us part, but merely for as long as my needs are being met; and that when serious differences arise, divorce is the best solution. But all of these modern-day assumptions miss what marriage is really about. In this six-session video-based Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), Timothy Keller, along with Kathy, his wife of forty years, draws a profound portrait of marriage from the pages of Scripture that neither idealizes nor rejects the institution but points us back to the relationship between God and man. The result is a vision for marriage that is refreshingly frank and unsentimental, yet hopeful and beautiful. This study is for anyone from singles to couples considering marriage to those who have been married for any length of time. Sessions include: Service: Marriage Isn't about You Covenant: Created to Make Promises Roles: Loving through Mutual Submission Singleness: Strengthening the Spiritual Family Sex: The Act of Covenant Renewal Hope: Seeing the Great Horizon Designed for use with The Meaning of Marriage Video Study (sold separately).

Download or read book Rocking the Roles written by Robert Lewis and published by NavPress Publishing Group. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far from the restrictions of traditional marriage or the formlessness of modern marriage, a biblical marriage is a blend of structure and equality.