A child who sees grace lived out in front of him at home and at church is much more inclined toward staying committed to a relationship with God into adulthood. In Connecting Church & Home Tim Kimmel gives a vital message to church ministry leaders and parents equally, making this a must-read for all involved in sharing faith with the next generation. Kimmel gives a comprehensive strategy to churches for family ministry as well as a plan for parents seeking to pass their faith to the next generation. He shares valuable tools for the local church to use to build strong family ministry. The Family Ministry Map, created by Kimmel, is explained in details as well as examples of the program put into practice given in this book. He also teaches parents how to translate every part of ministry they are exposed to at church into spiritual training at home. Readers of Grace-Based Parenting will find this new book a great follow-up to assist in transfering every part of their faith into the lives of their children.
This is a book about starting at the right place. Some prefer to focus on the path we take or the destination we ultimately reach. Obviously these deserve their place in the sun, and we'll weigh in on them before we're done. But where we start, it's the most critical point. It defines our journeys as well as our objectives: whether it's raising a family, maintaining friendships, making a living or wasting time, etc. And it definately has the defining impact on how parents and church team up to produce a new generation of passionate followers of Jesus. That's why I want to begin with a definition, two, in fact. Since just about every word in the dictionary has multiple ways of being described, it's obvious that these definitions don't cover the totality of these two words. But they clearly help us dial in on the bigger discussion we're going to have in this book. Family: the domestic church; Church: a gathering of domestic churches. Obviously some people appear to be flying solo when they show up for church. We like to call them "singles" but that's really an illusion. No one is truly single. Everyone is part of a family, regardless of how healthy it is (or was). Most of us that show up for church walk from the parking lot with the people we live with throughout the week. We represent the families that make up the shared body of our churches. This book is about how a family leverages its collective assets to raise the spiritual stock value of its local church. . . and how a local church leverages its collective assets to raise the spiritual stock value of its families . . . and both of these are done with the combined goal of enhancing God's power and presence within our culture. There's a reason why it would be nice if both families and churches got on the same page. We need each other. More importantly, God always expected us to.
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