Family Ministry

We live in a society of broken homes. Having parents in the home doesn't mean that parenting is actually happening. Parenting is a God-given task that ensures young children are protected and nurtured into maturity in the fear and admonition of the Lord. But America and the church face a crisis of parenting: detached or absentee fathers, single mothers, and grandparents raising the next generation.

"It sounded at first like something out of an old horror movie. I thought maybe someone was just playing around, but then I heard it again and again, a loud piercing cry, and less like Hollywood every time. The windows were down in my police cruiser on that warm fall day, but I still couldn’t tell where the sounds came from. I began looking around for the unlikely sight of someone being disemboweled in a mall parking lot on a Saturday afternoon. Seeing nothing, and still hearing the screams, I called in a “disturbance”.... Around the next corner I found the source of the commotion.

There's nothing like being a parent. Parenting is the absolute greatest and most honorable job on earth. It's also the most difficult, terrifying, amazing, and most fulfilling job on earth. That's the reason for this book - to provide you with the encouragement and instruction necessary to raise up your children to be respectful, intelligent, confident, compassionate, responsible, and godly people.

Kids have a way of saying things adults would never say and revealing profound - even biblical - truths in their unfiltered, unedited commentary on the world. In this inspiring audiobook, Jon Guager shares important lessons he learned about God by observing kids. Each anecdote teaches the Christian a familiar truth through a less familiar vehicle.

Our children are dying at an alarming rate because of gang violence. Bitter Fruit: The Street Ministry is the story of a 15-year-old girl named Carol who rose in ranks of the Gangster Disciple family organization to become a G-Queen. Destiny thrust Carol into a gangster lifestyle. Sexual abuse caused her to be placed in the foster care system. Carol slid down a slippery slope into the evil perils of gang violence. Although the novel is set in 1994, the lives of these characters reveal the same gangster mindset that young people maintain today.

The wisest counselor to a Christian Marriage is God! "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: For it was founded upon a rock" (Matthew 7:24,25). Divorce is expensive and can lead to a lifetime of pain. Marriage is too important to get it wrong! Whether you are just starting out, or seeking restoration to your marriage, know exactly what God's advice is for your marriage.

From one of America' s most extraordinary educators comes this guide for parents and teachers to help children achieve their dreams. Life presents us with certain opportunities, but how we use them is what counts. As one of America' s most beloved and respected educators, Marva Collins illustrates how values help us to navigate our way. They guide us to what is important— to ourselves, to our families, to our communities, and to humankind.

This best-selling classic encourages and equips Christian men to lead their families successfully through hazards and ambushes like divorce, promiscuity, suicide, and drug addiction. Men will find practical insight on topics such as a father's influence, maintaining purity, and husband-and-wife teamwork. In this war, renowned men's author Steve Farrar emphasizes, Jesus Christ is looking for men who will not die but live for their families.

How Children Raise Parents provides a bold new paradigm by showing that parenting is the process God uses to help parents grow up. This liberating approach helps parents learn to prize what they're being taught by their child's quirks, failures, and normal childhood dilemmas, rather than worrying about what their children will accomplish in life.

Who Are Unchurched Harry and Mary? He or she could be the neighbor who is perfectly happy without God. Or the coworker who scoffs at Christianity. Or the supervisor who uses Jesus’ name only as profanity. Or the family member who can’t understand why religion is so important. Inside the Mind...

Published by Christian Faith Publishing, Teresa M. Cooper’s new book is a highly original, biblically inspired guide that teaches listeners there’s no limit to what they might accomplish should they only keep faith and dare to ask God’s assistance. Crammed with wisdom and transformative insights throughout, this inspirational book combines touching, highly relatable personal anecdotes along with vibrant biblical characters to provide a refreshing, motivational fillip to the dreams and ambitions of listeners of all ages and ilks.

This book is a simple guide on how to write a covenant and watch God's word come to pass in your life. Brenda Zintgaff and her husband Tom are the founders of Harvest Church in Temple, Texas. Brenda, as a young mother some 36 years ago, perceived that her prayers seemed to be bouncing off the ceiling. She found herself desperate to find an answer. One night, a revelation of how to write a covenant captured her soul. Hebrews 4:12 opened her eyes to the alive and active word of God and gave her insight on how to change history and the lives of her family.

Standing in the midst of majesty and might, Jesus said that if we have faith as small as a mustard seed, we can look at the mountains in the distance, tell them to move, and they will (Matthew 17:20). But what happens when our faith is smaller than the smallest of all seeds? What happens when the mountains won't move? The purpose of this book is to equip and exhort Christians to survive the most difficult days of life so that the mountains that won't move will move before them.

The New Mom's Guide to Dealing with Dad helps moms understand the special pressures that new dads feel. It shows how you can help your husband find his own fathering style, how the two of you can stay connected during those chaotic days, and how you can put each other first. You can do this! The New Mom's Guides are here to help.

In the moments of temptation, weakness and doubt... you can overcome the World, the Flesh, and the Devil with this tool. It's designed specifically for your edification! This book of 20 identity-establishing exhortations will encourage you over and over, again. Grow stronger spiritually every day as God reveals Holy Bible insights, all regarding your true identity in Christ.

In Praying for the Prodigal, Andrea Merrell shares her journey with two prodigals and how God protected them, restored them, and brought them back from the flames of death and hell. She gives you practical survival tips to help you keep your sanity in the midst of the crisis, such as establishing boundaries, avoiding the blame game, and learning how to pray the word of God over your children daily. You will be encouraged by advice straight from the prodigals, and your faith will be strengthened by 30 days of prayers and scriptures.

A message to my daughter to help guide her along life's journey of dating, courtship, and marriage.

Men often do not take the time to learn about their wife's need for romance. So, when his bride expresses her frustration, he will often inquire through exasperation: "Just tell me what to do and I will do it." Ladies often respond with something like this: "If I have to tell you what to do, then it is not romantic. That doesn't count." So, what is a guy to do? Guys often do nothing, and then get blindsided by their wife's unhappiness. Romance is an important part of marriage.

Trust God's Word for answering your prayers and being a part of the family of God/prosperity. This audiobook will connect you to the word of God and inspire others around you.

Mothers of the Bible takes you inside the lives of 12 biblical mothers whose struggles to live with faith and courage are much like yours. Through their successes and failures alike, these women from long ago will encourage you and strengthen you in your challenging and rewarding role as a mother.