Articles for tag: Parent

July 1, 2022

The Slavery of the Digital World

How to Break the Chains and Build a Tech-Wise Life for You and Your Children By Tyler McKenzie I believe history will remember 2007 as a defining year. Why? In 2007, a nuclear-sized tech explosion occurred. Facebook transitioned from a college to global phenomenon. Twitter went global. “The cloud” took off. Hadoop began expanding the ability of any company to store and analyze enormous amounts of unstructured data (which enabled big data and cloud computing). Amazon released its first Kindle. Google introduced Android. And (drumroll please) Steve Jobs introduced the first-generation iPhone. As I mentioned in my May/June Engage column

November 2, 2019

Christian Standard

Family & Relationships Parenting

Family Ministry: Re-engaging Parents to Be the Primary Influencers of their Children

By Becky Drish For hundreds of years, parents recognized their role as the faith leaders in their families. That gradually changed over the past 100 to 200 years. Now, many regular churchgoers look to the church to fulfill that leadership role. As churches and children’s ministry leaders, we need to re-empower parents. Fortunately, that has begun to happen through a modern family ministry approach that has been making a steady, solid entrance into the children’s and youth ministry field over the last decade. If you frequent children’s or youth ministry conferences, you surely have seen sessions dedicated to this approach.

March 7, 2010

Kent Paris

Ethics & Moral Issues Sexuality

Searching for Causes of Homosexuality

Kent Paris offers a historical and pastoral overview of homosexuality, counseling, family dynamics, and ministry care, arguing that church leaders should understand the complexity behind same-gender struggles.

June 14, 2009

Shan Wood

Church & Ministry Community Outreach

A Long Ministry

Ken Wood’s decades of ministry at Tonawanda Church of Christ show how long-term faithfulness can shape a congregation, serve a community, and build trust across generations.

August 31, 2008

Curtis Booher and Phyllis Fox

Church & Ministry Youth & Children's Ministry

Parents Matter

Parent ministry and teen faith come together as Curtis Booher and Phyllis Fox show how parents, youth leaders, and churches can strengthen relationships, nurture belief, and help teenagers remain connected to church.