Family Ministries exists to serve the church by serving families through:
Education, which fosters biblical principles of relationship;
Nurture, which heals and helps all people as connected to a family; and
Discipleship, which informs and protects the family as a divinely ordained institution.
MINISTRY PROCLAMATIONS:
Premise: Truth is intended to be experienced through covenant relationships with God and within marriage, family, and the Church.
Proposition: Family ministry is the context of equipping people to experience God’s truth through covenant love in relationships.
Passion: We are compelled to bless the heart of God by experiencing great commandment love and fulfilling the great commission in covenant with one another.
Partnership: The family ministry t.e.a.m. exists to affirm the family as divinely instituted, elevate the concept of family ministry in the local church, provide family ministers, full-time and volunteer, effective ministry resources and training, and enhance the credibility of family ministers with skill-based knowledge and certification.
MINISTRY OBJECTIVES:
To integrate the priority of family ministry into the life of the church
To minister to clergy and lay marriages through enrichment retreats and programs
To produce resources applicable for local church family ministry
To publish a family ministry magazine that is inspirational and educational in nature
To issue a quarterly newsletter that addresses cultural issues impacting the family and church
To offer training that increases skill-based knowledge
To equip family ministers through certification
To enlist family ministers as T.E.A.M. participants
To articulate a theology of family in the Pentecostal context
To assist training institutions in developing a Twenty-first Century family ministry paradigm
MINISTRY STRATEGIES:
Increase awareness of family needs
Enlist support for family ministry emphasis
Offer education to constituency about challenges facing the family
Partner with departments and para-church agencies for optimal ministry effect
Train clergy trainers who can provide training to local churches
Equip spouses and parents for healthy family living
