Shift: What it Takes to Finally Reach Families Today

by Brian Haynes

Paperback, 2009

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Description

Whether you have a full-blown family ministry in place or you're just getting started, Shift gives you a practical, workable plan that equips parents to be faith influencers in their homes--and you won't have to reconfigure your entire ministry to make it happen! Shift gets you in gear with tools that make better use of seven rites of passage your church is most likely already celebrating...already marking as families move through their faith journey together. The Birth of a Baby Faith Commitment Preparing for Adolescence Commitment to Purity Passage to Adulthood High School Graduation Life in Christ As you tap into the natural patterns of child development and family, you'll motivate parents when they're most open to shaping their children's faith. Shift puts family discipleship--at church and at home--on one simple, common path. One home at a time, you can move a fledgling family ministry effort to one that's firing on all 6 cylinders! This is a family ministry approach that's attainable and sustainable.… (more)

Publication

Group Publishing (2009), Edition: 40020th, 139 pages

Rating

½ (6 ratings; 3.6)

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LibraryThing member revslick
Brian outlines his and his churches journey from the church model as a drop off spot for spiritual formation of children to enabling parents to become teachers and facilitators of religious formation.
This is a fantastic book for church staff and leaders that are ready to take the next step in
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redesigning their spiritual formation from K-12. Don't try to replicate it, but let the book be a starting point in the discussion at your location with your specific cultural situations (local circumstances, denominational, culture, theological, etc. etc.). Shift presents the first step in redirecting parents to a more healthy role and relationship with their children; however, resistance will be strong. I'd love to see how or if this morphs after 10 years application.
Critiques: (theological quibbles and difference of opinion in the rite of passage section). Also, I would have liked some mention of single parents (the whole book assumed nuclear family atmosphere). Lastly, the Milestone reference material had a lot of conservative material and needed some progressive material to balance it out.
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