A lot of media attention has been given to the failure of Christians to pass on their faith to the next generation. The statistics are alarming. And yet the church has probably never made children a greater priority or had better programs for them.
Clearly, church programs are not the problem. The flip side of this is that church programs are not the solution.
This video by Kurt Bruner shows a beautiful analogy of God's model for faith development:
There is no greater influence on the development of a child's faith than
the influence of their parents. In fact, the research shows that
parents are 2-3 times more influential than even the best of youth
ministry programs. It's time for us to get back to the basics--back to God's design for passing on the faith.
Just found your site through the comment you left us on When You Rise. I love these ideas on prayer and am excited to read more ideas from you! And thanks for linking up to our prayer cards. God bless! :)
ReplyDeleteOops! Meant to leave this comment on the prayer post, but I couldn't agree more about the best training being at home too! ;)
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