WHAT IS THE PARENT’S ROLE IN FAMILY MINISTRY?
All parents (traditional parents, single parents, blended family parents, grand parents, foster parents, legal guardians, etc.) of NBFamilies embrace their God ordained role as faith influencers, as disciple-makers, as teachers of God's word in their children's lives. Every Christian parent must become significant and consistent conveyor of God's word in their children’s lives.
WHAT IS THE CHURCH’S ROLE IN FAMILY MINISTRY?
NBFamilies is the process of intentionally and persistently realigning New Beginnings Church’s proclamation and practices so that parents are acknowledged, trained, engaged, and held accountable as the primary persons responsible for the discipleship of their children.
Parents will play a major in the life of their kids – it could be good, but it could be bad.
One of the longest debates in Western history concerns the relative influence of genetic and environmental factors on human behavioral differences. This is called the nature-nurture debate. The reality is that both factors influence behavior.
Nature: There is the genetic role – you are going to look like and in many ways act like your parents. You don’t get to pick you parents. But if they hadn’t picked each other there would be no you. You had better get used to the fact that God formed you out of a creative mixture of your parent’s genes. You can complain about it, fight it, regret it, but the one thing you can’t do is change it.
Nurture: Then there is the environmental role. What is important in your life? What do you kids see that is important to you? What are you passionate about? What are your kids seeing? There will be external, environmental factors that influence your kid’s future.
How you answer these questions about Nurture will determine how you nurture your kids – good and bad.
Below is a fun little video that proves this point. Watch all the way to the end and watch this little boy’s parent’s passion emerge.
All parents (traditional parents, single parents, blended family parents, grand parents, foster parents, legal guardians, etc.) of NBFamilies embrace their God ordained role as faith influencers, as disciple-makers, as teachers of God's word in their children's lives. Every Christian parent must become significant and consistent conveyor of God's word in their children’s lives.
WHAT IS THE CHURCH’S ROLE IN FAMILY MINISTRY?
NBFamilies is the process of intentionally and persistently realigning New Beginnings Church’s proclamation and practices so that parents are acknowledged, trained, engaged, and held accountable as the primary persons responsible for the discipleship of their children.
Parents will play a major in the life of their kids – it could be good, but it could be bad.
One of the longest debates in Western history concerns the relative influence of genetic and environmental factors on human behavioral differences. This is called the nature-nurture debate. The reality is that both factors influence behavior.
Nature: There is the genetic role – you are going to look like and in many ways act like your parents. You don’t get to pick you parents. But if they hadn’t picked each other there would be no you. You had better get used to the fact that God formed you out of a creative mixture of your parent’s genes. You can complain about it, fight it, regret it, but the one thing you can’t do is change it.
Nurture: Then there is the environmental role. What is important in your life? What do you kids see that is important to you? What are you passionate about? What are your kids seeing? There will be external, environmental factors that influence your kid’s future.
How you answer these questions about Nurture will determine how you nurture your kids – good and bad.
Below is a fun little video that proves this point. Watch all the way to the end and watch this little boy’s parent’s passion emerge.
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