Tending the flock : congregations and family ministry
Many churches are unprepared to face the challenges inherent in family life today. Others, though, have developed innovative and exciting responses. In this book, case studies provide insights and strategies to help develop a practical theological perspective on family ministry. This new perspective represents a fresh and powerful witness to...
Print Book, English, ©1998
1st ed
Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky., ©1998
Case studies
x, 219 pages ; 23 cm.
9780664256272, 0664256279
39013645
Family ministries at Carter Temple CME Church / Lowell Livezey
Saint Vincent de Paul Parish / Michael McGinnis and Maureen Kelly Simone
The braid of generations : a model of family ministry / Brita L. Gill-Austern
A Pentecostal megachurch on the edge : Calvary Church, Naperville, Illinois / Paul D. Numrich
"No doubtful disputation" : a ministry of restoration and reconciliation at city of Refuge Community Church / Sandra Blair
The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago : one congregation's response to the challenges of family life in urban America / Lois Livezey
"I don't mean to offend, but I won't pretend" : experiences of family life for gay men within an African American church / D. Mark Wilson
Informal care, cooperative programs, and deliberate process : the family ministries of a church of language congregations / Barbara McGinnis-Gillispie
Robinson Community AME Church : a church's response of liberation and healing to its community / Denise Senter