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Pursuing Family Ministry

Pursuing Family Ministry. Prepared by Teachable Heart Ministries. Pursing Family Ministry. Ministering to unsaved loved ones Friends and family The fulfillment of seeing them come to Christ

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Pursuing Family Ministry

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  1. Pursuing FamilyMinistry Prepared by Teachable Heart Ministries

  2. Pursing Family Ministry • Ministering to unsaved loved ones • Friends and family • The fulfillment of seeing them come to Christ • Seeking opportunities to be a source of encouragement, blessing, counsel, provide practical needs, or acts of kindness

  3. Family is Ministry • The very heart of ministry and evangelism • The most effective spread of the Gospel • Children naturally cross barriers which parents find daunting, they naturally witness • Christian families are magnetic, people notice there is a difference in the family unit • Parenthood opens people to spiritual realities • How do we more effective minister through family

  4. Keep an Open House • Sometimes inconvenient, sometimes disruptive • Benefits will far out weigh inconvenience • Hospitality will increase influence • 1 Timothy 3:2 …ready to welcome guests • An open house builds the body of Christ

  5. Like Your Children’s Friends • Be sincere and never patronizing, show them some respect • Cherish children and you will have opportunity to minister to them and their parents. • People appreciate what you do for their children provided you respect boundaries.

  6. Pray for other people’s children • Open your heart to those who need to see the heart of God • Pray regularly for your children’s friends and pray with your children for both them and their friends • Model a sense of community • Make yourself available to minister to others

  7. Be a Source of Neighborhood Fun • Model a Christian family as happy and life affirming • Pool Parties, backyard campfires and BBQs, wacky Olympics, summer break fun days, game nights, Birthday parties, Easter Egg Hunts, camping trips, trips to the beach, sliding, skating, Treasure Hunts

  8. Be kind to your Neighbors • The key to hearts • Colossians 3:14 “And beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.” • Love is manifested in acts of kindness • Minster to their physical need and you will have opportunity to minister to their spiritual need

  9. Become involved in the Community • If you want to witness to people outside your church you must find time to spend with people outside the church • Coaching, sports teams, play groups, school, library, community center events, your children’s friends, their parents, extended family (cousins), and co-workers

  10. The Benefits • Serving together as a family- helping the neighbor paint the fence • Fellowship- eat with the sinners, the tax collectors, and the prostitutes- Christ did! • Learn boldness to evangelize from your children • Practicing a worshipful lifestyle- what you have done for the least of these brothers of His, you have done to Him.

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