CM TeleSummit – Why Family Ministry Is Not an Option – Rob Rienow
Here is my next installment of notes from the CMTelesummit.
- Talk from D6 conference
- VisionaryParenting.com
- Rainer – What percentage of people who say they’re Christian and can explain the basics of the gospel?
- Before 1946: 65%
- Between 1946-1964: 35%
- Between 1965-1976 15%
- Between 1976-1994: 4%
- Evangelism and discipleship in crisis, and it’s a generational crisis
- Not a crisis of the church, but a crisis of the home
- Up until 1900, no confusion in church about who’s job it was to pass faith on to kids
- Starting in late 1890’s new experiment – age segregated, church building based evangelism and discipleship to kids
- Failed experiment
- New in context of Christian history
- Since 1900, no generation with more faith than their parents
- Conclusions
- Key work we have to do is theological
- Three theological foundations
- The biblical purpose of parenting and grand-parenting is to impress the hearts of children with a love for God.
- Authentic real community happens in families
- God’s discipleships groups – called families
- The biblical purpose of parenting and grand-parenting is to impress the hearts of children with a love for God.
- God has designed the family as an essential engine of world evangelization through the power of multi-generational faithfulness
- Families continue to raise up multi-generational followers of God
- The biblical purpose of parenting and grand-parenting is to impress the hearts of children with a love for God.
- Taught up to 1900’s as Theology of Families
- If can’t prove it theologically, then it’s just another new idea
- Next section of talk is biblical support for three theological foundations. For more info and support, see http://visionaryparenting.com/documents/the%20family%20and%20gods%20plan%20for%20the%20world.doc