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In Perspectives on Family Ministry, Timothy Paul Jones makes the case that every church is called to some form of family ministry—but what he means by "family ministry" isn’t simply one more program to add to an already-packed schedule! According to Jones, the most effective family ministries involve refocusing every church process to engage parents in the process of discipling their children and...

First, there’s the family-integrated ministry model. This model is also known as a family-driven or family discipleship approach. Several years ago, Malan Nel advocated a position similar to the family-integrated model in South African churches, using the term inclusive-congregational ministry.9 Family-integrated ministry is by far the most radical model. In a family-integrated church, all age-graded classes and events are eliminated. That’s right: No youth group, no children’s
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