It Starts at Home: A Practical Guide to Nurturing Lifelong Faith - Softcover

Bruner, Kurt; Stroope, Steve

 
9780802419583: It Starts at Home: A Practical Guide to Nurturing Lifelong Faith

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As Your Children Grow, Will Their Faith Grow Too?

As both stories and statistics attest, the number of evangelical children who abandon Christianity in adulthood is staggering. To see effective change, parents cannot leave their child&;s faith to chance. Rather, families must start nurturing faith early&;you cannot start once your child is grown, you must start at home.

Strengthening family and home life is the best way to encourage your children to maintain a lifelong faith. It Starts at Home upholds marriage and family as the proving ground for lasting success. Experienced pastors Kurt Bruner and Steve Stroope provide a clear purpose, an effective strategy, and a simple plan for anyone who wants to be intentional in their homes. Their insights will help leaders recalibrate their priorities by asking them to evaluate their leadership where it counts most. This newly revised edition evaluates the current trends families and young adults face that can contribute to this crisis. Don&;t let your child&;s faith fade to memory&;learn how you can create a home that will prepare them for lifelong faith.

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KURT BRUNER hosts DriveFaithHome.com to help churches reach and disciple busy families. He has worked with hundreds of churches as they customize a ministry model pioneered while he served as pastor of spiritual formation at the 20,000 member Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas. The bestselling author of more than twenty books, Kurt spent twenty years with Focus on the Family where he served as Vice President over films, books, magazines, radio drama, broadcasting, and other media groups including the popular Adventures in Odyssey team.

STEVE STROOPE is Lead Pastor of Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas. He also provides coaching to partnership churches and missionaries throughout the world. He is a sought-after speaker and is the co-author of Money Matters in the Church. A graduate of Hardin Simmons University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Steve and his wife, Marsha, have two grown daughters and four grandchildren.

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Discover God's Design for Your Family


Instead of relying solely on pastors, youth leaders, and ministries, learn how you can help give your child a foundation for lifelong faith. With It Starts at Home, you can become empowered, encouraged, and equipped to establish your home as the primary haven of your child's spiritual formation. Learn how your marriage can lay the foundation for you to become intentional parents who see your children flourish in their love for the Lord. This newly revised edition includes steps for how churches and ministry leaders can support families in this vital mission.


"One of the most insightful leaders in America is Steve Stroope. Now Steve has tackled one of the most critical needs today: building strong families. It Starts at Home is one of the most important books to read this year."
--Rick Warren, founding pastor, Saddleback Community Church; author of The Purpose Driven(R) Life

"Faith-formation begins at home--for better or worse. No one has done more to make that reality clear and practical than my friend and ministry partner, Kurt Bruner. I urge every leader to read It Starts at Home as a first step toward joining one of the most important movements of this generation."
--Dr. John Trent, president, Center for Strong Families; coauthor of The Blessing

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ISBN 10:  0802453252 ISBN 13:  9780802453259
Verlag: Moody Publishers, 2010
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