“No one has more potential to influence parents than the church.” –Reggie Joiner, Founder and CEO of the reThink Group
“Michael Chanley's book brings us all together and gets us working off the same blueprint. Let the collaboration begin.” –Fred Stoeker, author of Every Man's Battle
As our culture continues to slide rapidly into moral relativism and Christ is pushed firmly out the door of modern society, the church and concerned Christian parents are scrambling to find effective methods for training up a child in the ways of God.
Such is the focus of Collaborate: an unprecedented collaboration of remarkable ministers, teachers, leaders and thinkers, blending their ideas on how you can connect family + church. Collaborate’s 200 pages offer powerful answers from 35 of the country’s top innovators in the field of Family Ministry. Michael Chanley, family ministry leader at Southeast Christian Church and a resource networking specialist, coordinates input from the contributing writers and provides a compelling introduction to the book’s content.
The “family ministry movement” is gaining speed, and Reggie Joiner, Collaborate contributor and founder of ORANGE, neatly sums up the book’s focus when he advises that churches must stop focusing children’s faith building solely on the 40 hours they spend in church each year. Instead, they also must focus on leveraging the 3,000-plus hours that parents spend with their children.
Other well-known Collaborate contributors include Brian Haynes, author of Shift: What It Takes to Finally Reach Families Today; Yancy, one of today’s “worship rock stars;” Jim Wideman, a leadership coach; and Fred Stoeker, author of Every Man’s Battle.
Collaborate is written for senior ministers, church leaders, student and family ministers who want all of their church’s ministries to serve as a catalyst that reenergizes families’ faith lives. The book also is written for parents who want to learn how they can best work with the church to impress the things of God upon the hearts and minds of this generation.
Within its pages, readers will find easy-to-read insights into what leading authorities have found to work well. There is something for churches of all sizes, and the plentiful nuggets of wisdom can save churches precious time and limited resources as they build a God-honoring church family.
For readers who fear that we are just one generation away from losing our Christian faith, Collaborate has arrived just in time to give some desperately needed answers to a most pressing concern.
