Friday, August 14, 2009

Children's Programs in the Church

I started reading a new book, Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham Jr. His beliefs are very similar to Kevin Swanson's. He talks about how the majority of Christians believe that the role of the church is to disciple the youth. This is the main reason why 70-88 percent of Christian teens leave the church by their 2nd year in college. Parents do not believe that their role is to disciple their own kids! He goes on to say that the bible clearly says that the role of discipleship is with the parents and not the church. The church's main role is to "equip the saints for the work of ministry" (Ephesians 4:12). We, as parents, need to take the responsibility to not only disciple our own children but to also share this same message with passion to other believers. My prayer is for my wife and I to learn from God everyday how to disciple and love our 2 sons, Joshua and Caleb.

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