Youth Ministry
Intermediate

The Family and Youth Ministry: Partnering with Parents

Uniting Church and Home in Discipling Young People

A biblical study of the vital partnership between youth ministry and the family. This course examines God's design for the family as the primary discipling context, equipping parents for spiritual leadership, intergenerational faith formation, and ministry to families in crisis. Students will learn to build bridges between church ministries and the home.

David BeraruNKJV
Free
Non-Accreditation Notice: This course does not grant academic credit, a college degree, or government-recognized credentials. It is for religious education and ministry training purposes only.

What You'll Learn

Understand the divine mandate of parental discipling within the Covenant framework.
Identify the theological synthesis between the local church ecclesiology and the domestic altar.
Develop practical strategies for empowering parents as the primary catalysts of youth spiritual formation.
Formulate an intergenerational ministry model that transcends demographic silos.

Course Introduction

Welcome to this intensive study on the theological foundations of the home-church partnership. As Apostolic ministers, we must recognize that the family is not merely a social unit, but a divine embassy of the Kingdom. We will explore how the local church acts as a supporting structure to the foundational discipleship ordained to occur under the priesthood of parents.

Curriculum

9 lessons

Course Details

Materials: Lectures to My Students by Charles Spurgeon (https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/spurgeon/Lectures%20to%20My%20Students%20-%20Spurgeon.pdf); The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (https://www.ccel.org/ccel/k/kempis/imitation/cache/imitation.pdf)

Translation: NKJV

Level: Intermediate

Passing Score: 70%

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