4. Why Family Matters THAT MUCH

6. Genesis 1:27-28

11. What Happens at Home Affects the Church……..!

13. 4 REASONS 1.The family factor is a critical piece of God’s plan for building His kingdom.

14. Church Church-based Discipleship  Word  Prayer  Worship  Christian character building  Community living, etc Building A Strong Church

15. Heaven Christian Living at Home

16. Church-centred Home-supported Professor Ben Freudenburg. ‘Family-friendly Church’

18. Complete Discipleship Structure + ?

19. 19… go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you… Matthew 28:19-20 ?

20. ChurchFamily Church-based Discipleship  Word  Prayer  Worship  Christian character building  Community living, etc Home Discipleship  Relationship with God  Marriage  Parenting  Singlehood  Human sexuality  Missional  Aging care, etc Building A Strong Church +

21. 1.The family factor is a critical piece of God’s plan for building His kingdom. 2.Home discipleship is a key component of the overall discipleship structure of God in His church. 4 REASONS

24. The Biblical Mandate

26. Judges 2:10

27. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Deuteronomy 6:6

29. STRONG MARRIAGE. Ephesians 5:22 ‘Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. … 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church… 33 each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.’ PARENTING. ‘ 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother"… 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children…’ HUMAN SEXUALITY. ‘ 5:31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."’ FAITH BUILDING. ‘ 6:4 Fathers, … bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.’ AGING CARE. ‘ 6:2 Honor your father and mother…’ HOME LEADERSHIP. ‘ 5:23 ‘For the husband is the head of the wife…’

31. Home Discipleship  Relationship with God  Marriage  Parenting  Singlehood  Human sexuality  Missional  Aging care, etc ….....

32. 1.The family factor is a critical piece of God’s plan for building His kingdom. 2.Home discipleship is a key component of the overall discipleship structure of God. 3.We are missing out the spiritual vitality of the church that would otherwise have come with the spiritual growth of members involved in the family ministry. 4 REASONS

39. Families Under Attacks

41. 1.The family factor is a critical piece of God’s plan for building His kingdom. 2.Home discipleship is a key component of the overall discipleship structure of God. 3.We are missing out the spiritual vitality of the church that would otherwise have come with the spiritual growth of members involved in the family ministry. 4.Our families are battling hard, very much on their own. They need the church to do more for them. 4 REASONS

43. Family Blessings