Comments on: What do you do to make sure you pass on your faith to your kids? http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2009/03/31/what-do-you-do-to-make-sure-you-pass-on-your-faith-to-your-kids/ Let these stones be a witness to what we have done here this day. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Donny Rockwell http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2009/03/31/what-do-you-do-to-make-sure-you-pass-on-your-faith-to-your-kids/#comment-15892 Donny Rockwell Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:49:58 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/?p=1605#comment-15892 I agree wholeheartedly. I think there are many Christian parents who would agree they are the primary spiritual teachers & leaders of their children, but by default they do not carry it out because of the church. Churches are facilitating the drop-off & service mentality by the way they are structured & organized. We'll never get parents to take the lead if we're always doing it for them. Churches are failing to equip parents to follow God and disciple their children. Adult ministry rarely has a twofold focus: (1) to assist parents in their own walk with Christ and (2) to assist them in the development of their own children's relationship with the Lord. "Let the 'professionals' do it," "I'm not a biblical scholar," and "What if mess things up?" aren't valid excuses for parents. Look at the stats - parents have more time & influence in the lives of children and teens than the church does. And in the end, we all - parents and churches - will be held accountable for what we did with the truth, the biblical mandate for parents to train up their children (Prov. 22:6, Deut. 6:4-9) and for the church to equip believers of all ages for obedience to the Lord (2 Tim. 3:16-17). <abbr><em>Donny Rockwells last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/donnyrockwell/~3/ICB5orD7T_0/would-god-be-proud-of-me-if-i-was.html" rel="nofollow">Would God be Proud of Me if I was Kicked Off the Team?</a></abbr></em> I agree wholeheartedly. I think there are many Christian parents who would agree they are the primary spiritual teachers & leaders of their children, but by default they do not carry it out because of the church. Churches are facilitating the drop-off & service mentality by the way they are structured & organized. We’ll never get parents to take the lead if we’re always doing it for them. Churches are failing to equip parents to follow God and disciple their children. Adult ministry rarely has a twofold focus: (1) to assist parents in their own walk with Christ and (2) to assist them in the development of their own children’s relationship with the Lord. “Let the ‘professionals’ do it,” “I’m not a biblical scholar,” and “What if mess things up?” aren’t valid excuses for parents. Look at the stats – parents have more time & influence in the lives of children and teens than the church does. And in the end, we all – parents and churches – will be held accountable for what we did with the truth, the biblical mandate for parents to train up their children (Prov. 22:6, Deut. 6:4-9) and for the church to equip believers of all ages for obedience to the Lord (2 Tim. 3:16-17).

Donny Rockwells last blog post..Would God be Proud of Me if I was Kicked Off the Team?

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