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(Archive) A New Design for Family Ministry

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A NEW DESIGN FOR FAMILY MINISTRY ... getting your church and its families working and growing together.Cutting through the confusion-and competition-of church and family, Dr. Dennis Guernsey explains how the family is the most natural and effective place for your church to fulfill its mission. He also explains how your church can become more sensitive to its families' needs at each stage of their life cycle.Guernsey's model for marriage and family ministry will help your churchinvolve its families without disrupting themdevelop ways for families to encourage and support each otherprevent-not just remedy-family crisesand build meaningful, lasting relationships in an age of alienation. An important book for pastors and Christian leaders.Dr. Dennis B. Guernsey is associate professor of Marriage and Family Ministries and director of the Institute for Marriage and Family Ministries, Fuller Theological Seminary.Guernsey is an experienced Christian counselor, family sociologist, ordained minister, and respected educator. He has also written A Study Guide to Dare to Discipline (1972), Thoroughly Married (1976), and If I'm So Free, How Come I Feel Boxed In? (1978).