The Family Ministry Mission . . . The concerns for healthy families continue to grow. There is a strong sense that the challenges facing families today put them more at risk than ever before. Families deal with negative social and economic forces, new moralities, isolation, community pressures, and changing definitions of family roles. They continue to face issues of care-giving for older members, infidelity and divorce, and separation from extended family members.
Parents struggle to teach Christian ideals differing from social values.
The church is faced with a daunting task to minister to the changing needs of its families. Every church family has its own individual set of issues making the development of family ministries even more difficult. There is no set model or outline to follow because communities of faith are unique just as the families they serve are unique. Yet families continue to want support for their well-being, respect for their diversity, and help to grow stronger in their individual walks of faith. Families need caring churches that understand their need for ministry.