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Family Ministry : A Comprehensive Guide.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garland, Diana S. Richmond, 1950-2015.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church work with families.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (771 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Westmont : InterVarsity Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Now revised and updated throughout, Diana Garland's core text for ministers and others in the helping professions provides a comprehensive look at the Christian purpose of family and the complex world our families inhabit.
- Contents:
- Our genealogy: a brief history of the American family
- The American family today
- The family in Christian thought
- A biblical frame for defining family
- An agenda for family ministry
- Fieldguide of family relationships
- Family development
- Families in physical and social space
- Culture and family identity
- Family interaction
- Power and roles
- Working together
- Congregational life as family ministry
- Knowing your congregation and neighborhood
- Planning and evaluating family ministry
- Programs and services.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780830863297
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