Family Resources

Our Next Generations ministries strive to come alongside parents to equip and train them to aid in the discipleship of their children.

Student Ministry

Children's Ministry

Preschool Ministry

Knowing God:

While we desire for the next generations to know much about God, our greater aim is that they know Him. Below are a number of resources that our Next Generations ministry leaders recommend for families to lead their children to a relationship with God.

Books

Knowing God, J.I. Packer
None Like Him ,Jen Wilkin
In His Image, Jen Wilkin
Attributes of God, Arthur Pink
The Existence and Attributes of God, Steven Charnock
Christian Beliefs, Wayne Grudem
God, You Are, 20 Promises from the Psalms for Kids, William R Osborne

Podcasts

Tiny Theologians
Knowing God
Renewing Your Mind, R.C. Sproul

Online Curriculum

ABC’s of God

Created in God’s Image:

Genesis 1:27 tells us that “God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Below are a number of resources that our Next Generations ministry leaders recommend for families to teach their children they are made in God’s image.

Books

God’s Design (part of the Making Him Known series)
God Made All Of Me, Justin and Lindsey Holcomb (preschool age)
In His Image, Jen Wilkin (older children)
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel, Christopher Yuan
Created in God’s Image, Anthony A. Hoekema
Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age, Rosaria Butterfield
We Cannot Be Silent: Speaking Truth to a Culture Redefining Sex, Marriage, and the Very Meaning of Right & Wrong, R. Albert Mohler Jr.
The Talk: 7 Lessons to Introduce Your Child to Biblical Sexuality, Luke Gilkerson (recommended ages 6-10)
The Talk: Changes, Luke and Trisha Gilkerson (recommended aged 8-12)
The Talk: Relationships, Luke and Trisha Gilkerson (recommended ages 11-14)
Strange New World, Carl Trueman (recommended for adults)

Podcasts

Blogs

Teaching Students About the Image of God

Online Curriculum

The Holy Sexuality Project

Family Discipleship:

While we are committed to partnering with families as they raise their children up in the way of the Lord, we are not the primary disciplers in a child’s life. Below are a number of resources that our Next Generations ministry leaders recommend for family discipleship.

Books

Surviving Religion 101, Michael Krüger (for teens)
Parenting, Paul David Tripp (applicable for all ages)
Family Driven Faith, Voddie Baucham (applicable for all ages)
Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens, Paul David Tripp (for teens)
Family Ministry Field Guide: How Your Church Can Equip Parents to Make Disciples, Timothy Paul Jones (applicable for all ages)
Habits of the Household, Justin Whitmel Earley (applicable for all ages)
Zealous: 7 Commitments for the discipleship of the next generations (applicable for all ages)
Making HIM known series (Truth78) for family devotions (elementary-aged children)
Family Discipleship by Matt Chandler and Adam Griffin (applicable for all ages) – free digital download available here