Ministering Spiritually to Families

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. The Powerful Role of Faith in Family Ministry

   • William Jeynes

   Pages 1-20

3. Why Families Do or Do Not Breakdown

   • William Jeynes, Ralph Winter

   Pages 21-43

4. Spiritual Mentoring for Healthy Family Development

   • Lou Selzer

   Pages 45-70

5. The Power of a Husband’s Delight in his Wife

   • Gary Rieben

   Pages 71-87

6. Preparing for Your Future Spouse

   • William Jeynes

   Pages 89-100

7. Marriage Preparation: A Ministry with Lasting Benefits

   • Joe D. Wilmoth

   Pages 101-129

8. Worldview, Christian Maturity, and Young Adulthood: The What, When, Where, and How of Education after High School

   • Dick M. Carpenter II

   Pages 131-143

9. Scriptural Views of Parenting

   • William Jeynes

   Pages 145-164

10. The Impact of Family Religiosity for Latina/o Youth: Building a Case for Personal and Academic Enhancement through Faith

    • René Antrop-González, Tomás Garrett, William Vélez

    Pages 165-179

11. Christian Principles for Ministering to Families with Children with Disabilities

    • Mary Poplin

    Pages 181-195

12. Laying a Strong Foundation in the Family: The Power of Storytelling

    • Roger Friend

    Pages 197-208

13. Back Matter

    Pages 209-212

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This book combines the research on spiritual ministering with the practice of counseling families. It examines such topics as how to prepare for marriage, how to keep a marriage divorce proof, and how parents influence children, and vice versa. In its quest to discover what makes families thrive, the book addresses and compares best parenting practices and describes interventions that help the development of family ties over a large span of the life-course. It offers guidance to families through several stages of family life: Pre-marital, marital, and raising children and adolescents. It makes clear that what constitutes an effective parent changes over the life course.

• Family Counseling
• Marital Problems
• Marriage Counseling
• Pastoral Counselling
• Pre-marital Counseling
• Spirituality

“Intended as an academic text and counselling resource, this book has eleven chapters from specialists in family ministry. … Consistently structured, each chapter begins with an abstract and ends with conclusions. … this book is designed to help families at all stages of the life-course … . The topics are well researched and presented clearly without jargon so one does not have to be a specialist to properly understand points being made.” (Denis Toohey, INTAMS review, Vol. 22 (2), 2016)

• California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, USA

  William Jeynes

• Department of Education, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, USA

  Enedina Martinez

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