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Manufacturer: Salem Communications
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 248
EAN: 9781600343148
ISBN: 1600343147
Label: Salem Communications
Manufacturer: Salem Communications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 188
Publication Date: 2006-06-02
Publisher: Salem Communications
Studio: Salem Communications
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The story of a church that is surviving and thriving without age-segregated programs. You will laugh, be encouraged, and be inspired. A workable blueprint for change in the local church!
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Summary: Reading This Book Was Like Taking a Breath of Fresh Air
Comment: This book is fantastic. I have read and reread parts of it multiple times, and have talked more about this book than any other book this past year. I have encouraged many men to read it, and have given it to elders of various churches. I used it in my classroom last year to exhort teenage boys to view themselves as young men. Even reluctant readers will enjoy reading this book, because it is humorous, extremely interesting and written as if you were sitting down with Mark Fox over a cup of coffee discussing valuable things about life and church.
Family-Integrated Church is a beautiful testimony of how God took an ordinary, traditional church and changed it from the inside out. Thankfully, the leaders were open to God's ways and willing to follow His leading instead of being stuck in tradition. The result is a church body made up of families who acknowledge their responsibility to be in-tune with God. The husbands are encouraged to step up to their role as spiritual leaders of their families, and parents take the responsibility to train up their children instead of leaving this task to Sunday school teachers and youth leaders. Antioch Church is passionate about serving and equipping families, recognizing that the home is where the majority of discipleship training takes place.
I have had the privilege of talking with some of the members who attend Antioch Church. They appear very enthusiastic about and appreciative of their local body. They respect Mark Fox as a person and as a leader. I have also written numerous emails to Mark Fox this past year, and he has replied to every email in a gracious and humble manner, offering encouragement, sound advice and friendly conversation.
Have you given up on church? Many today are dissatisfied with the traditional church scene. Perhaps you have done some church hopping, yet you still haven't found what you are looking for. Well . . . you should read this book! For me, it was like taking a breath of fresh air. It gave me hope and helped me define more exactly what I believe a church should be like. Perhaps after reading this book you too will be inspired to start looking for a family-integrated church in your area, or to help your church move in that direction.
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Summary: Exactly what I was looking for!
Comment: I received this book on Friday. I finished it Saturday morning. Every question I had was answered. How refreshing. There are so many things I loved about the book. One of the things that sticks out in my mind is that the author just wrote from his experiences (drawing, of course, from scripture to do that!) Not one time did the book cause me guilt (challenged me yes...very different) or have a flavor of "here's what you need to do". The book addressed music, evangelism (seems to be the biggest concern for people wanting to implement the FIC model), small groups, church discipline and church leadership and its function. I appreciated the emphasis on evangelism and that the author warns about "implosion". I finished the book literally laughing with relief yet charged up.
I'm not sure Mark Fox realizes how vital this book is. The issues raised in the book address THE issues. I will be recommending this book to all of our friends and to our church. I enjoyed it more than Family Driven Faith and I LOVED that book. Family Integrated Church has more topics that were so relevant to our concerns and the growing concerns of the homeschool community that seems to be leary of the reputation the FIC is getting because of the Patriarchy Movement. Personally, our family doesn't reject or deny the Patriarchy Movement but also regrets that there is so much controversy surrounding it. I'm glad that this book doesn't reflect (nor does have major conflict with) all of those ideas. I recommend reading Uniting Church and Home by Eric Wallace first, then Family Integrated Church, then Family Driven Faith. After all these, perhaps Mark's new book, Planting a Family Integrated Church will be out!
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Summary: Excellent Introdcution to Family-Integrated Churches
Comment: Mark Fox writes an excellent and easy-to-read book for anyone who wants to become introduced to, or more knowledgeable about, the Family-Integrated Church. The book is most certainly not a `how-to' manual, but that speaks to the heart and humility of its author, as he recognizes that family-integrated churches - while having many things in common - will have their own distinct personalities. Beyond that, Mark's premise is simple: create a health family and you will by nature create a healthy church.
In the book, Mark shares the story of how the church he founded back in 1987 changed over time as they came to realize the effect(s) that their methods and programs had on families. He also shares some of what worked and some which did not.
What Mark shares is how their church came to realize the tremendous evangelism and discipleship opportunity that existed right before their eyes - the family. While sharing the story of Antioch, Mark demonstrates that when the home is brought together; taught together; discipled together; and worships together, they become a tremendous asset for the church...able to shine the light of the gospel out to others around them in some amazing ways.
If you want to witness first-hand a family-integrated church in action, then read this book. What is worship like when all ages are in attendance throughout the entire service? How do they handle crying children? What about their teens? Do they have a youth group? How can you possibly teach children who are in different grade levels? How is outreach and ministry accomplished? In addition to finding out the answers to these questions and more, you will witness how Antioch Church brings together those of every age so that they can impart the best of wisdom and experience upon each other, with an eye towards furthering the gospel.
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Summary: Encouraging!
Comment: Our family has been part of two "family-integrated" churches that each dissolved within five years. It has been frustrating and heart-breaking, because we believe this model is the Biblical model, though counter-cultural and downright strange to most Christians. Pastor Fox's book is very encouraging in that he shows it CAN be done! However, he shows how God has worked in his congregation in spite of their mistakes, rather than glossing them over. Many of the mistakes that his church experienced were similar to situations we experienced, but they were handled differently by the elders of the church. I recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about family-integrated church life.
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Summary: Hope for returning to a biblical church model
Comment: Mark Fox shares his "recipe" for healthy church growth and encourages readers to return to Scriptural principles as the foundation for church ministry. Through humorous anecdotes, related experiences, and biblical support, Fox challenges his audience to rethink the modern church model. "Family-Integrated Church" is both a book that shares the importance of worshiping as unsegregated families (parents and children worship together)and a guide for considering healthy leadership models. Both pastoral and engaging in his approach, Fox writes from his heart, often humorously, and gives readers a taste of how joyous family-integrated worship truly can be.
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