Passing on your Faith

David McVetyDoing Family Right

The McVety’s

www.doingfamilyright.com

When it comes to our churches and families, what do we long for most?

A continued legacy of faith

Results from a George Barna poll

The Barna Research study , announced on 1999-NOV-12, shows that the vast majority of those who are saved experience the conversion during childhood –Before the age of 14.

Results from a George Barna poll

A person who is unsaved at the age of 14 only has a 10% chance of being "saved" later in life. The survey also showed that about 40% of all American adults consider themselves as having been saved during their lifetime. This number agrees with previous surveys.

Results from a George Barna poll

Age range% who experience salvation within that age range (of entire population)

5 to 13 years-32%

14 to 18 years-4%

over 19 years-6%

Deut 11:18-20

18 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 20 Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.”

TRUTH

Truth = Fact

If it works = Truth

Solution

Family Based Caregroups

Elements of Effective Family Caregroups

1. Model Life Together

1 Cor. 11:1; Phil. 3:17

1 Corithians 11:1

1 Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

Philippians 3:17

17 Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.

Elements of Effective Family Caregroups

2. Learn and apply togetherActs 2:42

Acts 2:4242 All the believers

devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper), and to

prayer.

Elements of Effective Family Caregroups

3. Gather TogetherActs 2:42, Romans 11:1

Romans 1:1111 I long to see you so that I may impart to

you some spiritual gift to make you strong— 12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.

Elements of Effective Family Caregroups

4. Eat TogetherActs 2:46

Acts 2:4646 They worshiped together at the

Temple each day, met in homes for the

Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and

generosity

Elements of Effective Family Caregroups

5. Play TogetherActs 2:46

Elements of Effective Family Caregroups

6. Pray TogetherActs 2:42

Elements of Effective Family Caregroups

7. Serve TogetherJames 1:27

James 1:22-27

22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. …

27 Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.

Prov. 22:6“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart

from it.”

Leave a Legacy by

1.Provide the settinga.Caregroups

2.Show the resultsa.Be disciples ourselves

3.Walk with thema.Let them see us

Adapt don’t Adopt

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