Family Ministry
Holding a family together today is often like canoeing the Colorado River. In the midst of breathtaking scenery come stretches of white water that challenges the families’ tenacity, pitching them one way then another, soaking them to the core of their being. In these pages are resources to assist both the Ministry Family and the Family at Large.
Ministerial Retirement & Taxes/Divorce & Recovery/Parenting & Family Education/Marriage & Family Enrichment/Health & Relationships/Crisis Intervention/Counseling/Drug, Alcohol, Pornography & Sexual Abuse
Guidestone Financial Resources, 1.800.262.0511, www.GuideStone.org GuideStone Financial Resources is a diversified Christian financial services provider of retirement, insurance, investment management, and executive planning products and services to the evangelical Christian community including churches, ministries, hospitals, educational, and other institutions. They have been enhancing the financial security of ministers, employees and seminary students for almost 9 decades.
The Minister's Tax Seminar, offered annually in February and led by Gene Hill, a retired IRS employee. This seminar focuses on the annual changes in the tax laws and is an excellent place for the minister to discover all his allowable expenses.
Alcoholics Anonymous, www.alcoholicsanonymous.com
A Daily Choice: Overcoming Life-Controlling Problem, Overcomers Recovery Support Inc. www.overcomers.com
A Daily Choice: Overcoming Life-Controlling Problem, Overcomers Recovery Support Inc. www.overcomers.com
Becoming Soul Mates Seminars, 866.264.1375, www.realrelationships.com Outstanding seminars lead by Drs. Les & Leslie Parrott
A Daily Choice: Overcoming Life-Controlling Problem, Overcomers Recovery Support Inc. www.overcomers.com
Book: Wright, H. Norman. Before You Say I Do: Revised and Expanded, ISBN # 1565076370
Book: Wright, H. Norman. 101 Questions to Ask Before You Get Engaged, ISBN # 0736913947
Book: Wright, H. Norman. Premarital Counseling Handbook, ISBN # 0802463827
Better Marriages: www.bettermarriages.org
Wayne Oates Center: www.oates.org
A Daily Choice: Overcoming Life-Controlling Problem, Overcomers Recovery Support Inc. www.overcomers.com
Minister/Layperson Counseling Training, Light University, 800.526.8673, www.lightuniversity.com ministers and laypersons can earn a diploma in Biblical counseling through this academically sound, clinically excellent and distinctively Christian organization. In addition to their foundational curriculum courses are offered in marriage works, healthy sexuality, extraordinary women and caring for kids God’s way.
Book: Wright, H. Norman. A New Guide to Crisis and Trauma Counseling, ISBN # 0830732411
Help for the Pornography Addiction, www.pureonline.com This is an excellent resource for men and women who are addicted with or struggling with pornography and sex addictions. It offers a 30 day workshop on recovery as well as filters for your computer to prohibit pornography from being downloaded to your computer.
Book: Tuggle, Brad & Cheryl. A Healing Marriage: Biblical Help for Overcoming Childhood Sexual Abuse
Book: Allender, Dan. The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse.
Langberg, Diane. On the Threshold of Hope: Opening the Door to Hope and Healing for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
Book: Wright, H. Norman. Recovering From the Losses of Life, ISBN # 0800731557