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Marriage and Family
Protecting Your Adult Children’s Story with Christine Hoover
How do you discern the fine line between speaking up and remaining quiet with your kids as they are adulting? In this episode, Christine Hoover, the Women’s Ministry Associate at The Austin Stone Community Church’s Northwest congregation in Austin, Texas, shares insights on navigating the delicate balance of sharing information about your family while serving in ministry. Christine shares practical advice from her current season in life, guiding you on how to balance being honest about your struggles as a mom and being wise with how much you share about your kid’s life.
Marriage and Family
NAMB’s Send Luncheon highlights fostering and adoptive families, encourages pastors’ families
INDIANAPOLIS — Marriage, family, generosity and hope were the central themes of the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) Send Luncheon on Monday, June 10, in...
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Marriage and Family
Less than three years old, Georgia church plant has started two more
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) — When leadership from Union Hill Baptist Church approached Hope Church in February of last year, both congregations were at an important...
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Marriage and Family
Extended Family and a Church Called Refuge
JACKSONVILLE – Josh and Beth Glymph are different, but not in the way people might expect. It’s true, their family photos are eclectic and multi-colored....
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The Joy of Raising Missionary Kids (an interview with Keri Folmar)
Ministry often stretches us to grow in ways we never imagined, some that are hard but many that can bring us deep joy. Raising children in a completely different culture for missions is no different. Missionary wife, author, and podcaster Keri Folmar joins me to shine light on the joys she experienced raising missionary children. She shares how God used their upbringing on a different continent to teach them about hospitality towards all and the unity that comes from Christ alone.
A Church Planting Couple’s Legacy (an interview with Jennifer Clifton)
Clint and Jennifer Clifton spent their lives planting churches as well as pouring themselves into training and encouraging planters and their wives all over the globe. Jennifer joins the podcast to talk about the legacy of her late husband and how she sees the Lord opening opportunities for her to continue to encourage ministry wives just like us. Jennifer also shares her unique perspective on helping marriage and family thrive within the framework of full-time ministry.
Marriage and Family
One year after death, Clint Clifton’s legacy continues through son’s new church plant
CRESTVIEW, Fla. – During his lifetime, Clint Clifton asked many individuals to consider planting a church, but his son Noah wasn’t one of them. “He...
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Season 2, Episode 9: Family Breakdown and the Family of God
The iconic family scenes we see in classic TV are not the norm for most people in American society today. Divorce has disrupted more families than ever before in our history. And the ripple effects go beyond the obvious heartache and loss, affecting even the banalities of annual rituals and traditions. Challenges to family life aren’t new. But the challenges in our day have multiplied. And these problems aren’t unrelated to the difficulties we face as God’s people, especially since we see in the New Testament how the church is to be the family of God. On this episode of Reconstructing Faith, join Trevin Wax as he considers the church’s responsibility in the era of family breakdown.
Marriage and Family
Georgia family visits all 32 NAMB Send cities, sees a need for new churches everywhere
MONTREAL—Numbers don’t do justice in describing the last two years for Kevin and Casey Kilgore and their family, but it’s a start. In just a...
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Marriage and Family
Pastor, family grow in the rich, fertile soil of the valley
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Hard times often are described as “going through a valley.” But Bruce Watson, pastor of First Baptist Jeanerette, La., describes life’s...
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Sacrifice in Marriage and Ministry (an interview with Grace VanMaanen)
Life as a ministry wife doesn’t always look like radical revivals. Often it’s staying home while your husband leaves to minister to others or answers nonstop phone calls that interrupt family time. Unless you’re constantly lifting your eyes heavenward, it can be difficult to see eternal reward in the daily grind. Grace VanMaanen joins me today to share how prayer, intentionality, and a heavenly perspective protect her from bitterness as a ministry wife.
Marriage and Family
INDEPENDENCE DAY 2023: Southern Baptist POW’s son remembers family’s experience 50 years after release
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia—If you were alive on March 7, 1970, and living on the East Coast of the United States, you likely remember the day....
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Tony Rose: The Catalyst for Transformation in Marriage
Life coach Tony Rose introduces the “change factor deception” and highlights the misconceptions of expectations. He also emphasizes that by embracing God’s wisdom and extending…
Tony Rose: Cultivating Curiosity in Marriage
Life coach Tony Rose emphasizes embracing curiosity as essential to marriage. He shares how sin impacts God’s design for marriage and explains how seeking, owning…
Rhythms for a Lifetime of Marriage and Ministry (an interview with Jani Ortlund)
The busyness of ministry and life’s ever-changing rhythms can make us feel like we are struggling not only to keep Jesus first but also meaningfully connect with our husband regularly. Today, author Jani Ortlund opens up about the rhythms and mindsets that have seen her through over 50 years of ministry and marriage.
Marriage and Family
Georgia family of six sells home, crosses North America to encourage church planters
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Kevin and Casey Kilgore had what most would consider normal lives. Kevin had served as an associate pastor at Northside Baptist Church...
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