Teach Your Children Well: A Step-By-Step Guide for Family Discipleship - Paperback

by Sarah Cowan Johnson (Author)

Christianity Today Book Award--Marriage and Family

Half of Christian high school students walk away from their faith after graduation. But parental involvement is the most influential predictor of achild's spirituality throughout their lives. How do we parent our kids in ways that lead to lasting faith?

Sarah Cowan Johnson unpacks how parents can have an active discipleship role in forming their children's faith, with age-appropriate insights and strategies for different developmental stages. She shows how we can identify God moments, facilitate spiritual encounters, clarify emerging beliefs, and encourage new faith habits in our children.

Filled with exercises and activitiesfor families to do together, this handbook is an essential resource for discipling children with confidence and creativity.

Author Biography

Sarah Cowan Johnson is a ministry trainer, consultant, and coach who works with churches, pastors, and ministry leaders across the United States. She served with the Evangelical Covenant Church as the executive pastor for Sanctuary Church in Providence, Rhode Island, and previously was a staff trainer and an area director for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. Sarah is the founder of Family Discipleship Labs, which equips churches to partner with parents, and the host of The Teach Your Children Well Podcast from InterVarsity Press. She and her husband live in Providence with their family.