Books for parents

Parenting Children for a Life of Faith (Rachel Turner, Barnabas BRF) RRP £7.99

Nurturing children in the Christian faith is a privilege given to all of us whose prime job is to raise children. God's desire is that our parenting shoud guide each child to meet and know him, and to live with him every day through to eternity.

The basic principle behind the ideas explored is that we need to model what it means to be in a relationship with God rather than just equipping them to know about him - helping our children to be God-connected rather than just God-smart.

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Sue says: The majority of the book is focused on helping children pray and listen to God. It has much to say to anyone working with children - not just parents. Parents may well need encouragement and church support to have the confidence to model many of the ideas.

2012 conference recommended title

2011 conference recommended title

One Dad Encountering God (Brad Lincoln, Barnabas BRF) RRP £6.99

What if God has left an important clue about his personality somewhere inside us, as if, in making us, he left his signature?

This book shares the reflections of one ordinary man about what it means to be a dad - and how that fits in with his feelings about life, the universe and God.

Sue says: This book isn't aimed at me! It is not a book on how to be a better dad, rather more about how being a dad can provide fresh insights into your relationship with God. A good book to give dads who are exploring faith.

Parenting Children (Mark and Lindsay Melluish, David C Cook) RRP £6.99

Part of the Parenting Children course, but this book stands alone.

Parents are entrusted with lives that they will inevitably mould and shape - both by what they do and by what they don't do. It's a privilege and a responsibility.

This book mines the wisdom that comes to us from the Bible, exploring in a practical way how parents can raise children within the framework of God's liberating, unconditional love - a love that seeks to build up, to guide in right ways, is not afraid to discipline when necessary, does not demand performance, always offers forgiveness.

2012 conference recommended title

The Parenting Book (Nicky and Sila Lee, Alpha International) RRP £7.99

The book of The Parenting Couse, but it also stands alone.

Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions (George Barna, Regal) RRP £11.99

Many parents didn't have early spiritual training themselves, so they look to the church to provide it for their children. Churches must begin to come alongside parents and equip them to provide their children at the earliest age possible with biblical precepts to protect them from a barrage of worldly ideas and teaching. It's time to equip parents to help their children become the spiritually mature church of tomorrow, literally transforming them into spiritual champions!

2012 conference recommended title

Revolutionary Parenting (George Barna, Tyndale) RRP £9.28

The book parents who want to raise their children as spiritual champions - the book for the Revolutionary Parenting Course.