Uniting Church and Family
The Church of Jesus Christ is the center piece of history. How do you know the health of the Church? Look to the Families in the church! How do you know the health of the families? Look to the vision of the fathers. Look to relationships between husbands and wives. Look to the spirit of the children within the homes that make up the Church.
- Expository Preaching: The Need of the Hourby Scott Brown, April 11, 2007
- The greatest seasons of church history — those eras of widespread reformation and great awakening — have been those epochs in which God-fearing men took the inspired Word and unashamedly preached it in the power of the Holy Spirit. We need to return to this model today: as men and fathers, we must “study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (II Timothy 2:15). This is why the NCFIC is hosting the Expository Preaching Workshop. Read More
- The Greatest Untapped Evangelistic Opportunity Before the Modern Churchby Scott Brown, March 22, 2006
- I believe that we are involved in the greatest evangelistic opportunity before the church today: the salvation of millions of children under the evangelistic and discipleship ministry of fathers and mothers in the home. This is not the only mission field, to be sure, but it is perhaps the most neglected mission field before the church in our time. Read More
- The Sufficiency of Scripture at Work in the Family Integrated Churchby Scott Brown, July 21, 2005
- As the church has developed in America, she has accumulated a host of traditions. The church has assumed features from her surrounding culture, which, though innocently acquired in many cases, have nonetheless worked to dwindle our appreciation for the practices described in the Word of God. So the question “Why?” needs to be asked. Read More
- Preaching the Word in the Family Integrated Churchby Scott Brown, January 12, 2005
- If the family becomes the center of the church, we might as well close up shop now and cut our losses. Because if we do not fill the church with the Word of the Head of the church, we will have not only wasted our time, we will have marred the bride of Christ. Read More
- R.C. Sproul, Jr. — A Man for Our Timeby Douglas W. Phillips, Esq., August 20, 2004
- No, he is not running for political office, but Dr. R.C. Sproul, Jr. is doing something so important, that if he is successful, the entire nation will change for the better — he’s “running” to be a faithful daddy and husband. And he is exhorting and training others to do the same. When he is not busy being a father, R.C. is about the business of writing, teaching, shepherding a congregation, and leading the Highlands Study Center, a ministry founded to help families lead “simple, seperate, and deliberate” lives for Jesus Christ. Read More
- Unsung Heroes of Home School America Attend National Conference for Uniting Church and Familyby Douglas W. Phillips, Esq., August 18, 2004
- The Church of Jesus Christ is the center piece of history. How do you know the health of the Church? Look to the Families in the church! How do you know the health of the families? Look to the vision of the fathers. Look to relationships between husbands and wives. Look to the spirit of the children within the homes that make up the Church. Click here to read our report of the unsung heros of the faith from the 2004 Uniting Church and Family Conference. Read More
- How Good it is for Brethren to Dwell Together in Unityby Douglas W. Phillips, Esq., August 18, 2004
- This year’s 2nd National Uniting Church and Family conference was a time of great refreshment and hope for the many precious families in attendance. This report includes many photos of friends and families at the event. Read More
- Children in the Meeting of the Ephesian Churchby Scott Brown, July 1, 2004
- It is obvious that the normative practice for Israel and the early church was to integrate children into the normal practices of the gatherings of the people. Nowhere do we find a trace of teaching or example of our modern age graded approach to the church. Read More
- Children Destroy Worshipful Atmospheresby Scott Brown, June 22, 2004
- “Let the children come to me.” — What the scriptures say about children and their involvement in worship. Read More
- Returning to Biblical Order in the Church and the Homeby Scott Brown, June 7, 2004
- There is nowhere where the turning away is so vividly illustrated, as in the schedule of the average church, and in the behavior of the average father in his home. Read More
- Restoring the Household for Equipping and Evangelismby Scott Brown, June 7, 2004
- We need to restore the role of the household that we see in the ministry of Jesus and the expansion of the early church. As Michael Green has said, “One of the most important methods of spreading the gospel in antiquity was by the use of homes.” Read More
- Pictures of Christby John Murray, February 23, 2004
- The question of the propriety of pictorial representations of the Saviour is one that merits examination. It must be granted that the worship of Christ is central in our holy faith, and the thought of the Saviour must in every instance be accompanied with that reverence which belongs to his worship. Read More
- Covenantal Churches versus Consumer Churchby Dan Ford, January 9, 2004
- In looking across the wide landscape of American churches, one is struck with the variety of denominations and nondenominations, which appear to compete with one another for churchgoers. Read More
- Photo Journal for Regional Uniting Church and Family Conferenceby Douglas W. Phillips, Esq., October 21, 2003
- Approximately four hundred people attended Vision Forum Ministries’ Regional Conference to Unite Church and Family. Read More
- Seeking the Family-Integrated New Testament Churchby Phil Lancaster, October 21, 2003
- Delivered at the 2003 Vision Forum Ministries Regional Conference for Uniting Church and Family. Read More
- Wisdom Criesby Douglas W. Phillips, Esq., October 21, 2003
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Building Family-Friendly Churches. Delivered at the 2003 Vision Forum Ministries Regional Conference for Uniting Church and Family. Read More
- We Must Rebuild Both Families and Churchesby Phil Lancaster, October 21, 2003
- “You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? Says the LORD of hosts. Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.” — Haggai 1:9 Read More
- Uniting Church and Family: A Time for Maturityby Douglas W. Phillips, Esq., October 6, 2003
- In my view, we can no longer afford to act and think as children. The need of the day is for maturity. This means making tough choices, and acting on them. It means working through problems, not simply quitting every time a problem arises. Read More
- The Sufficiency of Scripture: By What Standard?by John Thompson, April 3, 2003
- In recent history, the Bible has faced attack both from without and from within. It is no surprise, of course, that the unbelieving world would assault God’s Word in an effort to destroy the God who holds them accountable. It is likewise understandable that the cults — Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Science, etc. — would add to, subtract from, and cleverly twist the Scriptures to fashion a God of their own making. But how does the church — even the most conservative and faithful — do violence to Scripture and thus bring a famine in the land for God’s Word? Read More
- Our Church Youth Groupby Douglas W. Phillips, Esq., December 24, 2002
- I have the privilege of worshiping in a small, family-integrated church. When asked about our various church programs, I explain that we are blessed with more than thirty different organizations to which our members belong — they are called families. Read More
- Faithful Fathers and the Church Meetingby John Thompson, November 18, 2002
- We fathers have been assigned by God the responsibility of setting our family’s daily agenda according to God’s priorities, not our own pleasures (1 Cor. 11:3) — priorities which give Him the preeminence and place others’ interests above our own (Matt. 6:33; 22:36-39). This duty certainly does not disappear on Sunday morning. In fact, for most of us it looms even larger since God has accorded special significance to our activities and relationships on the Lord’s Day. So, the choices we make each Sunday morning are vital, pivotal, and even determinative for our family’s guidance, the assembly’s growth, and our Savior’s glory. Read More
- Church Leaders Discuss Family-Integrated Churchesby Douglas W. Phillips, Esq., September 25, 2001
- During the week of 9-11, about three dozen church leaders from around America gathered in San Antonio with VFM to discuss the need to reject the youth culture philosophy of modern evangelicalism and the need to build family-integrated churches. Read More