Church and Home, Transformed!

NEW~You are Ministers

In the daily grind of life, heart-work is the hard work and the continual work. But it is also the necessary work and the effectual work. Yet when churches focus merely on activities and programs, it is usually at the cost of genuine, heart-level relationships. In such environments, ministry efforts actually add to the hectic pace of overtaxed households in disconnected...

PCA General Assembly 2011

The Institute had an incredible opportunity to minister through an exhibit booth at the PCA’s Annual General Assembly. Following is a brief 4-minute slide show about our ministry to these leaders. DOWNLOAD HANDOUTS REFERRED TO IN SLIDESHOW HERE: PCA Opportunity Handout How Can We Help You Handout Effective Eldership...

Comparing Ministry Designs

Before we dive into the details of implementing this vision, let’s stop for a moment of thoughtful reflection. What might this grand but simple, biblical vision look like in a ministry design graphic? How might a graphic like this help us understand the vision more clearly? To aid in apprehending the vision, a graphic representation is provided as a basic means of...

Relationship Skills…

The Fruit of the Gospel! When Jesus was asked, “What is the greatest commandment?” He gave two: to love God and then, to love your neighbor as yourself. This vertical/horizontal connection is inseparable. In fact, Paul says that, “The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself in love” (Gal. 5:6). Certainly, “faith expressing itself in...

True Shepherding

True shepherding that honors God is heart-level. People made in God’s image were made relational. We were made to be in relationship, first with God, and then flowing out from that, with one another. Apart from these relationships shepherding is not only impossible, it is without meaning. As God designed it, heart-level relationships are both at once a ...

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The Guide

Is the Great Commission: Evangelism and Discipleship being accomplished effectively in your Church community?

Are relationships in the home and in the church fostering real, heart-level transformation?

Is the Gospel of Jesus Christ the primary focus of Church life?

Is the body of Christ functioning beyond the nuclear family to include newly weds, singles, single parent families, youth, children, seniors, and empty nesters?

IF you answered no to any of these questions, help has arrived!

The Message

Why is it that after so much effort is expended, so many dollars spent, that people’s lives can still be largely, unchanged?

The problem is that we have lost touch with God’s basic, sufficient, authoritative plan in the Bible about how people’s lives are transformed to the glory of God.

God’s solution is that transformation only comes as a result of the ongoing application of the gospel message to the heart, every day.

Testimonials

I’ve sat in numerous conferences and read a variety books designed to build the church. I’ve also sat in numerous conferences and read a variety of books designed to strengthen the family. I’ve discovered the Institute for Uniting Church and Home is uniquely addressing the most critical need facing both: a return to the centrality of the Gospel of Jesus Christ (author’s emphasis). Regardless of your church’s condition, the Institute offers personal and practical help for re-directing pastors like myself to the only power we have for effecting authentic lasting change in our churches and homes. Listening to the Institute’s wise counsel, rooted in the hope of the Gospel, has been vital to our approach to building the church AND strengthening the family, all at the same time.

John Melton, Associate Pastor