Uniting Church and Home Implementation Guide
By Eric Wallace
Author of Uniting Church and Home
Published by The Institute for Uniting Church and Home
$149
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This Guide is the result of 10 years of experience working with church leaders and households across numerous denominations; including newly planted as well as fully, moderately, and lightly “traditional” churches.
The biblical focus, gracious and encouraging tone, commitment to Scripture and the unity of the local church will be a welcome support for church leaders, pastors, elders, deacons, households, youth leaders, children’s ministry leaders, men’s ministry leaders, women’s ministry and denominational leaders.
• Presented in a gracious, positive, biblical, balanced, and simple fashion using the easy-
to-remember acronym, “GPS”.
• Simple, systematic presentation of the biblical vision originally presented in the book,
Uniting Church and Home using the easy-to-remember acronym “GPS”.
+ Goal – Accomplishing the Great Commission: Evangelism and Discipleship over
Generations
+ Process – Gospel-Integrated, Heart-Level Relationships
+ Structure – Household Relationships in the Church and the Home
• A comparison of three graphic representations of three ministry structures:
+ The Traditional Ministry Design (where most churches start their journey)
+ The Household Relationship Design (where churches want to go)
+ The Over-Corrective Design (what to avoid)
• The Great Commission: Evangelism and Discipleship is being accomplished more
effectively
• Relationships in the home and in the church are fostering real, heart-level transformation
• The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the primary focus of Church life
• The body of Christ is more inclusive as nuclear families, newly weds, singles, single
parent families, youth, children, seniors, and empty nesters are incorporated in ministry
Philosophy of the Institute (pages 9-11)
Why this Guide? A Pastor's View (page 13)
Author's Introduction (pages 15-20)
• 2 Hours of interviews with 5 church leaders who are each implementing the vision
through one of the four implementation models
• 8 Sermons (and outlines) that one pastor used to introduce the vision to his congregation
• An eldership assessment survey based on 1 Timothy 3:1-5 (pdf)
• A list of heads of households in 24 Bible passages that God has used and lessons we
learn from each of them
• 8 points of encouragement for weary households