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by Diana R. Garland

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Author: Diana R. Garland
Publisher: IVP Academic; 02 edition (September 8, 2012)
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Family Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide Hardcover – December 20, 1999. Diana Garland's newest book is a truly authoritative study of family ministry that will no doubt become required reading in seminary classes throughout the country.

Family Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide Hardcover – December 20, 1999. by Diana R. Garland (Author). Dr. Garland is an intellectually stimulating writer who still manages to pepper this work with personal stories that give life to the scholarship.

Family Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide (9780830839711) by Diana R. Garland. Title: Family Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide By: Diana R. Garland Format: Hardcover Number of Pages: 640 Vendor: IVP Academic. Publication Date: 2012 Dimensions: . 0 X . 0 (inches) ISBN: 0830839712 ISBN-13: 9780830839711 Stock No: WW839711.

Family Ministry begins with several chapters placing the family in its modern context .

Family Ministry begins with several chapters placing the family in its modern context, then considers the history of families and their interaction with the church. Having thoroughly contextualized the family and its concerns as they are now understood, Garland dedicates three chapters to biblical understandings of the family. The remaining ten chapters of her book are devoted to the practice of family ministry, including guidance on promoting strong families and dealing with crises such as divorce and spousal abuse. Diana R. Garland is Dean of the School of Social Work at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

Family Ministry book. Garland, dean of the Baylor School of Social Work, wrote Family Ministry: A Comprehensive Guide to help family ministries support Christians as they live out their faith through their families.

Diana Garland offers a work that is mammoth, practical, and at times insightful-see, . Garland helps families by tackling the basic engineering of our social systems (231). the section on channeling the energies of anger to solve problems not attack people (153ff). Yet substantive concerns will limit the usefulness of this text among evangelicals. At times, Family Ministry misses biblical goals, addressing mere symptoms instead of fundamental problems. Garland helps families by tackling the basic engineering of our social systems (231)

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Voted a 2000 Book of the Year by the Academy of Parish Clergy! In today's fragmented and frenetic world, families face all kinds of pressures. Accordingly, those ministering with families need a multifaceted, well-informed sense of both the Christian purpose of family and the complex world our families inhabit.

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North American families are in crisis, and the need for family ministry is more evident than ever. In her many years of ministry, research and teaching, author Diana Garland has found that the strength of Christian families is rooted in their faith and nurtured in their congregations. Garland believes that Christian families gain strength in part because of their communities of faith. Twelve years after first coming to print, the award-winning Family Ministry has been given a significant makeover. In this new edition Garland takes a three-pronged approach to family ministry, which includes developing families grounded in Christian faith, helping families live the teachings of Jesus with one another, and equipping and supporting families as they learn to serve others. The insights gained are organized into four main sections: The Context for Family MinistryFamily FormationFamily DynamicsLeading Family Ministry Garland examines and fully integrates the historical, sociological, theological and biblical contexts to understand the role and meaning of family in the life of Christians and the church. She perceptively connects these explorations with the social and cultural context of the early twenty-first century.

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Mora

The book is very comprehensive in many aspects and has plenty of good material. However, you must be careful with the underlying doctrinal errors of the author, and what to me appears as false humility. In chapter 1, the author states, "When I first conceptualized this book, I planned to begin by exploring biblical texts that serve as a framework and foundation for my approach to family ministry." However, she then says that by doing so would suggest that her interpretation or selection of passages would be "bias-free." So, instead of establishing a biblical foundation, she presents a historical panorama of the "family." Later, in various chapters and especially in chapter 11 (Power and Roles), she presents herself quite the contrary and almost as a Bible scholar, presenting her interpretation of the passages quite strongly.

So, I would recommend the book with these cautions:
First, biblical texts to establish your framework, in my opinion, is the better place to start when speaking of a "ministry." Sure, "family ministry" or even "family" may not be defined today as it was in the first century. However, we must still justify our ministries and definitions from biblical texts. So, before reading the book, study carefully how God defines the family and the roles for each member. You will not find it in this book.

Second, to present your understanding of the biblical text to establish a foundation for your work does not necessarily suggest that your "interpretation, and even [your] selection of passages...are more enduring and bias-free than is most certainly the case" (23). If this is true, then the author really could not present any conclusions from anything the Bible says. However, she clearly did present many passages later and apparently did not have the same fear of her biases with those.

Third, carefully analyze the author's interpretations on the biblical passages (this is something one should do with any author, of course). She has a feminist point of view (clearly seen in chapter 11), almost eliminating completely the leadership role God has given the husband in the home. Incidentally, she completely omitted 1 Timothy 2:11-13 from the discussion, a passage that would have refuted many of her arguments. She misapplied various texts and drew very strong conclusions. This is from an author who at the beginning stated her "bias" was why she did not want to start with a foundation in Scripture.

Fourth, I would disagree with her interpretation on the passages of the "rod" in Proverbs. She is not a proponent of corporal punishment. That is fine. But to conclude that the "rod" in Proverbs is the "rod" of Psalm 23 is not good hermeneutics. Proverbs clearly teaches that the "rod" in the various contexts was for the "backs" and for "beating" the one to be corrected or chastened (look up all the passages that mention "rod" in Proverbs).

Era

It is so good to have an overview of inter-generational and family ministry in the USA. Ms. Garland does a thorough and in-depth job of delineating the differences in approach to family ministry found in churches. The person wanting big picture overview of the state of family ministry will want to tackle this formidable resource.

Windworker

This was an excellent documentation of the early to recent definition and description of a family. This was used as a text book in Seminary and I also have used it in leading our adult Sunday school class at church for four weeks. It brings out the transformation of the family along with our ever changing culture. The question remains open as does our transforming families lead cultural change or is it the cultural change that leads the transformation of families through the centuries?

Ť.ħ.ê_Ĉ.õ.о.Ł

I have read both Garland's 1999 version and this one (once with while studying for an Mdiv the next for a doctorate). While the original version was somewhat dry and clinical, this edition is much warmer and friendly in style and format. However, I prefer clinical and factual to the decidedly liberal slant the Second Edition takes. There were hints of liberal leanings in the first, but it arrives in full force in this one -to the point of unbalance. By the end of it, I found myself writing to the dean of our seminary requesting that another text be found or that they move back to the 1999 edition. After looking at this edition briefly, he found some of the same unbalanced elements.

Where this might be useful is with a hidebound, or older pastor who refuses to make any changes with the times (yes I agree that extremes the other direction are a problem too). Perhaps it will bring them closer to a centered, balanced approach. However, It becomes an issue with younger students that are more towards center/balanced that could be swayed, led into theological error, or fall far into the other extreme. Despite the potential for good in the former, it is far more likely to be the latter that is required to read this in a Seminary.

My $0.02 - find another book.

Zamo

This book is interesting because, is about church ministry on family life. This guide to comprensible treated about the different kind of family and how church can to help them. The stress is in the church responsability with the church family and the family society. The church can give sopport in the different aspect of the family. This book is a guide for the family ministeries.

Zainian

an excellent starting point for anyone seeking to understand or build a family ministry program.

Styphe

This book is a must for all pastors and C.E. Pastors, informative and very helpful in understanding families a how to better minister to them.

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