Sarah Cowan Johnson – Teach Your Children Well

2022-12-03

Brent talks with Sarah Cowan Johnson, the author of a new IVP America book called ‘Teach Your Children Well – A Step-by-Step Guide for Family Discipleship’. How do we parent our children in ways that lead to lasting faith? Sarah is a ministry trainer, consultant, and coach who works with church planters, pastors, and ministry leaders across the States. She leads seminars for parents on family discipleship. She served with the Evangelical Covenant Church as the executive pastor for Sanctuary Church in Providence, Rhode Island, and previously was a staff trainer and an area director for IVP. She’s th...

Brent talks with Sarah Cowan Johnson, the author of a new IVP America book called ‘Teach Your Children Well – A Step-by-Step Guide for Family Discipleship’.

How do we parent our children in ways that lead to lasting faith?

Sarah is a ministry trainer, consultant, and coach who works with church planters, pastors, and ministry leaders across the States. She leads seminars for parents on family discipleship. She served with the Evangelical Covenant Church as the executive pastor for Sanctuary Church in Providence, Rhode Island, and previously was a staff trainer and an area director for IVP. She’s the co-host of ‘The People of the Way’ podcast.

(1:10) How do we parent our children?
(2:20) Half of high school students in the States active in their churches walk away from faith after graduation;
(4:05) Our modern culture and how it affects our children;
(5:40) The church’s reaction to our culture;
(7:10) Sarah’s response to parents whose children may have walked away from church;
(8:20) What parents can do. Practicing our faith at home;
(9:30) Catching the ‘God moments’ with our children;
(10:55) How God interacts with our children;
(12:15) A special time slot?
(14:00) How do we make prayer real for our children?
(15:30) Involving children in worship;
(17:15) Struggling with faith. How can we deal our teen’s questions?
(19:20) Spiritual development of children;
(21:00) Creating a Christian family culture;
(22:40) Sarah’s podcast.

Links mentioned in this episode:

IV Press

Sarah Cowan Johnson website

People of the way podcast

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