{"id":1193,"date":"2016-08-18T20:43:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T20:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2016-08-19T20:59:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T20:59:30","slug":"becoming-disciple-making-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/family-discipleship\/articles\/08\/18\/becoming-disciple-making-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a Disciple-making Family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parents, your children are being discipled, but in many households discipleship has been outsourced to media, peers, our educational system, or\u00a0the church. As Christians, the primary responsibility of discipling our children is on our shoulders as parents. We have a major problem though, in that most parents never feel as if they<\/em> have been discipled. Perhaps lack of\u00a0education or\u00a0experience causes us to doubt our ability to teach our children. We may not even know where to start.<\/p>\n

The church cannot adequately disciple your children. No amount of\u00a0church events for our children can\u00a0develop a Christian worldview that can overcome the dozens of weekly hours they spend on media, with their peers, or from the educational system. They are constantly being fed a specific way (one that\u2019s utterly non-Christian) to view themselves, the world, and their ethical commitments. Spending 6 hours (which is generous) at church is not enough to overcome the other 107 waking hours a week being fed other stuff.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, you (yes you!) as the parent have the highest level of influence on your children. What you take seriously, they will likewise\u00a0take seriously. What you sacrifice for, they will notice. This Family Discipleship resource\u00a0has the goal of\u00a0helping\u00a0you become an effective discipler of your children as our church desires to fully equip you.<\/p>\n

What does it take to effectively disciple your child?<\/strong><\/p>\n

At base, discipleship requires:<\/p>\n