For Kids' Sake

by London, H. B.; Wiseman, Neil B.

• ISBN13: 9780830732449
• ISBN10: 0830732446
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group

Summary

The Following Chapters and Many More Are Included in This BookChapter 1: Can't You Hear the Children Crying?Chapter 4: A Soul-Stretching Opportunity for Contemporary ChurchesChapter 8: Empowering the Partnership Between Church and Home

Table of Contents

Preface I Was There and Felt the Pain	5	(3)
Introduction Sound the Alarm and Save the Children	8	(9)
Part 1---Children: A Generation in Crisis
Can't You Hear the Children Crying?	17	(12)
Listen with Your Heart
If I Were a Kid Today, I'd Live in a Hostile World	29	(16)
Children Need a New World
The Kudzu Parable	45	(14)
Nobody Intended Society to Be Like It Is
Soul Stretching for Contemporary Churches	59	(18)
Kids Need the Church to Live Out Its Reason for Being
How to Become a Hero of Hope	77	(14)
Wanted: Advocates for Children
Part 2---The Amazing Power of God's Family
Family Traits of Kid-Sensitive Churches	91	(16)
Boys and Girls Loved Here
Family of God According to Scripture	107	(20)
Developing the Biblical Pattern in Our Churches
Empowering the Partnership Between Church and Home	127	(18)
Curse the Darkness or Light a Candle
Part 3---Builders of Future Generations
It's Hard to Forget a Loving Church	145	(20)
Tribute to the Folks on Dubay Street
Christ-Centered Marriages Help Kids Grow	165	(20)
Making Home a Training Camp for Children
Thirty-Nine Ways to Improve Our Impact on Kids	185	(19)
You Can Make a Difference
Epilogue The Church for the New Generation	204	(7)
Endnotes	211