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In D6, God calls parents to be the primary spiritual leaders in the lives of their children, and it’s the church’s job to partner with them in this process. Yet, so many churches have realized they do not have a spiritual formation model that is designed to develop and grow God’s plan for the family. So where do we go from here?

Ministers and parents everywhere are talking about building faith at home, but what does that look like? At the D6 Conference many of today’s leading ministers and faith at home experts will be providing real “how to” answers to some of the most Frequently Asked Questions we face in the church today.

Join Pastor Mark Holmen at the D6 Conference 2010 September 15-17 2010, Dallas, TX

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Faith@Home ministries is excited to announce that we have partnered with Timothy Smith, M.A. of ParentsCoach.org to provide professional, online coaching for parents. Timothy Smith has worked with families for thirty years, as a youth and family pastor and family coach. He is a popular speaker and the author of 17 books, including The Danger of Raising Nice Kids – Preparing Our Children To Change Their World. He has a M.A. from Biola University, is married to Suzanne and they have two adult daughters. “I love how God works!” states Pastor Mark, “What we are discovering is that many parents want to be Faith@Home focused moms and dads but they don’t know how. In Tim Smith, God has provided us someone with 30+ years of experience to provide Faith@Home coaching for parents. All I can say is thank you Jesus!”

One of the things I saw as a Youth Pastor was the way parents would search for the best church or youth program for their kids. These well intentioned parents wanted their kids to have faith and yet the only way they knew how to instill that was by dropping them into a good youth program that would do the job for them. And if their kid wasn’t displaying the type of faith behavior they wanted these parents would then either blame the church or they would leave in search of a better church or youth program with a cooler youth pastor.

I wish I could guarantee that if you become a Faith@Home focused parent that this means your kids will stay with their faith forever. The chances of this happening increases greatly yet there is still a likelihood that they may walk away for at least some period of time. Yet what is critical, during this time of straying, is what YOU do. Will you stay or will you stray? Faith@Home focused individuals and parents STAY even when things get tough because they realize that living our lives fully devoted to God is a non negotiable no matter what happens in our lives. And what I can tell you is that for those parents who stayed living a Faith@Home lifestyle, many of them saw their children come back to them and the faith after they strayed. And why did they come back? Because they knew where they would find their parents! They never strayed…they stayed.

I’ll never forget the time I was asked to co-lead a workshop for parents of teenagers with Dr. David Anderson of the Youth & Family Institute. After I got things started I turned it over to David who began by asking a simple question. “How many of you here wish your teenager had a stronger faith?” Almost every hand in the room went up. Then he said something next that I will never forget. “Realize, that in all likelihood, what you see in your teenagers faith is a mirror image of your faith.” At that point I wanted to get off the stage before the tomatoes started flying but then I looked at the audience and instead of being angry they were all nodding in agreement. We need to realize that when it comes to spiritual development, our kids follow in our footsteps. If you want your kids to pray more…then you pray more! If you want your kids to serve others…then you serve others! If you want your kids to read the Bible and live according to its ways…then you read the Bible and live according to its ways! If you choose to be a one hour, hypocritical Christian that will have multigenerational impact that will lead, in all likelihood, to your children one day walking away from the faith. Yet if you choose to be a 24/7, Faith@Home focused individual/parent that will lead, in all likelihood to your kids and grandkids being 24/7, Faith@Home focused individuals.

I think many people have the wrong impression of Christianity. Deuteronomy 6: 1-2 it says, These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe… so that you may enjoy long life. (NIV) Did you know that God wants you and your family to enjoy long, meaning everlasting life? In fact, that’s what God wants most for you and your children. Therefore, following God and doing life God’s way is the pathway for you, your children and grandchildren to enjoy long, everlasting life! Do you want to enjoy long everlasting life? Do you want that for your children and grandchildren? Then be a Faith@Home focused individual/parent.

Did you know that 60-90% of current Christian children enrolled in church programs today are going to walk away from the faith when they are young adults? Why? The primary reason cited by young adults today is hypocrisy. They believe Christianity is a bunch of hypocrisy because they were raised in an environment where Christianity was something you did at church and not at home. The home is the place where the rubber hits the road when it comes to our spiritual walk and if we are not Christians where we live, work and play then we are representing Christianity as hypocritical lifestyle. If we want our kids to become AND REMAIN Christians then we must live as Christ followers 24/7 at home.

Thanks for participating in the Focus On Parenting simulcast conference sponsored by Focus On The Family. It was truly a humbling experience for me to serve as their opening and closing speaker and I pray the message God gave me to share will continue to bless you and your family.

Welcome to our Faith@Home website! This site serves as a “homebase” for a national and international Faith@Home movement that God is leading which is equipping individuals and the church to establish the home as the primary place where faith is nurtured. In anticipation of your visit we tried,  to identify the things you may be looking for so as to save you the time of having to navigate in and around the entire site.

Faith@Home Resources

Faith Begins At Home is Pastor Mark’s book for families that will inspire, motivate and equip you to bring 24/7 Christ-like living into your home.

Faith@Home Mom – Read a chapter of Maria Holmen’s new book for moms which comes out this spring!

Faith@Home Dad – Read a chapter of Pastor Mark’s new book for dads which comes out this spring.

Faith@Home Prayer – Read a chapter of Pastor Mark’s book which comes out this spring.

Faith@Home Devotions – Read a chapter of Pastor Mark’s book which comes out this spring.

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Pastor Mark Live Chat in December

Register for a live online chat with Pastor Mark. This is your chance to ask questions, share insights and exchange ideas with the Faith@Home community.  The live chat is schedule for the second week of December, we will contact you with date, time and how to login to the system November 30.

Pastor Mark or Maria will visit your church

Pastor Mark and his wife Maria want to share the Faith@Home message with as many people as posible! They have equiped Pastors, church teams and families with the tools to establish the home as a place where faith is nurrured. For more detail information visit our Seminar section of the site.

Faith@Home Focused Church seminar - A one day event that will challenge and equip pastors and church teams to develop a more comprehensive and integrated Faith@Home focus throughout ALL the ministries of the church.

Extreme Family Makeover – A two to three hour Christian parenting seminar that will inspire, motivate and equip parents to bring basic faith skills back into their life at home.

Faith@Home Mom – A one hour keynote message from Maria Holmen to moms that will inspire and equip them to be 24/7 faith@home moms!

Faith@Home Dad – A one hour “man to man” keynote message from Pastor Mark to dads that will challenge and equip them to be Godly men at home

If you would like more information please contact us at info@faithathome.com

Good luck, God Bless and Good Parenting

Pastor Mark