Raising Disciples: Guiding Your Kids Into a Faith of Their Own - Paperback

by Teresa Roberts (Author)

Every child--from infancy to adolescence--is being discipled by someone or something. The question is: Are you willing to disciple them for Jesus' sake?

Accessible and actionable for parents of children birth to 13 years old, Raising Disciples offers a detailed discipleship map and directional markers to nurture your child's spiritual growth with Christ.

During her more than 25 years in children's ministry alongside her academic work training up children's ministry leaders, Dr. Teresa Roberts noticed that parents and even children's ministry leaders seemed to struggle with knowing how to disciple children past the more-intuitive preschool ages. A foundational family and ministry resource, Raising Disciples reflects the developmental needs that will empower children to grow in their knowledge of God's Word, develop a vocabulary of faith, engage in spiritual practices, and cultivate a deep, personal relationship with God. Featuring intuitive, quick-reference visual aids, researched expertise, real-life examples from the ministry of Jesus, and relational warmth, Raising Disciples is a must-have resource to give you a discipleship pathway for raising spiritually grounded children in today's complex world.

Includes additional tools:

• Discipleship map from birth to adolescence
• Discipleship reference by age level
• Resource list for continued discipleship and training in biblical interpretation
• Discussion questions for children's ministry leaders and volunteers

Learn how to equip your child with tools to navigate life's challenges and make their Christian faith a personal and lasting commitment.

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Your child's faith journey starts now. Are you ready?

Did you know that the most critical discipleship happens in the first thirteen years of life? While children are growing taller, learning vocabulary words, and developing social skills, they are also forming their beliefs about God, God's Word, and God's work in the world. Learning and following the age-level stages of discipleship is a powerful way to help our kids become wholehearted followers
of Christ.

In Raising Disciples, children's spiritual formation training expert Dr. Teresa Roberts provides an infancy-to-adolescence map to help you guide your child toward the truth about God and how to connect with him. As you follow this process, your child will

• learn about and study the Bible,
• develop spiritual practices, and
• move toward becoming a rooted and mature follower of Jesus.

Whether you are a parent, grandparent, caregiver, or ministry leader or volunteer, discover practical ways to empower spiritual development for the kids in your care. Let's link arms to guide the children in our lives along a pathway toward faith in and commitment to Christ.