ITEMS OF INTEREST July 4, 2005 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from Ervin Dyer, Linda Bloom, Colleen McCain Nelson, Diane Haag

"For the past decade, [Alyn] Waller ... has been building a reputation for his innovations with family ministry.

"'In order to strengthen families, churches need to get back to traditional Biblical teachings about the importance of family and its roles. Family ministry needs to have language that is affirming, and there needs to be intergenerational fellowship. In the past, we've put the men upstairs, the women downstairs, and the children outside. We need to come back together,' he says....

"Nearly a decade ago, [Waller] left his first pulpit [and headed to Philadelphia]. ... He leads classes on parenting that deal with sexuality, dating, family responsibility, and fornication—tough issues that he believes a modern generation must deal with to get families back to commitment and values....

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