Flourishing Families
restore families, strengthen communities
Where the Family Goes, So Goes Society.
Faith and family life are vital for building a flourishing community.
But recent data shows that both are in a sharp decline in the United States. Like no other time in our history, faith and family are playing a smaller role in the lives of everyday Americans.
Cultures spiral up or down based on the health of their families. Where the family goes, so goes society.
If we want to build a flourishing community, let’s focus on the institutions that are the greatest predictors of community health and vitality—churches, marriages, and families.
Saving Faith & Family in America.
Churches throughout our city are showing others that marriages and families are a new mission field.
By working together, we can implement effective strategies to save and strengthen faith and family in our communities.
Like no other institution, churches are uniquely positioned to offer solutions to the issues we face.
We help churches work together to build strong marriages, healthy families, and flourishing futures for youth.
“Churches do have the power and resources to revitalize a belief and love for marriage and family across America. Churches can leverage the best in ministry strategy, technology, and skills-based practices. And churches will heal a generation that has lost its way while leading hearts back to Christ, but only when they unite together with this common mission!”
End Game: The Church’s Strategic Move to Save Faith and Family in America by J.P. De Gance and John Van Epp
Building Flourishing Families Together
We partner with churches to build flourishing families through:
Church/School Partnerships
Church/School Partnerships structured around mentoring to help youth read at grade level, gain wisdom, experience healthy relationships, avoid at-risk behaviors, graduate high school, and pursue a successful family and career as adults.
The Arkansas Marriage Initiative
The Arkansas Marriage Initiative helps couples redeem and restore marriages by God’s power and for His glory.
They do this by inspiring (why marriage matters), resourcing (opportunities for vision, skill development, and support), and empowering (helping others discover and thrive in their best roles) couples.
Let’s Restore Families Together.
In an age of negativity and cynicism that divides and tears down, we need more builders. We need more people like you who work with others to build partnerships between churches and schools and build strong and healthy marriages in our churches and community.
To build through a church/school partnership, contact Anthony Hampton for next steps.
To help build strong and healthy marriages, contact Jason Ancarrow about starting a marriage ministry in your church.
Flourishing Families Posts
Goodness Village: Providing a Home Away from Home
Little Rock Church: A Heart for the City
Churches Helping Families Flourish in Schools
A Vision for Educating Youth & Equipping Leaders
The Surrendered Life
Caring for the Orphan in Our City
Marriage and family are often better predictors of outcomes for people than the topics that currently dominate our public conversation—like race, education, and government spending. . . Marital quality is, far and away, the top predictor I have run across of life satisfaction in America.
Brad Wilcox, Professor and Director of the National Marriage Project
