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.

man and woman reading Bible together

“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.

Learn more about Church/School Partnerships.

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.

Learn more at the AMI website.

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

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The Whole Body Fit Together

As the bus rolled out of the church parking lot on a crisp January morning in 1998, quiet conversations mingled with the hum of the…

The Surrendered Life

On a Tuesday evening, I walk into the Fellowship Bible Church in Conway’s office and find the conference room. Eric Martin and Cain Newton have…

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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