church leadership
Helping Parents Raise Faithful Kids
For more than 30 years, Vibrant Faith has worked to deepen the crucial partnership between home and church. Over and
April 25, 2025
Author: Nancy Going
church leadership
What We’re Learning: What Parents Bring With Them Into Church
Parents, even in ever-decreasing numbers, are the lifeblood of the church. Their children help us keep our standard programs running
March 7, 2025
faith formation
What We’re Learning: Pop-Up Conversations With Parents
What’s it like for parents to raise children today, especially if a growing relationship with God is important to them? And
August 28, 2024
faith formation
What We’re Learning: Parenting As Calling
I’m walking closely alongside two sets of parents who are raising young children in this world. I’m constantly struck by
July 18, 2024
faith formation
What We’re Learning: What Are Christian Parents Thinking?
What do we actually know about what’s going on inside the faith-life of the parents in our churches today? On
May 24, 2024
faith formation
What We’re Learning: Entering Into the Brokenness
In 1997, Lutheran pastor Dr. Merton Strommen and his wife Irene founded The Youth & Family Institute in memory
April 24, 2024
faith formation
What We’re Learning: Connecting Matters More Than You Think
In Vibrant Faith’s ongoing Fourth-Soil Parenting Project, we coach church ministry leaders to: Honor (uphold) parents as the primary
March 19, 2024
faith formation
What We’re Learning: Parents’ Unique Spiritual Longings
Parenting tips, strategies, and philosophies are well-resourced in our culture—through books, seminars, social media, and online resources. And in
February 15, 2024
faith formation
What We’re Learning: 3 Unsung Heroes
The old saying goes: “The church is always one generation away from extinction.” Typically, we use that sort of “fear
February 1, 2024
faith formation
The Programification of the Church
I know, “program-ification” is not a real word. One of our Vibrant Faith Coaches, the Rev. Erik Samuelson, made that
December 20, 2023