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being a FAMILY IN MINISTRY
Even though you’re active in ministry for the Kingdom of God,
becoming and staying a strong family doesn’t happen automatically.
We’re not immune to the difficulties facing families today
and our “different” lifestyle brings with it some challenges of it’s own.
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After working with families for 30 years, we discovered all families face similar challenges:
About us
We are Andreas and Angela Frész. We‘ve been married since 1980, we are blessed with 2 children (both married) and 8 grandchildren.
The photo below shows us 30 years ago.
Don’t we look like a happy family?
Of course we smiled for the photographer. We also smiled for our neighbours and at church. But at home we were often wondering how to stay married and not kill anybody.
We were battling with huge differences in personality and family background and at the same time lacking understanding of relationship dynamics and relationship skills. Divorce seemed to be the only way out.
If it hadn’t been for Family Ministries, we wouldn’t be together today. Participating in a family camp saved our marriage. It was there that God revealed to us his ideas for marriage and family life and we understood it’s a lifelong covenant and we can count on God’s help. The biggest revelation for us was to realize we have the potential to destroy each other and our family. But we could use the same potential to become a strong marriage team and build a strong family. We had a choice. And so do you.
The changes we experienced in our marriage and family became visible for our neighbours, colleagues at work, at church. When we shared with them about our journey as a couple, people wanted to know more and as a result we could lead many to Jesus.
Our passion for families got us to speak and teach in 70 nations.
Start your journey today
Our book Families in Ministry is full of resources to get you started today!
The book includes 8 Teaching Units that will give you tools to thrive as a family in ministry, not just survive.
Every unit is packed with extra resources to help you implement what you’ve learned in a practical way. It includes worksheets, suggestions for spouse dialogue, creative and fun family activities, and recommendations for additional resources.
Preface
Preface
Lifelong, happy relationships and a strong family – who wouldn’t want that?This dream that lives within each of us can become a reality, but it won’t happen by accident.
Unit 1: Strong Families with Vision
Unit 1: Strong Families with Vision
Marriage and family are the basic building blocks of humanity and the Kingdom of God. People are influenced first and foremost by their family.
Unit 2: Time and Priorities
Unit 2: Time and Priorities
Raising a functional family takes a tremendous amount of energy and effort, extended over a long period of time. Without that, the local community wouldn’t function.
Unit 3: Love Needs to be Expressed
Unit 3: Love Needs to be Expressed
Strong families express their appreciation for one another and communicate well. To appreciate someone means to express their value or worth, to “treasure” them.
Unit 4: Integrating God in Family Life
Unit 4: Integrating God in Family Life
Families who know God and live together with Him have the potential to lead better lives and be more successful in their relationships.
Unit 5: Overcoming Stress & Crises
Unit 5: Overcoming Stress & Crises
Stress and crises are a normal part of life – our daily lives are full of deadlines, pressures, frustrations, expectations, demands, confusion, and even sometimes wounding.
Unit 6: Help, We Are So Different!
Unit 6: Help, We Are So Different!
Conflict is a natural part of life because we are all unique. How we deal with conflict, however, makes all the difference.
Unit 7: Families in Ministry
Unit 7: Families in Ministry
How can we do justice to Jesus’ commission (Matthew 28) when we have a family and a responsibility for our children?
Unit 8: Who we want to be
Unit 8: Who we want to be
A vision is a dream that should not remain a dream, but a goal we’re willing to give our all for.
Real Stories
34 Families in Ministry share their real life stories with you in our book.
They share their struggles and victories, and give you the opportunity to have a peek behind the scenes of family life in ministry.
What they have learned and share with us are invaluable experiences, that will empower and inspire you to live a thriving life with your family.
ON THE WAY TOGETHER – Caleb and Lishu’s story
We live in a beautiful city in China – where every season seems like spring, where even the summer is filled with cool breezes, and a jacket is warm enough for winter. This is where our story started…
Read the rest of Caleb and Lishu’s story of grace – how they got married, divorced and re-married again. Be inspired.
Our Book Families in Ministry is available in
8 Languages
English
German
Russian
Bangla
Portuguese
French
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Swahili
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Nations reached with our book Families in Ministry
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People have been inspired by our Families in Ministry Training
Latest News
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The second updated English edition is here!
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What people say
Testimonials
RachaelNew Zealand Fantastic resource to empower families
This book is a fantastic resource and workbook for any couple or family desiring to strengthen the family team and know what it looks like to really thrive as a family in ministry.
It is full of many practical ideas, personal stories and helpful dialogue suggestions to help you dive deeper and apply the content for yourself.
Families in Ministry gives a holistic approach in meeting the cry of families worldwide to truly be empowered to flourish.
Married. Mom of 4.
TanyaUkraine Wonderful tool for family ministry and missionary life.
This book is a wonderful tool for Family Ministry as well as for an introduction to missionary life. We use this resource as we teach in three Christian Seminaries on family ministry. Each couple gets the book and we explain them how to use it. When we do ministry in churches we like to give them practical tools for ministry. This book helps a lot. It also gave us more opportunities to invite families to join missions, even though at this time in the Ukraine it’s not easy. But we see that people want to go to the mission field and this resource will definitely help them.
FranziskaGermany Loved the exercises!
The book contains many practical suggestions for the establishment of a healthy and purposeful family life.
The content is well structured and easy to read.
Particularly helpful are the many practical exercises for married couples, families and larger groups. In addition, each chapter contains references to further literature on the subject.
DomingosMozambique Working in unity
The book helped me to understand that every family is unique. We will achieve more when we work together, combining our gifts and strengths.
SimonGermany Good structure!
The book is well structured and covers important topics for families in ministry. The many testimonies make the topics very practical. The exercises themselves are great because they raise deep questions that we as a couple and as a family had to answer.
BenjaArgentina Practical!
I found the book very practical, easy to read and understand. Also to be able to put the exercises into practice was easy and concrete. I will practice the things I learned and hope there will be a Spanish version of the book soon.
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