Parent Leaders
The Importance of Building a Biblical Worldview in Childhood.
The family unit is under attack. As more and more couples succumb to the pressures of modern society and cultural correctness, the traditional family system is systemically being redefined and restructured.
Harried lifestyles and shifts in basic value structures have reconceptualized the two-parent family as an antiquated if not ineffective means of rearing children and sustaining strong couplehoods.
The Family Home is the Primary Seat of learning.
The establishment of Christian values in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood are strongly correlated to the values, life principles, beliefs and perceptions, that manifest in adulthood. Idealy, this training or instruction is best facilitated by the child’s parents in the security and consistency of the familial home. The day-in-day-out experience of being exposed to, instructed in, and taught by principles, value-driven, and biblically grounded parents is by far the most effective means of instilling a strong Christ-centered outlook and approach to life.
Taking Up the Challenge of Becoming a Parent Leader
There is no way to overemphasize the importance of strong parental influence during childhood. Because the basic values, virtues, and moral compass of every human being are foundationally developed in their formative years, the dynamics to which they are exposed in the home become a template for future relational, spiritual, and emotional health. A healthy couple and a healthy family naturally produce healthy children who grow into healthy, mature adults.
Parent leadership is the most fundamental type of discipleship. A parent leader (disciple) discipling (teaching/training) their child(ren) who, in turn will, as they reach maturity, be prepared and equipped to disciple (teach/train/lead) others into a rich, full, and intimate knowledge of Christ.
Such a directive would require nothing less than an army of Parent Leaders dedicated to not only discipling their children but also taking on the personal responsibility of raising their own individual and collective level of spiritual maturity.
If you want to grow strong, principled, discerning, and biblically grounded children, adolescents, and young adults, you must first raise up a militia of parents, willing to take on the challenge of becoming solve out Parent Leaders dedicated to training up the next generation by increasing their own level of “Christ-likenes.”
It would be amazing to see a movement of Parent Leaders who are unwilling to allow the culture to embed a less than Christ-like worldview into the minds of our children. Parent Leaders who would be willing to take up the challenge of becoming solid, mature members of the body of Christ and then carry the Parent Leader mentality into their own homes, churches, schools, and communities.
Parent Leaders who dare to live a couter-culture life that embraces true covenant marriage, rejects divorce, and assumes responsibility for the biblical education of their children. Parent Leaders who refuse to relinquish their responsibility to build strong family systems that glorify Christ and encourage God-centered communities, workplaces, and government at local, state, and national levels.
Yes, it is quite a challenge, but the benefits of such a movement would be immeasurable. The establishment of a biblical worldview begins in childhood and is facilitated by strong Parent Leaders who refuse to allow their children to be taught and trained by God resistant school systems and defined by humanistic, post-modern, or other culturally correct philosophies.
A strong biblical worldview begins in the life and mind of the parental couple and is transferred to their children through intentional instruction and training.
Build the Couple, Build the Child, Build the Family, Build the Community
It All Begins In the Home
The first step in becoming a strong Parent Leader is to recognize the importance of personal growth, maturation, and more fully defining the parameters of your worldview, values, and life principles.
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