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• Whereas God intends for parents to serve as the primary spiritual instructors of their children (Deuteronomy 6:4-9), and
  
  
• Whereas God intends for those He calls as ministers to equip His people for service (Ephesians 4:11-13), and
  
  
• Whereas many parents in church fail to fulfill their responsibility for the spiritual development of their children (Judges 2:10, 14), and
  
  
• Whereas the church makes its greatest impact upon unbelieving youth and families when its own youth and families are healthy spiritually (1 Timothy 3:1-13), and
  
  
• Whereas we as church and organizational leaders too long have failed to equip parents for their vital role in the spiritual instruction and leadership of their teenage children,

Therefore,

• We call for youth ministers to take on their rightful role as pastoral ministers to parents, acknowledging parents as the primary spiritual leaders of their children and serving parents in that role.

To further define this role,

• We call for youth ministers to champion the call for churches to pray for parents and to mobilize parents to pray for their teenagers.
  
  
• We call for youth ministers to spend intentional time each week administering and communicating ministries that impact the home.
  
  
• We call for youth ministers consistently to involve parents with leaders and resources that equip parents for biblical parenting and primary discipling of their children.
  
  
• We call for youth ministers to acquire training in family ministry to be equipped to respond to families in crisis and to refer when necessary.
  
  
• We call for youth ministers to include events and experiences that bring parents and teenagers together when it best achieves ministry purposes.
  
  
• We call for churches to call youth ministers in agreement with this document and to support and encourage existing youth ministers to make a transition toward parent ministry.
  
  
• We call for senior pastors and church leaders to incorporate the spirit of this document in the church’s ministry with parents of children of all ages.

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(The above was developed by a group of youth ministry leaders during the National Network of Youth Ministries Forum in Glorieta, New Mexico, January 11-12, 2004.
© The National Network of Youth Ministries, 2004. Duplication and distribution of this document is encouraged.)

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Denominational Leaders (92)

Jimmy Hester, Senior Director of Student Ministry Publishing, LifeWay Christian Resources
Gus Reyes, Ethnic Evangelism Consultant, Baptist General Convention of Texas
Philip Alsup, Team Leader, M-Fuge Student Events, LifeWay
Tammy Anderson, Missions Consultant, Mississippi Woman’s Missionary Union
John Bailey, Manager Student Volunteer Mobilization, North American Mission Board
Kevin Boles, Director, Youth and Young Adults, Louisiana Baptist Convention
Joel Carter, Student Ministry Specialist, LifeWay
Michael Cooper, Youth Ministry Specialist, Missouri Baptist Convention
Gordon Davidson, Consultant, Georgia Baptist Convention
Kelly Davis, Youth Consultant, International Mission Board
Bruce Edwards, Youth Ministry Specialist, Tennessee Baptist Convention
Lance Howerton, Managing Director - Centrifuge, LifeWay
Robin L. Keel, WMU Missions Consultant, Mississippi Bap. Convention Board
Scott Kindig, Youth Ministry Consultant, Georgia Baptist Convention
Danny Kuykendall, Youth Ministry Strategist, Northwest Baptist Convention
Dean Miller, Deployment Agent, Baptist General Association of Virginia
Joe Palmer, Director, Student Events Department, LifeWay
Lynn Pryor, Biblical and Instructional Specialist, LifeWay
Scott Stevens, Managing Director, Student Ministry Publishing, LifeWay
Len Taylor, Director of Student Evangelism, North American Mission Board
Joanne Lambert, Santiago de Compostela Youth Ministry, Lake Forest, CA
Levieta R. Bankston, Everlasting Gospel Tabernacle Youth Ministry, Cleveland, TN
Michael Cooper, Missouri Baptist Convention, Jefferson City, MO
Curt Gwartney, OK Free Will Baptist Christian Education Board, Locust Grove, OK
Jamie Baldwin, Alabama Baptist State Convention, Montgomery, AL
Dr. Terry M. McIlvain, Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists, Topeka, Kansas
Andy Harrison, Student Ministry & Education Specialist, Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma
Kent Choate, Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma , Oklahoma City, OK
Dr. Kent Choate, Family Ministry Specialist, Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma
Rev. Kevin L. Mayfield, Pentecostal Church of God, Jacksonville, texas
rev. Rodney N. Smith, St John Miss Baptist, Tallahassee,Fl
Peri miller, Northwest Texas Conf. of United Methodist Church, Lubbock, TX
Harvey Ellis, Mississippi Baptist Convention, Jackson, MS
Johan Gerber, Dutch Reformed Church, Klerksdorp South Africa
Thomas L. Rodgers, Mt. zion church of God, Charlotte, North Carolina
Daryl J. Watts, California Southern Baptist Conventionq, Fresno, CA
Don W. Ford, Brister Memorial Baptist Church, Compton CA
Darla Grubb, United Methodist Church, Ephrata, WA
Palma R. Hutchinson, Church of God of Prophecy, Cleveland, Tennessee
Michael Berra, Youth Secretary, Evangelical Free Churches, Switzerland
Shawn Sampson, Pastor to Youth and Families at Discovery Church, Livermore, CA
Dennis Gulley, Alberta Baptist Association, Edmonton, Alberta
Pastor Palmer, Eagleswings kingdom Ministries, Mississauga
Buck Webb, Puget Sound Baptist Association, Federal Way, WA
ERNEST ASIEDU ODEI, ALL BELIEVERS YOUTH FOR CHRIST EVANGELISM, ACCRA
Jay-ar A. Yanson, Youth Pastor, Zamboanga City, Philippines
Carol Norton, Grayson Baptist Assn., Sherman, Texas
Joel Sanabria, Youth Outcry USA, New York, NY
Rachel Patterson, Volunteer Youth Leader - College Heights UMC, Pittsburg, KS
RABBI JACK SMALE, A PLACE CALLED HOPE./ YESHIVA ISRAEL, MIAMI BEACH FLA 305 778-2743
BISHOP DUANE SWILLEY, HOPE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS, SOUTH FLA
earl jones, friendship church, moreno valley,ca
snidermt, apolo odicio, peru
M S MEENAKSHI, CHENNAI
Joy Emery, Student Ministry Internet Producer, LifeWay, Nashville, TN
Christian Peter, Dominion Word Chapel, Fairfax, VA
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Marc Santom, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Livonia, Michigan
James C Ferebee III, Savannah River Baptist Association, Jasper County SC
Antionette M. Pickard, Apple of His Eye Ministries, Savage, Maryland
PASTOR SAMUEL DAODU, YOUTHS GLOBAL NETWORK, ILORIN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
robert perry, LAS VEGAS - NEVADA
robert perry, victorian cristian church, LAS VEGAS - NEVADA
Valencia Thomas, Youth Ministry, Perris, CA
Charles Campbell, Director of Student and Discipleship, IBSA, Springfield, IL
Dave Curtiss, Church of the Nazarene, Kansas City, MO
David C. Blair, Church of God, Cleveland, Cleveland, TN
michael marri olanrewaju, assurance of salvation ministies, benin city nigeria
Wm. ScottAdamson, Home Run Youth Ministries, Albuquerque, New Mexico
onyenucheya tony, revival peoples church, nigeria
livingwordoffaith, evangelistic ministries, atlanta
Benny M. Mbai, Generation Changers Ministries. P.o Box 322 , Nairobi, Kenya
Benny M. Mbai, Generation Changers Ministries. P.o Box 322 , Nairobi, Kenya
Benny M. Mbai, Generation Changers Ministries. P.o Box 322 , Nairobi, Kenya
johan lourens, south africa
david lee, don, alabama
Rev.Iftikhar Indryas , Apostles of Gospel Ministries International Pakist, Faisalabad /Pakistan
Boma Ipalibo, The Glory of God Ministries, ph rivers
seth wayman, royal,ar
Angela Fickes, Fairview Brethren in Christ, New Cumberland, PA
Laura Darren
Pervez Akhter Masih, Sunday School Association, Sheikhupura ,Punjab Pakistan
idohou roland, salem ministries, africa bohicon zou
Pleasant Hill Chapel of Gospel Ministry, Inc
Herschel Gibbs, Pleasant Hill Chapel of Gospel Ministry, Inc.

kenneth watkins,Pastor, Souls Won Outreach Ministries, Cumberland,md
Past.Emmanuel Vulley, Believers Revival Church, Benin
Francis Menyi, Community Church International, Ghana
William Sunday School teacher, Presbyterian Church, Faisalabad

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