The Disciple-Making Parent ministry exists to equip parents, grandparents, and church leaders to pass the gospel to their children and youth.
Family discipleship is our heartbeat.
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A History of The Disciple-Making Parent
The Disciple-Making Parent ministry has grown out of my story.
I grew up in a Christian home in Birmingham, Alabama. I believe I genuinely came to Christ at an early age. However, intellectual questions in my high school years almost sunk my faith. I know what it is like to wrestle with doubts. Thankfully, those questions were answered as a college student by the Christian campus group at Brown University.
Given the need of New England for the gospel, I felt called to stay and help plant a church in the RI area. Columbia International University and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary gave me my theological training.
Along the way God blessed me with wife, Sharon, and four beautiful children. He also brought great friends who also wanted to disciple their children. But when we looked around, we saw some great Christian parenting resources but not much to help us pass the gospel baton to our children.
And so, with our friends, we began reading, thinking, and praying. These insights form the basis of our seminars and writing. They come from 25 years of preaching, studying the Word, and studying our children. We have made every kind of mistake there is. But by God’s grace, we believe God has given us some insight as well.
In 2012, after 25 years of pastoring this church, God clearly called us to step out in faith and pursue the ministry of The Disciple-Making Parent (formerly The Apollos Project) full-time.
Important Dates in Our Timeline
Featured Interview with Focus on the Family
In this interview, we discussed the following:
- Why Christian parenting is counter-cultural.
- Practical things that should alert you that you’re creating a child-centered family.
- Defining Pharisee parenting where moms and dads need to be sure their walk with the Lord is solid before preaching to their kids.
- Three common myths moms and dads have about discipling their children.
- Encouragement to parents who feel like they have already failed in their parenting.
