Family Ministry

FAMILY MINISTRY

In this era of ours alike Families in the secular world, the Church Families under go through deep Crisis, facing separation, and divorce, which of course inflicts excruciating pain, and unspeakable suffering to the children in that Marriage. Within the Family to reduce tension, and bring healing or therapy the following must be observed:

1. Self-understanding: To understand oneself is often a first step in healing or therapy. Many problems are self-imposed but the one being helped may fail to recognize that he or she has biased perceptions, harmful attitudes or self-destructive behaviour. It is the individual responsibility of both spouses to work on their respective biased perceptions, harmful attitudes or self-destructive behaviour.

2. Communication: It is well known that many marriage difficulties relate to a breakdown in husband-wife communication. The same is true of other problems. Spouses need to be encouraged continuously tp work on communication improvement, no matter what, through reading related books and other materials.

3. Learning and behaviour Change: Most of our behaviour is learned. Counselling involves helping counselees (Husband and Wife) unlearn ineffective behaviour and learn more efficient ways of acting to promote deep understanding.

Family Counseling Service:

I. Our Church provides the following Counseling Services:

1. Family Counseling: Prevention, separation, and divorce
2. Premarital Counseling,
3. Marriage Counseling
4. Teen ages Counseling
5. Mentally and Emotionally illness Counseling with Referrals

II. The mandate of the Church Family Ministry

1. Pray for the Families of our Church and others
2. Plan variety of programs to enrich Marriages
3. Do Family crisis intervention
4. Plan Seminars and Family Activities