Hello Friends! Welcome to episode four of Vibrant Faith’s podcast, Familying the Faith. Our goal is to partner with ministry leaders to help parents grow in their capacity and confidence as they guide their kids into a Jesus-centered life.   

In this episode, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes peek into the kinds of conversations that break out all the time in our Vibrant Faith team meetings. Jim LaDoux, Vibrant Faith’s Director of Coaching Services, and Dr. Nancy Going, our Director of Research and Resource Development, explore the foundations of thriving in a church, and how a ministry focus that encourages faith life in the home ACTUALLY fuels that thriving. What does it mean for churches and people to THRIVE, and how is thriving fed by relationships (surprise, surprise)? The conversation's takeaways include:    

• Churches that are THRIVING are always consciously working on deepening relationships. 
• Churches need to pay far more attention to people’s spiritual lives first and foremost—which primarily means how people are living out their faith outside the walls and programs of the church, in their daily lives.    
• Churches who THRIVE are willing to experiment to change their culture. Culture change is relationally driven, not event- or program-driven.  

Join us as we help you take that next faithful step!