Why Should I Stay?

Over the last thirty years or so, I have heard this question from both men and women as they sat in my office crying. My spouse doesn’t love me anymore so what’s the point. Just as frequently I hear, “I don’t love them anymore,” from the spouse that wants to leave. While not always true, most of the time when I hear this phrase it means that someone else has entered the picture.

The spouse that does not love anymore has moved their affection on to someone else. A co-worker, which by the way is where the highest percentage of immorality takes place, a fellow-hobby enthusiast, a friend’s spouse, or even a fellow laborer in the church. I am not questioning the feelings of this type of love, just the definition and decisions behind it. Most people really do believe they fall in and out of love and have little control over it.

The process of falling out of love starts quickly and often shortly after the honeymoon. Reality takes the place of fantasy and real life can be difficult. The many irritants that were overlooked during the pre-marital days now become like splinters under our emotional skin. The man, who is typically in conquer mode before the wedding, has his prize and quits trying to win her. The woman, who was mysterious and playful, often loses her mystique and sense of humor chasing toddlers around all day. If we add arguments, money problems, hormones, in-law pressures, and unrecognized demonic temptations to the dashed expectations, a moral failure is not far away.

Enter the new love. The male co-worker, who is kind, sensitive, always clean-shaven, smells nice, knows how to listen without being critical, and has your genuine interests first and foremost in his mind. The female that you spend a great deal of time with at work or church that has perfect hair, skin, smell, and figure. Her smile and laughter, the way she makes you feel like a real man, just is overpowering. You simply cannot help yourself; you have fallen in love with someone else.

Time out. Take a breath, step away from the immorality ledge, and think. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Submit to his lies and he will destroy you and your family. With the divorce rate running rampant in our churches, which decision is winning? The statistics are well known so I won’t bother to repeat them. Godly men and women are falling in droves to a lie and illusion.

If we could think clearly about what we are about to do we would most likely stop. The illusion of perfection in the temptation is just that, an illusion. Mr. Wonderful really does not look like that all the time. When he is not at work, he doesn’t shave and his clothes are wrinkled. His breath is bad and if he were married to you, he wouldn’t listen to you as he now does. If he knows you are married and is still pursuing and flirting with you, he does not have your best interest at heart and he is really a jerk. If he was willing to act this way with you, what makes you think he won’t with the next pretty face?

Ms. Wonderful is just as fake. Do you really think she rolls out of bed looking like that? How long does it take her to reconstruct herself? Do you think she never has emotional mood swings or hormonal imbalances? What will she become if she submits to your play for her? Depressed, guilt laden, and insecure most likely. What about her spouse and children, they come with the pretty package. After you run off with her do you really think she will never criticize you or complain like that wife you already have back home? In the words of the famous segment on a prime time sports show, “Come on man.” What are you thinking?

If we would stop and learn to resist the initial temptation, we would fare far better. Our enemy loves to wreak havoc in the family and generational destruction takes place when a home falls apart. Why just settle for taking down a single person when you can influence multiple generations though one foolish act? Our enemy is shrewd and we are often easy prey for him.

We need to take our thoughts captive to Christ and His Word. We need to learn how to discern the enemy’s tactics and resist them. The truth is you will not be happier with someone else. The reality is that if you leave your current spouse for an illusion you will end up disillusioned. I understand that there are instances of abuse and for those cases; you need to seek professional help and flee to safety. What I am addressing here is the plethora of godly men and women that are chucking away their marriages and families for a huge lie.

Why should you stay? God hates divorce. God wants godly offspring and marriage provides the best possible opportunity for this to take place. Don’t just take my word for it, read this:

Another thing you do: You flood the LORD’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer pays attention to your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. You ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD is acting as the witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you have broken faith with her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant. Has not the LORD made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. “I hate divorce,” says the LORD God of Israel, “and I hate a man’s covering himself with violence as well as with his garment,” says the LORD Almighty. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith. Malachi 2:13-16

Besides the destruction caused through immorality, the result of choosing it will not satisfy you. Grief, guilt, emotional heaviness, financial burdens, and yes, even more relationship difficulties always follow. If children are involved then you end up giving up your rights to lead them and end up sharing with people that you most likely will not agree with on critical topics. Ex-spouses remarry and children end up like a ping-pong ball bouncing between houses and mixed families. As the children become teenagers, they often pit the parents against one another to get what they want. Threats of moving in with dad or mom almost always work in getting their self-centered wishes fulfilled. A house divided will not stand and as the old song goes, “The children are the broken pieces when a home falls apart.”

Feelings come and go and we must not be ruled by them but make them come under the authority of our Lord Jesus. We can learn to love our spouse and we must resist the allure of another. Proverbs 7:27 states accurately that the immorality road ends up in death. We would be wise to choose another path to walk on while we still can. 1 Corinthians 13 gives us the signposts to follow and if we take that road, we will end up in life not death. Read this love chapter every day and ask the Lord to give you the grace to actually do it and see what happens to your falling in and out of love. Love is a choice and not primarily a feeling.

A quick note to those that have fallen in the past before I close. Failing does not make us a failure. If you can correct the mistake and save the marriage by all means, do so. Get help and get it now. If everyone has moved on to new marriages then ask for forgiveness and rest in God’s grace. There are no second-class citizens in God’s Kingdom, just dearly loved children. We learn from our mistakes and share with others the lessons we gained hoping that they won’t have to be repeated. Jesus died for sinners like you and I and we rest in that promise from our Father.

Go ahead and fall in love with your spouse…better yet, don’t ever fall out of love in the first place.

Pastor Jeff Klick is the founder and Pastor of Hope Family Fellowship with the focus on restoring the family to health. He holds a Masters Degree in Pastoral Ministry, A Doctorate Degree in Biblical Studies, and a Ph.D. in Pastoral Ministry and has written 2 books geared to assist families. Pastor Jeff also assists new church plants in conjunction with 4FIC, a new ministry to assist family-integrated churches. For more information, please visit his website – http://www.jeffklick.com or his church website – www.hopefamilyfellowship.org

Fatherhood is Calling II

Fatherhood is a Calling – Part 2

Out of all the titles that God could have chosen to reveal Himself to His creation, He chose Father. Why? Why not, Chief Emperor of the Universe, of Executive Supreme, President of the Universe, or The Ultimate CEO. God chose a family term instead, father. Hmmm.

The Sovereign, All-Knowing, All-Loving, All-Wise, All-Powerful, and All-Everything Being we worship as God, chose a family identity to set up His Kingdom instead of any of the other choices available to Him. By God choosing to reveal Himself to us in this mode, He declared an important truth; family relationships are extremely important and central to His will!

In one of my seminary classes, I came across the “desert island principle.” Briefly, this concept means to read the Bible as if you are reading if for the very first time without any other preconceived considerations. Imagine you were born on an island with no access to anything other than what was in your own little world of sand and coconuts.  One day a book washes ashore, it is the Bible in your native language, and you read it for the very first time.

As you read this book for the very first time, what would you discover? How would your life be influenced by the stories and examples you encounter on the pages of Scripture? What would your theology look like as you finished it? While no one can possibly know all of the answers to these questions, some things are pretty much a slam-dunk. One would certainly understand that there is a Creator and that He (not she or it) is actively involved in the lives of His creation. Page after page God reveals Himself in the stories of the characters in the Book. God is not pictured as some far off deity, but an active participant in the affairs of creation. As the story unfolded and just when it seems hopeless for the humans yet again, God steps in with the ultimate revelation of Himself, Jesus Christ! We would also know that the ending is very good for those that are His.

What would also be clear is that the Bible is family oriented and based on relationships. In the Old Testament God worked with family groups, and in the New, He continued to work in families and expanded the concept to include a relational grouping called the Church. This inspired Book reveals hundreds of names of real life people and their family connections. As the story moves along in time from creation to Revelation, God described His followers as being adopted into a family, having brothers and sisters everywhere, and the family model continues to stay central until heaven, when everything ends (or really begins!) with a wedding feast!

The current philosophy of ministry that permeates the modern Church is not one that would be discovered using desert island theology. What would be found is a family-centric mode of living with the emphasis of true Christianity being displayed in interpersonal relationships at all levels, and especially in the family. God cares very deeply for family relationships and this is the pattern revealed in Scripture.

If I am even remotely on target with what I have written so far, then the implications are huge. As families continue to spiral into destruction, the Church and Her influence hangs in the balance. If we hope to stem this tide of destruction then some changes at the root level of our understanding will have to take place. Changes do not come easily, but if we refuse to even attempt them, then we will continue to walk down the path to failure. It seems to me, that we let what we cannot do, which is to change everything, hinder what we can do, which is to change something.

Part of the changes that I am recommending, is that we would begin to reverse the degradation and distain for fatherhood, and replace this with a more Biblical view. After decades of attack from radical feminism, it is almost to the place of embarrassment to express a simple Biblical principle of the husband being the head of the family. To agree with Scripture, that clearly reveals God in the male gender and man as the head of woman as Christ is the head of the Church, raises eyebrows in some, and even temper in others.

Since God came up with the idea of family, He must have the perfect order intended, and as is His history with the human race, He has revealed His will clearly enough to be obeyed. The revealed truth in the pages of our Scriptures point to male leadership and responsibility for the marriage and family. Men are required by God to lead their homes, and this lost teaching lies at the heart of the problem we are facing in our world today. The Church of Jesus Christ needs men that will lead their families, love their wives as Christ loved the church, and invest in the next generation. Nothing short of this is what we find in the Scripture.

Pastors need to model, teach, and encourage the men to step up and resist the mode being forced on them by our culture. We, as men, need to reengage in our families and churches and cast off apathy. We must resist the label placed on us as unimportant extras, and step into God’s view of our job in the home, which is extremely important! We must look at our priorities and be willing to ruthlessly evaluate what we are doing and why. What really is important in the grand, godly scheme of things? How do we fit in as men, fathers, and grandfathers? What is our responsibility, and even a more probing question, how are those under our leadership and authority doing? These questions must be pondered and answered if we are to begin to change the direction of our family, church, cities and nation.

We cannot do everything but we all can do something. We must begin somewhere and we must start now. Pray, read the Scripture, and begin to implement what you find there. Find some other men to walk with, and begin to talk to your spouse about what is stirring in your soul. Seek the Lord first and all these other things will begin to fall into place. Rise up man of God, your wife, family and church are waiting!

Stay tuned.

Pastor Jeff Klick is the founder and Pastor of Hope Family Fellowship with the focus on restoring the family to health. He holds a Masters Degree in Pastoral Ministry, A Doctorate Degree in Biblical Studies, and a Ph.D. in Pastoral Ministry and has written 2 books geared to assist families. Pastor Jeff also assists new church plants in conjunction with 4FIC, a new ministry to assist family-integrated churches. For more information, please visit his website – http://www.jeffklick.com or his church website – www.hopefamilyfellowship.org

Fatherhood is a Calling III

Fatherhood is a Calling – Part 3 – Love Your Wife

We cannot do everything, but we all can do something, and it should begin now. In my management training, there was a principle that was repeatedly driven into my head – “do it now.” This is true when handling paper- file it, delegate it, or take care of it, do not just shift it around in piles on the desk, and it is true in our pursuit of God and our calling. Do it now.

Apathy and procrastination are enemies of our success in our employment and in our homes. Mix in some fear, worry and ignorance, and we can turn into a real mess! Thankfully, God specializes in cleaning up messes! God is a redeeming God and He will help us when we come to Him. This is true regarding sin, and it is true in our marriages and parenting.

At times, we take stock of where we are in our marriages, parenting and daily walk with God, and feel overwhelmed. There are many areas that need help and we end up feeling hopeless. We look at the entire picture and see that so much work is needed; we end up not doing anything because we cannot do everything. This is a lie that keeps us from walking on with God. God is not overwhelmed, and hopeless is not a word used in reference to His children.

As we consider this topic of fathering, we can become discouraged. We are supposed to be the bread winner, dynamic spiritual leader, prayer warrior, master repairman, financial wizard, and all-wise man of God walking in daily servanthood. Sometimes the pressure is huge, and our failures seem even bigger. So what should we do, give up? Not an option.

Another statement driven into my brain from the business world was this one – “Anyone can eat an elephant, just do it one bite at a time.” I do not know what an elephant tastes like, but I get the picture. These huge beasts can weigh up to six tons and that is a lot of happy meals at one setting! However, breaking down the meat into bite size chunks can and does take place. I do not have to eat the whole thing at one meal and I do not have to change everything to begin to make a difference in my marriage or family. I simply have to take small bites and chew, and eventually, the elephant will be gone. If I never start chewing, nothing will ever change. I must not let the fact that I cannot do everything stop me from doing something.

Since we are discussing fathers, let me just pick one thing we men can work on every day. Consider this verse:

1 Peter 1:3-7- Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Learning to love our wives will help our children in many ways. As our children observe us, they will be learning valuable life lessons on marriage that will carry over into their own some day. As fathers, we will be demonstrating character traits like death to self, courage, deference, self-control, obedience to Scripture, and Biblical love. We will be training our sons how to honor women and our daughters what to look for in perspective suitors.

Another key is that our prayers will not be hindered, and who doesn’t want that? How I treat my bride, has a direct impact on my relationship with my Lord. God was very clear about this in this passage as well:

Malachi 2:13-16 – And this second thing you do. You cover the LORD’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.  But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the LORD was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.  Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.  “For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the LORD, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the LORD of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”

There is a great deal in this section as well as the entire book, but for our purposes just notice how the relationship with God is impacted by how we treat our wife. God refused to accept their offerings because of how they were treating their bride. God also states that He was seeking godly offspring and He says that how the man and wife interact has a bearing on this. Prayers being heard, offerings being accepted, and the producing of godly offspring are pretty big issues, and worthy of my further study and time investment!

After my relationship with God, the one with my bride is key. Effective fathering begins with loving my wife. Each man’s wife is different but God is clear that the responsibility to love her is the husbands, and therefore we are all in the same boat. We, as men, must learn how to love the wife God has given to us. Fortunate for us, many resources out there will enable us to take the first bite of the elephant known as loving our wife. If we never start we will never grow, our marriage will never change, and our children will be deprived of a godly role model to follow.

Here is what I am asking you to do – Ask God right now what He wants you to do with this and then begin to take action, right now, today, soon, don’t put it off.  Next, get a book on the topic and actually read all of it. Perhaps you can consider asking someone you respect for advice on how to improve, or to give you an honest critique of how you are currently doing. When ready, talk to your wife about your desire to grow and change, and be open to her suggestions, without being defensive or hurt.

Whatever you hear from the Lord or decide to do, implement something today, no matter how small. If we do not start, we will never make any progress. The task is at hand and it is well worth our time and efforts.  Grab a fork and dig in guys, start eating that elephant!

Some suggested resources:

The Five Love Languages – Gary Chapman
Discovering the Mind of a Woman – Ken Nair
Generational Impact – Me (shameless plug)

Pastor Jeff Klick is the founder and Pastor of Hope Family Fellowship with the focus on restoring the family to health. He holds a Masters Degree in Pastoral Ministry, A Doctorate Degree in Biblical Studies, and a Ph.D. in Pastoral Ministry and has written 2 books geared to assist families. Pastor Jeff also assists new church plants in conjunction with 4FIC, a new ministry to assist family-integrated churches. For more information, please visit his website – http://www.jeffklick.com or his church website – www.hopefamilyfellowship.org

Fatherhood is a Calling

The term “father” in our day is almost synonymous with lazy, ignorant, selfish, and out of touch with what is really going on in any given situation. While I do not watch the current crop of TV shows, it is impossible to avoid the onslaught against fatherhood. The sitcoms portray fathers as remote control addicts with a low IQ, and completely ignorant of what their wise wife or teen is capable of grasping. The heroes of our day are usually more wicked than good and display little in the way of positive character traits. It is difficult to find a movie or TV show that actually presets fathers in a good light outside of Christian movies like Courageous. Why is this? Is it simply a reflective trend or an accident?

When I was much younger, fathers were presented as wise and understanding, displaying character traits like, hard work, courage and death-to-self for the greater good. Times have changed. Is Hollywood simply reflecting our culture or are they influencing it? Is the message that is subtle at times and sometimes not so much, really a fluke or is it part of something far more dangerous? For the record, I am not given to conspiracy theories by nature; however, in this case, I do not believe that this is random chance.

Jesus taught that a house divided against itself will fall. As the family continues to implode, I cannot help but think that this is the result of a concerted effort of evil. Most of us are painfully aware of the results of divorce, abuse, and the ever-increasing problems associated with the breakdown of the family. While it is easy to point out the results of the failure, the cure seems difficult to grasp. Even in the Church, it seems we have a hard time understanding this basic truth. A house divided will fall, and great will be the consequences of that fall. We are living in such a time.

While there are really no simple answers to a complex problem like this, that does not mean that there are none available! It would seem that if the breakdown of the family is causing so many issues to society at large, and to the Church closer to home, we should attack this problem with all of our resources and not simply give into it. We should begin to evaluate what we are doing and why. Perhaps a different set of filters need to be considered in the church and home. I believe we need to place more emphasis on prevention rather than recovery.

The Church-growth movement has produced some very large churches with huge budgets. How is that working in restoring the family unit? Mission oriented churches are reaching the corners of the globe, are their divorce rates up or down at home? I am not against any method of reaching the lost or expanding ministry to a hurting world. What I am advocating is that if we know our adversary is being successful in destroying marriages and the basic family unit, perhaps we need to rethink where our priorities lay. Jesus said if we gain the whole world but lose our own soul, what have we really accomplished?

Given the well-documented fact that the Church at large matches or exceeds the divorce rates of the world around Her, perhaps we need to look inward for a bit. If the studies are true, and there is no reason to doubt them, that 70-90% of our young people walk away from the faith in their late teens, shouldn’t we be concerned about what is going on in the home? What will happen to the next generation if we continue to walk down this path and do not stem the tide of family implosion?

I believe a restoration of the role of fathers is a critical part of the solution. In this series of blogs, I will attempt to explain why and how this will help defeat the foe that currently is being very successful. Fathers play a key role in the family and we don’t have to look any further than our own inner-cities to see the damage done by the father being absent. Even in homes where the father resides physically, while better than the ones without him, if he is not actively engaged in the battle, the war will still be lost.

Something to consider as I close this first blog: out of all the titles that God could have chosen for Himself, He chose Father. Why? Why not, Chief Emperor of the Universe, of Executive Supreme, President of the Universe, or The Ultimate CEO. God chose a family term instead, father. Hmmm.

Stay tuned……

Pastor Jeff Klick is the founder and Pastor of Hope Family Fellowship with the focus on restoring the family to health. He holds a Masters Degree in Pastoral Ministry, A Doctorate Degree in Biblical Studies, and a Ph.D. in Pastoral Ministry and has written 2 books geare to assist families. Pastor Jeff also assists new church plants through the Association of the Restoration of Church and Home, and 4FIC, a new ministry to assist family-integrated churches. For more information please visit his website – http://www.jeffklick.com or his church website – www.hopefamilyfellowship.org

 

The Summit – Eyewitness Report

On July 18, 2012 the General Baptists gathered in Springfield Missouri for their annual conference. The central theme encompassed the concept of evangelism and learning how to be better fishermen. Almost as a foreshadowing of the next year’s gathering focusing on discipleship, Tony Marino was invited to present a workshop.

The workshop Tony taught was entitled, “The Discipling Church” and was presented three times. Since I was in the area I stopped by to observe this presentation first hand and to record my findings. The room was tight and the seats were close, but those that came were not disappointed. Tony, as only Tony can, gave them everything he had and held little back. This fiery, graying Italian, marketing guru, used every bit of his time, and then some, to attempt to challenge, encourage, explain and motivate the crowd.

Because of my desire to observe and report, I stayed and covertly operated the power point on the laptop for the three workshops. Each presentation was better than the previous one and those that attended the third one were indeed blessed. Tony refined his goals, made mid-course corrections and adapted his presentation in order to present the most effective workshop possible. Each session was rated by those that attended, and the grades soared through the roof by the third one. Due to Tony’s advancing age he was worn out after the day’s work, but grateful for the Lord’s anointing. Thankfully his lovely and gracious wife Lynn was there to assist him to his room.

The participants in the workshop were treated to a long drink from a fire hose of information. Discipleship was presented as the clarion call of the Church and like the precious jewel it is, many aspects were explored as it was turned over and over in the light of the truth of God’s Word. No matter which angle you look at this gem, the call from Jesus is clear – Go and Make Disciples!

Tony skillfully presented a host of problems we face in discipleship and debunked many of the excuses used to not walk in obedience to Jesus’ final command to His Church. Heads could be seen nodding in agreement as excuse after excuse was blow apart. There simply is no reason not to disciple others and those that attended these workshops agreed heartily.

There were many wonderful questions from the audience and solutions were presented, but they cannot all be explored here due to the lack of space and time. Suffice it to say, that if someone desires to grow in being a discipler, if they want to learn how to lead others in the process, tools are available. Many of which are on this very site, so please explore and let us know if you can’t find what you are looking for or what you need.

What I can leave you with is what was given to those in attendance – 10 practical steps to begin discipleship now. They are below and if you have no idea what to do, or where to begin, try these! Overall the workshops accomplished the purposes God had intended – He received glory and many were motivated to begin the exciting  journey of disciplining others.

Practical Discipleship Action Strategies

Development
Develop and schedule a daily prayer and Bible study routine – specifically aimed at maturing you as a disciple and discipler; then keep your appointment with God. Keep a journal of what God shows you.

Access Resources and Relationships
Purchase and read our book. Connect with us via our website’s Pastor’s Forum for secured access to the materials you need to begin your discipleship journey. Prayerfully consider forming a partnership with us or someone who knows how to proficiently disciple others.

Start in the Home
Begin/Continue in your own home to lead your family in daily prayer, Bible study, and worship. Discussions around the table and before bedtime with your children will enhance the discipleship process with those closest to you.

Seek and Be a Mentor (Discipler)
Like Paul, Timothy, and Barnabas; everyone needs a mentor (discipler); needs to become a mentor (disciple); and needs other people (disciples) around them that can support them through a lifelong discipleship process. If you do not have time for relationships, you are far too busy.

Live Out the Discipleship Process
Ask God to show you someone outside of your own family to begin to invest time in. This person can be from within your church or from outside your church. Meet with them regularly to discuss God’s Word, pray together, and develop a close relationship/bond. Follow the guidelines in our book and at our website.

Evaluate Your Schedule
Aggressively evaluate your weekly schedule and remove all things that are not producing Kingdom fruit and helping people to grow in their walk with God. If you keep doing what you have been doing that has not been working, you cannot expect to attain measurable discipleship growth.

Be Discipleship-Centric in All Things
Begin to introduce discipleship into every sermon, Sunday school class, and activity within your church. All activities, events, and teaching opportunities must be clearly grounded and recognized with a discipleship bent. Encourage your families to practice discipleship within their homes in order to enhance your teachings to make the biggest impact between each regularly scheduled church meeting.

Live a Fully-Committed Discipleship Plan
Meet with the people in your church to define, explain, and discuss discipleship. Lead them to follow your example in the first 6 steps. Your goal must be to invest time in relationships that will reproduce other relationships (disciples). Schedule one meeting a week, or at least, every other week. Be sure to be faithful and adhere to the completion of these tasks.

Conduct a Discipleship Situation Analysis
Perform a church and personal S.W.O.T analysis to assist you in your endeavors of discipleship. Your goal is to fully know and understand yourself and each and every church member that you have been called to equip for Christ Jesus (discipleship). Follow the guidelines in our book and at our website.

Conduct a Discipleship Progress Analysis
Identify discipleship progress in yourself, your family, and those who you are ministering (serving) within in the discipleship process. Where and when necessary, apply adjustments and corrections to your discipleship process and spiritually repeat each of above action strategies until called home by God. Follow the guidelines in our book and at our website.

Pastor Jeff Klick is the founder and Pastor of Hope Family Fellowship with the focus on restoring the family to health. He holds a Masters Degree in Pastoral Ministry, A Doctorate Degree in Biblical Studies, and a Ph.D. in Pastoral Ministry and has written 2 books geared to assist families. Pastor Jeff also assists new church plants in conjunction with 4FIC, a new ministry to assist family-integrated churches. For more information, please visit his website – http://www.jeffklick.com or his church website – www.hopefamilyfellowship.org