Think Orange: Imagine the Impact When Church and Family Collide... (Hardcover)

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Founder of the Orange Conference, Reggie Joiner looks at what would happen if the church and families combined their efforts to create a revolutionary strategy toaffect the lives of children.

 

Families and churches are each working hard to build faith in kids, but imagine thepotential results when the two environments synchronize, maximizing their individual efforts. What can the church do to empower the family? How can the family emphasize the work of the church? They can Think Orange. Former family ministry director Reggie Joiner looks at what would happen if churches and families decided they could no longerdo business as usual, but instead combined their efforts and began to work off the same page for the sake of the kids. Think Orange shows church leaders how to make radical

 

changes so they can:

 

• Engage parents in an integrated strategy

• Synchronize the home and church around a clear message

• Provoke parents and kids to fight for their relationships with each other

• Recruit mentors to become partners with the family

• Mobilize the next generation to be the church

 

With a transparent, authentic approach that gives every family and church hope forbeing more effective in their common mission, Think Orange rethinks the approach tochildren’s, youth, and family ministry.

About the Author

Reggie Joiner is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of The reThink Group, a non-profit organization providing resources and training for churches. He is also the architect of the Orange Conference and one of the founders of North Point Community Church. He and his wife live in Cumming, Georgia, and have four grown children.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: David C. Cook; New edition (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1434764834
• ISBN-13: 978-1434764836
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,901 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Presenting the source for churches who want the BEST engaging approach for volunteers,children and families, August 7, 2009

By	M. Phillips "Misty" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Articulated in a clear,empassioned way, Reggie Joiner and his staff at REThink Group have share their strategy that hleps local churches evaluate what's really important in ministry to kids, parents and students. While churches lose 80% of their 18 year olds (barna research) Think Orange vision casts a proven concept/model of what a churches can do to realign their ministry to youth/kids/volunteers/families to be ON TARGET with lifestyle of families today. Less is more. Empower your church to be impactful and engaged and experience growth.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Orange" ya glad this book was written., July 10, 2009

By	Todd Mckeever "Pastor Todd McKeever" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

We have come to expect when anything that comes from Reggie Joiner is done it is going to be done with excellence, and this book was no different.

Orange is sweeping the country, family ministry has become one the great buzz words moving around as well, and yet, there seems to not really be a clear definition of what "Family ministry" is or looks like.

Until now!

Reggie does a great job going into a very articulate description of how he views family ministry and definitely helps set up up some guide post along the way to achieving what has become known as "Family Ministry".

Orange has become a staple book in my arsenal of books. I enjoyed reading it as it created and help lead to many great questions for myself as to the effectiveness of what and how we have been doing in the children's ministry world.

"As leaders and parents, our primary calling is not to keep our children in the church, but to lead them to become the church." - Think Orange.

So go ahead and pick up this book, kids depend on it, parents depend on it, families depend on it. "The most powerful thing you can do for parents is to provide kids in your ministry with another adult who will say the same things in their kids lives that they're trying to say as a parent." - Think Orange.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm thinking Orange, July 9, 2009

By	Wayne King (Dalton, GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Think Orange: Imagine the Impact When Church and Family Collide...This read may not say it all, but it couldn't have left out much. For church leaders who want the details on a revolutionary idea that has proven itself over 10 years, here it is. I've searched for ways to energize families to raise spiritual champions since I read George Barna's great book on that subject 6 years ago. Mr. Joiner has set the table. No longer can we say, "Can that really be done?". The future of churches who partner with families to make a difference in our culture is extremely bright! (like a lamp stand).
Wayne King