About Family Matters

Family Matters is a non-profit ministry whose goal is to see families transformed by God's grace into instruments of restoration and reformation by equipping families for every age and stage of life. We view families as the foundation of a successful society. Today, perhaps more than ever before, the family is being fragmented and undermined by many counter-forces such as busyness, relentless change, a lack of clear moral values, an attitude of indifference, and children being forced to grow up too fast. When families are unhealthy, our communities suffer many of the consequences in areas relating to economic productivity, education, law enforcement, health care needs, abuse, and violence.

Family Matters offers hope to today’s family by...

• Educating family members about the strategic role they play in their homes and communities.
  
• Equipping family members with successful relational skills and resources to make better family choices.
  
• Encouraging family members to keep their promises and fulfill their commitments to one another.

In addition to offering hope, our ministry philosophy embraces a grace-based approach to relationships, provides a solid grasp of the "big picture", promotes a character-driven strategy for parenting, and shows family members how to leave a legacy that never dies.

Family Matters has created relevant, practical and
well-researched tools to equip families...

• Books: Raising Kids For True Greatness, Grace-Based Parenting, Extreme Grandparenting, Why Christian Kids Rebel, Little House on the Freeway, 301 Ways to Bring Rest to Your Hurried Home, Raising Kids Who Turn Out Right, Homegrown Heroes, The High Cost Of High Control, Basic Training for a Few Good Men, 50 Ways To Really Love Your Kids, Surviving Life in the Fast Lane, The Joy of a Promise Kept (with a chapter by Darcy Kimmel) and We Still Do (with a chapter by Tim and Darcy Kimmel)
  
• Video Series: Grace Based Parenting (a ten part study), Grandparenthood: More Than Rocking Chairs (an eight-part study) The Hurried Family Video Study (a ten-part study), Raising Kids Who Turn Out Right (an eight-part study) and Basic Training for a Few Good Men (a seven-part study)
  
• Conferences: Raising Truly Great Kids parenting conference.