{"id":240553,"date":"2025-04-01T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T22:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/?p=240553"},"modified":"2025-04-01T17:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T22:12:01","slug":"an-untapped-resource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/zh\/an-untapped-resource\/","title":{"rendered":"An Untapped Resource"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Written by Dr. Larry E. McCall, Legacy Coalition Pastor\u2019s Division<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As pastors, we have been given by Christ to the church not only to <em>do<\/em> ministry, but to equip believers for <em>their<\/em> ministries (Ephesians 4:11-12). But, what ministries?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s not limit our scope to church programs. Why not think about equipping the members of our churches for their most crucial relationships in everyday life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many local churches already do this by providing training in marriage or parenting. Why not add grandparenting to our vision of equipping the saints for the work of ministry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, what might be involved in equipping grandparents for their ministry?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><u>Pray<\/u><\/strong><strong>!<\/strong> Ask the Lord to stir up a holy hunger in the hearts of the grandparents in your local church.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Study<\/u>!<\/strong> What does God\u2019s Word say about grandparenting? Explore Deuteronomy 4, Deuteronomy 6, Psalms 71, 78, and 145. 2 Timothy 1 and 3, Titus 2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Pursue<\/u>!<\/strong> Might you be able to gather some potential grandparenting \u201cchampions\u201d to pray, cast vision, and read a selected book on grandparenting?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Teach<\/u>!<\/strong> Plan a small group, class, or seminar on the subject of biblical grandparenting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Encourage<\/u><\/strong><strong>! <\/strong>Celebrate what God is doing in the ministries of grandparents in your church.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By God\u2019s grace, families and local churches will be strengthened for generations to come as we equip and mobilize grandparents for the glory of God.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s not limit our scope to church programs. Why not think about equipping the members of our churches for their most crucial relationships in everyday life?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":240556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-generational-living"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/An-Untapped-Resource.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240557,"href":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240553\/revisions\/240557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacycoalition.ca\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}