Parenting That Leads to Lasting Faith
Half of Christian high school students walk away from their faith after graduation. But parental involvement is the most influential predictor of a child's spirituality throughout their lives. How do we parent our kids in ways that lead to lasting faith?
In Teach Your Children Well, Sarah Cowan Johnson unpacks how parents can have an active discipleship role in forming their children's faith, with age-appropriate insights and strategies for different developmental stages. She shows how we can identify God moments, facilitate spiritual encounters, clarify emerging beliefs, and encourage new faith habits in our children.
Available in paperback, ebook, audiobook, and Spanish (Enseñen bien a sus hijos), our Teach Your Children Well resources go beyond the book to give you a toolkit for intentional, Spirit-led parenting. Dive deeper with the 10-session video course as well as the podcast, designed to support you in your parenting journey.
With the right tools, perspectives, and practices, discipling the next generation can be a creative, joyful, and faith-building adventure. Let these resources from Sarah Cowan Johnson inspire and equip you to disciple your children with confidence and faithfulness.
Sarah Cowan Johnson
Sarah Cowan Johnson is a ministry trainer, consultant, and coach who works with church planters, pastors, and ministry leaders across the United States. She leads seminars for parents on family discipleship to help their children walk in the way of Jesus. She served with the Evangelical Covenant Church as the executive pastor for Sanctuary Church in Providence, Rhode Island, and previously was a staff trainer and an area director for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. She is the cohost of The People of the Way podcast. She and her husband live in Providence, Rhode Island, with their two sons and niece.
What People are Saying
"What a beautiful book, full of hope, practical wisdom, and real stories that help navigate spiritual parenthood. I'm so grateful for a resource that coaches parents on how to approach spiritual parenting with lots of challenge, grace, and invitations to freedom. It's not anxiety, fear, or shame that motivates, but the real hope of Jesus being present to our children, no matter their age, and in all the ways they are uniquely made. May we all be better equipped to love our children so that they may know the God who loves them, their friends, and their communities."
—Sarah Shin, author of Beyond Colorblind
"Sarah Cowan Johnson's instincts are absolutely right: parents can be the most important pastoral presence in their child's life. Our children need something real to grab on to—from our own life with God, from their own encounters with God, and from the everyday moments when God is close. God is always very close to us. This book is a very practical guide helping parents facilitate the practice of encountering God in the tiny moments of everyday life. This book will absolutely help parents in the work of the spiritual accompaniment of their children."
—Jared Patrick Boyd, author of Imaginative Prayer
Available in Three Formats
Paperback • Ebook • Audiobook
Disponible en Español
Paperback • Ebook • Audiobook
Video Course Available
Teach Your Children Well Video Course
by Sarah Cowan Johnson
In this 10-session video course, Sarah Cowan Johnson unpacks how parents can have an active discipleship role in forming their children's faith, with age-appropriate insights and strategies for different developmental stages.
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