Today, when many other organizations and institutions would like to promote themselves as “family,” Scripture tells us that in many significant ways, the church is to live its life out like a family. Joseph Hellerman has written two books in this area that Stephen J. Kemp reflects on in this extended book review essay. We hope it will be of help to you in thinking through ways to both better integrate family ministry in the life of the church, and help our churches live out the family relationship God has called us to. – Editor

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书评论文

今天，当许多其他组织和机构想要宣传自己为“家庭”时，圣经告诉我们，在许多重要的方面，教会要像家庭一样生活。Joseph Hellerman 在这方面写了两本书，Stephen J. Kemp 在这篇扩展书评文章中对此进行了反思。我们希望它能帮助您思考如何更好地将家庭事工融入教会生活，并帮助我们的教会活出上帝呼召我们建立的家庭关系。– 编辑