Resources for Parents
You are the most important spiritual influence in your child’s life—and you don’t have to do it alone. These resources are designed to help you lead with confidence, build a Christ-centered home, and disciple your children with purpose and joy. All of the resources below are available for purchase through www.PentecostalPublishing.com.
The Healthy Homes Challenge
Kaleb and Ellerie Saucer | $12.99
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Family discipleship doesn’t have to be hard…and it can even be fun!
You want your kids to love God, care for others, and grow up whole in every way. But in the chaos of everyday life, it’s easy for spiritual growth to get crowded out. The Healthy Homes Challenge was created to help families like yours push pause, reset rhythms, and take intentional steps toward a Christ-centered, Kingdom-first home.
This four-week challenge is designed to be simple, flexible, and fun. With just a few minutes a day, your family can grow closer to each other and to God—no perfection required.
Inside you’ll find:
Daily devotions with Scripture, discussion, and activities
Weekly habits that shape the culture of your home
Weekly challenges that make faith practical and engaging
A focus on holistic health—spiritual, relational, mental, physical, and financial
Gather your family, take the challenge, and build a home that reflects God’s heart. All while having a blast doing it together.
Because I Belong to Jesus
Lee Ann Alexander | $19.99
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We often hear Scripture quoted, “Be ye holy; for I am holy” (I Peter 1:16). But have you ever wondered, How are we actually supposed to do that? And what’s more, how do we teach our kids about it?
Some may think of holiness simply as a set of rules to follow, a checkthe-box method of trying to please God. But what if we viewed it in the context of a relationship? And not just the relationship of friends who walk together, but in a way that is more true to the core teaching of the Bible, of being in a covenant relationship with our Creator. We belong to Him.
Often, the first place children learn about holiness is in the home. The seven short lessons in this book are crafted to help parents and guardians build on that framework, helping them guide conversations about holiness with their children. These lessons will help children become grounded in Apostolic doctrine from a young age and help them understand that holiness begins in the heart. While the lessons are designed primarily for parents and guardians of children between the ages of five and eleven, Sunday school teachers will also find the material helpful to incorporate into classroom discussions.Lessons include:
God’s Love and the Gospel
The New Birth and Belonging to Jesus
Holiness of the Heart
Our Bodies and Gender Distinction
Modesty
Holy Minds and Media
What’s Next
The Family Devotional
The Family Ministry Council | $16.99
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Life can be busy. Messy. Chaotic. But, in the middle of it all, it is vitally important for families to emphasize times of spiritual development. Regular devotions can greatly increase the spiritual health and well-being of any family. And while we likely recognize the importance of our family engaging with God's Word, we also understand that making this a priority is not always easy.
This family devotional will help. Included are fifty-three lessons, one for each week of the year plus a bonus lesson. The material covers the major sections of Scripture with a focus on the most familiar stories, events, teachings, and prophecies. As we walk together through God's Word using this devotional, we will draw closer to Him despite the busyness of life.
The Apostolic Family
The Family Ministries Council | $15.99
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This book is an essential resource on some of the dynamics of Apostolic families covering a wide range of topics such as parenting young children, teens, and adults; singles, marriage, elders, and disability. With rich insight from David K. Bernard, Brent & Rachel Coltharp, Stan Gleason, Anthony Mangun, Cindy Miller, David Norris, and others, this book will be of tremendous value to any individual who wants to improve relationships with family members.
A Celebration of Creation
DJ Hill | $19.99
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“The church urgently needs to address the questions our society is raising about gender, identity, and morality. These questions are permeating our culture in media, entertainment, education, medicine, politics, and government. Influential voices are challenging God’s plan for human lives and society. Many sincere people are struggling to understand how to respond. In the face of radical claims and unprecedented confusion, it is imperative that the church provide biblical answers.”
From the foreword by David K. Bernard
General Superintendent, United Pentecostal Church International
Chancellor, Urshan UniversityIn A Celebration of Creation, DJ Hill uses his years of experience in youth ministry and extensive research on the topic to provide an Apostolic view of identity and gender. This book both defines gender and gives an outline of gender throughout Scripture. Whether you’re a student, young adult, or parent, A Celebration of Creation will not only give answers to important questions, but it will also help you celebrate who God says you are.
God’s Grace for Every Family
Anne Meade Harris | $19.99
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Weaving her own story together with nine attributes of God's character revealed from Scripture, Anna Meade Harris speaks to vulnerable single parents and to churches who want to love them well.
After the death of her husband, Anna Meade Harris discovered that single-parent families don't seem to have a place in the local church. Because she and her kids no longer fit into the Christian family mold, the body of Christ felt alien and strange when Anna's family needed it the most. Belonging, even in the most loving church, was a challenge.
God's Grace for Every Family was born out of Anna's desire to help other families avoid feeling the loneliness that hers felt. This gospel-centered work addresses the single parent who needs to know that God sees, loves, and cares for their family. The book also addresses the church at large, in the hopes that Christians will come to understand the unique needs of single-parent families and do a better job of welcoming, valuing, and loving them.
The book begins with Anna's story and then presents information about single-parent families in America, providing an understanding of their unique needs and complex dynamics. The chapters that follow each focus on a particular area of need and contain:
Exegesis of Scripture demonstrating the character of God in relationship with his people
Short narratives collected through interviews with single parents from a variety of backgrounds
Suggestions for how the church can serve God and families
This book is written for all Christians, married or single, parent or childless. It's written for widows, divorcees, and those who never married. And it's written for the congregants, pastors, leaders, and church family who wants to embrace every family and learn how to serve them well. By addressing families and the church together, God's Grace for Every Family opens the door for gracious conversations and greater unity in the family of God.
Eat, Sleep, Save the World
Jamie Sumner | $17.99
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An encouraging and empowering read, Eat, Sleep, Save the World reminds every parent of a child with special needs that they are, in fact, superheroes.
Parenting is hard—for everyone. And it takes a lot of inner pep talk and prayer to be the kind of parent your child needs. Eat, Sleep, Save the World is the rallying voice for the parenting special needs community. It highlights the exceptional qualities God has gifted you with, so that you can take care of your exceptional children. It is a celebration, a hallelujah, a high five for what you are doing right. And it offers peace in God for what you feel you lack.
With a mixture of humor, honesty, and hope, Jamie Sumner brings comfort to other parents like herself who need to hear that God has made them more than capable to raise their special kids.
Know Thy Gamer
Drew Dixon | $12.99
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Between social media platforms, the videos kids watch online, or the television shows they can now stream from anywhere at any time, keeping up with what our kids are doing has become more difficult than ever. Still, there has not been an influence quite like the video gaming world. For a time, video games were as simple as a blue hedgehog running from one side of the screen to the other. Now, video games create grand adventures of secret societies, alien races that have come to destroy entire galaxies, or dark forces that have arrived to destroy ancient kingdoms.
Video games can display wondrous environments but can also house blood and gore. They can create adventures that get kids through rainy days but can also trap them in their rooms for untold amounts of time. This leaves many parents with one of two choices. They can either ignore the problems, or they can simply not allow their children to play games at all.
Drew Dixon, co-founder of Love Thy Nerd, a ministry that exists to be the love of Jesus to nerds and nerd culture, offers a better way. Let’s face it: the digital age has changed the way we parent. So, instead of ignoring what your children are playing or removing the games altogether, Know Thy Gamer offers an opportunity for parents to understand their children and the kinds of games they are playing. By discussing some of the most important movements in the gaming world, Drew guides parents to understanding and loving their gamers through a Christian lens.
No Perfect Parents
Dave & Ann Wilson | $19.99
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Following the wildly popular Vertical Marriage with the same charming, relatable dialogue between mom and dad, bestselling authors and national hosts of Family Life Today Dave and Ann Wilson dive headlong into the monumental task of parenting in the 21st century.
Raising kids with hearts for Christ may be the hardest thing you ever try to do, but it's also the most important thing. Packed with funny and honest stories, compelling illustrations, biblical insight, and practical steps you can put into practice today, this hands-on parenting manual will encourage and equip every parent through any stage.
Founders of a multi-campus church and family coaches with 30 years of experience, Dave and Ann share the hard-earned but easy-to-apply principles that ensure a strong parent-to-child relationship and a strong foundation for your child. You'll get a front-row seat to the multidimensional nature of parenting through a conversational back and forth between Mom and Dad and even comments from their adult sons on what worked, what didn't work, and why. An inspiring and resourceful guide, No Perfect Parents will cover essential topics like learning to discipline without losing your mind or causing more chaos, the parenting guilt trip, the teen years, and the top five parenting mistakes.
For parents and couples preparing to have children, Dave and Ann offer hope and strategies that really work, and some that didn't. No Perfect Parents will let you into the real, even raw, struggles and joys of raising kids that can impact their generation in a powerful way.
To get the legacy that you've been praying for, start here. Your kids will thank you later.
Parent Guides to Social Media
AXIS | $19.99
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It’s common for parents to feel lost in their teen’s world. They can sift through the social media slang, texting shorthand, and viral quotes, and still feel disconnected and confused. Axis Parent’s Guide to Social Media is a generational translator of a teen’s world, featuring easy-to-understand explanations, relevant descriptions, and life applications.
Enjoy answers to questions including:Why do teens like it?
How did this become popular?
What are the potential dangers?
How do I talk to my teens about it?
This is your go-to guide for understanding your teen’s world and sparking a deep, ongoing faith conversation that matters.
Guides include:A Parent’s Guide to Teen FOMO
A Parent’s Guide to Influencers
A Parent’s Guide to Instagram
A Parent’s Guide to TikTok
A Parent’s Guide to YouTube
Heart to Heart: 24 Questions to Spark Faith-Filled Conversations with Your Teen
Let’s face it—getting your teen to open up can be tough. But meaningful conversations are still possible, and they matter more than ever.
Heart to Heart is a free resource filled with 24 intentional conversation starters designed to help parents move beyond surface-level talk and into deeper, faith-shaping dialogue.
Download now and start the kind of conversations that shape hearts and build trust.