As the Family Goes, So Goes the Nation: Principles and Practices for Building Healthy Families

Healthy families produce healthy nations. Healthy families are those united by a solid spiritual foundation in Christ. Today, the prevailing culture has redefined marriage and family, and its habits of thought and practice dominate, even in the Church. Christian parents need a biblical vision of wholeness and joy in marriage and family life and a practical plan for applying the wisdom and power of God’s Word to their lives. As the Family Goes, So Goes the Nation is a primer of principles and practices that illuminates God’s pathway for righteous marriages, parenting, and family life. God’s way is the way of beauty, truth, and goodness, the way of celebration, blessing, and healing love in our homes and in our nations. God established the family as the bedrock of society to reveal the kingdom of Christ here on earth. Discover HIS way and and walk in it!

Dr. Elizabeth L. Youmans is founder and president of Chrysalis International, discipling leaders and transforming education by nurturing the hearts and minds of teachers, parents, and children for Christ through her AMO (R) Program. She resides in Orlando, Florida, and is the mother of four children and the grandmother of eight grandchildren. Dr. Jill C. Thrift is an early childhood educator who serves the interests of children and parents as a teacher, writer, and advocate for public policies that protect and nurture children and families. She is the mother of one grown son and lives in San Antonio, Texas. Scott Allen is president of the Disciple Nations Alliance, serving churches around the world by equipping them to heal and restore brokenness in their communities and nations. He lives with his wife, Kim, and their five children in Phoenix, Arizona.