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Offers
a visions for Christian families
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Views
persons not as isolated individuals but as members of extended family
systems
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Recognizes
the diversity of family structures and culture and extends hospitality to
every kind of family, and to the family at every stage of its life.
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Asks
this question about all policies and programs:
“How does this affect families?”
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Seeks
to support families in being the first church;
the church of the home.
Tries to form partnerships that benefit both families and parishes
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Gives
Church leaders insight into themselves and a framework for their promoting
their own health & wholeness
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Gives
Church leaders a strategy for leadership that avoids “burnout” and
“gridlock”
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