About the Book

Book: Raising Kids to Follow Christ: Instilling a Lifelong Trust in God

Author: Lee Ann Mancini

Genre: Nonfiction, Family and Relationships, Parenting

Release Date: February 20, 2024

Raising Kids to Follow Christ: Instilling a Lifelong Trust in God endeavors to remedy the statistically high rate at which children turn away from Christianity. Raising Kids to Follow Christ (February 2024 from Whitaker House) offers today’s families the resources they need to nurture children in faith. This expert guide offers developmentally appropriate and scripturally centered methods based upon top research and expert insights from the brightest minds in childhood spiritual development. Author and Raising Christian Kids CEO Lee Ann Mancini
emphasizes truth wrapped in love and joy in a parenting approach designed to prevent children from abandoning their faith.

Raising Kids to Follow Christ releases in February 2024 from Whitaker House.

George Barna, Raising Spiritual Champions, Nurturing Your Child’s Heart, Mind and Soul, (Arizona Christian University Press 2023), 27-28, 39, 41, 118, 184.

Raising Kids to Follow Christ (releasing February, 2024 from Whitaker House) serves as a rich parenting resource focused on the salvation of our children and the preservation of Christianity.

Comprehensive, biblically-based, parenting guide
Sourced from today’s brightest Christian minds in children’s spirituality
Filled with strategies & techniques found throughout God’s word
Steeped in biblical directives, including Deuteronomy 6:4-9 and more
Explained through the lens of parenthood
13 chapters equipping parents & caregivers with tools to raise the next generation of faith-filled leaders
Personal stories embedded with parenting principles and Scripture references
Shared real-life examples of parenting “dos” and “don’ts”
How to practice what you preach – modeling biblical truth
Steps to upgrade from discipline to discipleship
Easy-to-understand apologetics for children & adults
Fun ways to connect your child’s heart to Christ

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About the Author

Author Lee Ann Mancini is the award-winning author and executive producer of the Sea Kids series, which can be viewed on Answers.TV, Pure Flix, Right Now Media, and SeaKidsTV. Lee Ann earned a master’s degree in theological studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Trinity International University), as well as two master’s degrees — one in Christian and Classic Studies and one in Biblical and Theological Studies — from Knox Theological Seminary. She serves as an adjunct professor at South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary and hosts the award-winning podcast, Raising Christian Kids.

Author Interview with Lee Ann

Q: Please give us a little introduction to your book.

Lee Ann: It is a well-researched book, written from a mother’s heart, to help everyone raise the next generation to love and honor Christ their whole life! To keep our children from walking away from their faith due to the ever-increasing anti-Christian agenda. To help parents and walk alongside them on their parenting journey with the Word of God and the Holy Spirit as our compass toward the right direction. It’s a how-to book for building a strong foundation in Christ from the womb to age seven and what to do after the foundation is laid. And how can we prepare a cracked foundation?

Q: What was the most surprising thing you discovered while researching and writing this book?

Lee Ann: God’s word gives us many directives on raising our children, and Proverb 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go is not a promise.” And it’s never too early to teach solid biblical wisdom to children.

Q: How long did it take you to write this book?

Lee Ann: 2-1/2 to 3 years of researching the brightest minds in children’s spirituality in addition to my biblical wisdom (Bible professor at SFBC) and writing and rewriting, I would say around five years until it was in print!

Q: Do you have a favorite quote from this book?

Lee Ann: Josh Mulvihill asks:

Could it be that one reason young people are doctrinally ignorant, spiritually confused, and living with a syncretistic faith system is that we have reduced our teaching to the couple dozen moralistic stories found in most children’s Bibles? Our children need the soul-gripping, life-altering, meat-based, Jesus-centered teachings of God’s Word. Mulvihill, Preparing Children for Marriage, 40.

Q: What do you hope readers take away from your book?

Lee Ann: Don’t be distracted or freighted by the world; keep focused on the word of God, live out his principles, and organically, day by day, help connect your child’s heart and mind to Jesus. It’s not overwhelming; raising children to follow Christ is done in love, consistently living the Word, and understanding it’s never too early and never too late!

Q: Where can readers find out more about you and your book?

Lee Ann: https://leeannmancini.com and https://raisingchristiankids.com

More from Lee Ann

Recent statistics show our youth abandoning faith at an alarming rate. 90% of 13–14-year-olds believe there is no absolute moral truth, and 75% of parents agree.[1] In the cultural war against Christ-centered values, vulnerable young souls are our greatest casualties. It’s time to raise up a faith-armored generation and equip them to change the world. With the right resources, we can equip our kids with enduring faith.

Raising Kids to Follow Christ: Instilling a Lifelong Trust in God endeavors to remedy the statistically high rate at which children turn away from Christianity. Raising Kids to Follow Christ (February 2024 from Whitaker House) offers today’s families the resources they need to nurture children in faith. This expert guide offers developmentally appropriate and scripturally centered methods based upon top research and expert insights from the brightest minds in childhood spiritual development. Author and Raising Christian Kids CEO Lee Ann Mancini emphasizes truth wrapped in love and joy in a parenting approach designed to prevent children from abandoning their faith. Her reason for writing this book is to help readers eagerly search the Bible, looking for fresh truth they can find in each word of scripture — “for the word of God is living and active” (Hebrews 4:12, niv) — to build a strong foundation of Christ in their children that will last a lifetime.

Valentine’s Day Bible craft for your family:

Memory Verse: John 13:34-35, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (ESV).

Supplies

Markers/pens
Scissors
Sheets of paper (1-2 per person)
Small jars/clear containers (1 per person)

Setup

Gather items and have them ready to use.
An adult can draw seven hearts on each sheet of paper. Make one sheet per person.
Optional: If children are older, allow them to draw hearts on their sheets of paper.

Say

Our memory verse, John 13:34-35, tells us that God wants us to love others in the same way He loves us. That’s how other people will know that we are His disciples.
God wants us to love everyone. A great way to start practicing loving others is to love the people you are closest to first.
I want you to think of seven people who you spend the most time with. We are going to start practicing showing God’s love to them this week.
Each of us will fill up a jar/container with hearts with those seven people’s names written on each heart.
We will pull out one heart each day this week and come up with ways to show that person God’s love all day.

Blog Stops

Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, May 9

She Lives to Read, May 10

Artistic Nobody, May 11 (Author Interview)

Texas Book-aholic, May 12

Guild Master, May 13 (Author Interview)

Simple Harvest Reads, May 13 (Guest Review from Donna Cline)

Library Lady’s Kid Lit, May 14 (Author Interview)

Lots of Helpers, May 15

Inspired by fiction, May 16

Blossoms and Blessings, May 17 (Author Interview)

Locks, Hooks and Books, May 18

A Reader’s Brain , May 19 (Author Interview)

Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, May 20

Beauty in the Binding, May 21 (Author Interview)

Mary Hake, May 21

Happily Managing a Household of Boys, May 22

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Lee Ann is giving away the grand prize package of a Scripture Bear, all seven Sea Kids Picture Books, and all the DVDs with the corresponding curriculum!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

Link for giveaway: https://promosimple.com/ps/2b58e/raising-kids-to-follow-christ-celebration-tour-giveaway