Pastor's Circle - Jeffrey Klick

Jeffrey Klick is the senior pastor of Hope Family Fellowship in Kansas City. He joined the Pastor's Circle to discuss ministry to the family. Below are the "CliffsNotes" of his interview.

How does your church minister to families?

Part of what I think we need to do is to think outside the box of what we're currently doing.

Just about every study out there shows that we're losing our young people. Maybe we should refocus as to what we're really investing our time and money in.

Most pastors, if they're honest, realize that 90%  of their counseling stems from the destruction of the family. Surely there's more that we can do along those lines.

How can we become a discipleship church for families?

I think as pastors, we need to go back to Scripture to find our job description. There is a very narrow band of things we are to be focused on; prayer, ministry, devotion to the Word.

I would challenge people to ask themselves what's really important.

We need to reach out to the men in the congregation, the husbands and fathers, to encourage them to be the prophet-priests in their homes.

How can a pastor begin to minister to the men in his church?

I think you have to start spending time with them. Encourage them to take the message that we as pastors give them on a regular basis, and go and talk about it.

Urge them to start stepping into the God-given role that God has given them.