Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

Key for locating your answers from FAQ:

• Questions 1 – 8 General questions
• Questions 9 – 12 Questions from nationals living inside the U.S.
• Questions 13 – 15 Questions from nationals living outside the U.S.
  

1. I am living in United States and would like to help families in a specific country.  What can I do?

As a volunteer:  Take FamilyLife on a mission trip.  Many churches in the United States send teams of volunteers to other locations on mission trips.  They provide humanitarian assistance, present vacation bible schools for children or help build or repair homes, churches and schools.  You could take FamilyLife along with you by carrying a suitcase filled with HomeBuilders Couples Series study guides.  Ask the local pastor to invite couples to join you for HomeBuilder's sessions during the evenings.  Train local couples to be facilitators and encourage them to continue meeting as HomeBuilders groups after you leave.  Bring more HomeBuilders study guides the next time you go. .

As a donor:  You can give to help FamilyLife strengthen marriages in countries around the world.  Your financial gifts can help translate and print HomeBuilders Couples Series and other family resources.

2. How does FamilyLife operate in countries around the world?

Each FamilyLife ministry operates directly under the authority of the National Campus Crusade for Christ office in that country.  We seek their blessing and approval for projects such as translations and events.  FamilyLife USA serves as a resource and advisor for ministry development. 

We encourage flexibility in the method of delivery and cultural adaptation of materials.  However, to maintain the integrity of FamilyLife and ensure adherence to the basic biblical principles for families, all uses, translations, and printing must be consistent with the content of The Family Manifesto and the basic FamilyLife Marriage Seminar/Conference contents.  For more information on translations, see question number four below.

3. Does FamilyLife have any evangelistic outreach strategies to the non-churched?

Indeed we do!  In targeted countries, FamilyLife Global is field-testing several components of broader outreach-oriented strategies.  The components are:

Evangelistic one day marriage/parenting seminar 
Evangelistic HomeBuilders
Evangelistic mini-book (Keys to a Successful Marriage)
Before You Leap Single’s Seminar

The use of these tools is currently limited to ministries in countries where there is already a well-developed FamilyLife ministry, including full-time national staff.  If you are interested in conducting a field test, contact the FamilyLife Global Team at global@familylife.com.  

4. Can I translate or adapt a FamilyLife resource?

No, we work through the Campus Crusade for Christ National Director and FamilyLife Director in each country to translate our resources. This involves signed license agreements with that partner designated as leader of FamilyLife. The resources you are interested in may already be translated.  For more information, please write global@familylife.com.

5. Can I translate or adapt a FamilyLife resource for personal ministry within my church or neighborhood here in the US?

Please write global@familylife.com  and we will determine if we are able to assist you with personal ministry.

6. I would like to join FamilyLife as a staff member in the United States.  How do I apply?

See the FamilyLife Home page on our website and select Staff Opportunities at the bottom of the page.  If you are not an American citizen, please contact us for more information (global@familylife.com).

7. Does FamilyLife do anything for military personnel?

Yes, we have a FamilyLife Military Marriage Seminar that has the same basic content as the FamilyLife Weekend to Remember Seminar/Conference.  The only difference is the Military Marriage Seminar is shorter and is presented on military installations rather than at hotels.  FamilyLife Weekend to Remember Military Marriage Seminars are held at military installations across the US and overseas. 

There is a military rate of $49.00 for all military branches including National Guard and Reserves for military couples who would like to attend a FamilyLife Weekend to Remember in the U.S.

8. Who should I contact to schedule a FamilyLife Military Marriage Seminar?

For United States bases in the U. S., contact Keith Morgan who is the Family Ministries Director for the Military Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ located in Norfolk, Virginia, USA.  Email:  Family.Ministries@milmin.org    

For U. S. bases outside the United States and FamilyLife opportunities with foreign military organizations, contact Paul Pettijohn.   Email:  paul.pettijohn@milmin.org

9. I am a foreign national living in the United States and have a desire to help FamilyLife grow in my home country.  How do I get started?

On our website click Where We Are, you will find contact information for some of the countries.  Contact the FamilyLife National office in your country and ask about the needs and how you can be involved.  If there is not a contact for your country, then contact the FamilyLife Global Outreach Team at global@familylife.com

10. Where can I purchase a FamilyLife resource in my language while I am living in the U. S.?

We do not keep inventory of resources in other languages in the U.S. FamilyLife Global office.

For other languages contact the Campus Crusade National Director’s office of that country.  Look under Where We Are on the FamilyLife website for contact information for other countries.

Use the Search box and Select Languages to view a list of resources by language.

11. I would like to join Campus Crusade for Christ as a FamilyLife staff member in a particular country.  How do I apply?

You must apply through the CCC National Director of that country.  If you do not have that contact information contact the FamilyLife Global team at:   global@familylife.com. 

12. We are presenting FamilyLife events and have started HomeBuilders groups in my country.  Should I send in my conference attendance and salvation decision statistics to the FamilyLife Global team?

Yes, we desire that all FamilyLife attendance and HomeBuilders information be sent so that we may pray for the events.  We would like to know the results of those conferences to praise God and report to others the outcome of their prayers.  Some of these statistics are published in the Partner Newsletter to encourage other countries that others are laboring on reaching the world for Christ.  Send statistics and contact information to: global@familylife.com13. How do I start a FamilyLife Movement in my country?

Because countries are unique, they do not develop in identical ways.  Movements begin in five steps.
 
Step 1— A couple is exposed to FamilyLife by attending a FamilyLife marriage conference or they get involved in a HomeBuilders Couples Series study.  As a result, they feel called to help strengthen marriages in their own country.  Or, sometimes missionaries, pastors or lay leaders in a church hear about FamilyLife and desire to use FamilyLife resources to strengthen marriages in their sphere of influence.

Step 2—The couple contacts the Campus Crusade for Christ for Christ National Director in their country.  With the National Director’s approval, FamilyLife Global team begins to communicate with the couple to help them launch a FamilyLife ministry.

14. We are in Christian ministry.  Can FamilyLife donate to my family needs for education of our children or other personal needs?

We appreciate your desire to serve Christ in your country.  FamilyLife does not have the financial capacity to help you in this way.  Our funds go directly to our ministries around the world to help them build ministry to families rather than supporting individuals.

15. I am living in another country, where can I purchase a FamilyLife resource in my language?

We do not keep inventory of resources in other languages in the U.S. Familylife Global office.  To view a list of resources in Latin American Spanish go to www.vidaenfamilia.org

For other languages contact the National Director’s office of your country.  Look under Where We Are on the FamilyLife website for contact information for other countries.

 Use the Search box and chose Select Languages to view a list of resources by language from the drop down menu.