Grace-Based Parenting

Tim Kimmel, founder and executive director of Family Matters, a ministry known for its work in educating, equipping and encouraging families, encourages parents to treat their children the way God treats His children – with grace.

Tim Kimmel talks about how your children should feel free to be candid and vulnerable in front of you. View Show Notes →
Tim Kimmel encourages parents to allow their children to be different for God's glory. View Show Notes →
Tim Kimmel explains the difference between fear-based parenting and grace-based parenting. View Show Notes →
Tim Kimmel talks about embracing a parenting style built on grace. View Show Notes →
Tim Kimmel encourages parents to treat their children the way God treats His children - with grace. View Show Notes →

Meet Series Guests

Tim Kimmel

Dr. Tim Kimmel is the founder and Executive Director of Family Matters, whose goal is to see families transformed by God’s grace into instruments of reformation and restoration. Tim and Family Matters conduct the Grace Based Parenting Conference across the country on the unique pressures that confront members of today's families.

He and his wife, Darcy, also team up with other organizations such as FamilyLife, Focus on the Family and MOPS to build strong families. With his dry wit and engaging humor, Tim is also a regular guest on many nationally syndicated radio and TV programs, providing expert analysis on current issues related to parenting, families and marriage. In addition to speaking, Tim has authored many books including: Grace Based Parenting, Raising Kids for True Greatness and most recently, Connecting Church and Home. Tim hosts the Family Matters Minute, a daily one minute radio spot where he encourages and equips parents to bring the best out of their families.

Tim and Darcy are the parents of four children and reside in Scottsdale, Arizona.