Family is our first ministry. Whether we’re married or single, have kids or not, we still have parents or siblings or any number of relatives. God established family before the Fall, and the institution carried through afterward. He continued to use it to express and continue his redemptive plan. Paul wrote to Timothy regarding choosing elders for a church, and the list begins with godly character, including how someone leads their own family (1 Timothy 3:1-7). The church is modeled after...
