We are thanking God for what may have been the most moving and meaningful national conference for uniting church and family in the history of Vision Forum Ministries. More than five hundred shepherds, churchmen, and families attended the event held in St Louis, Missouri.

Attendees (like these church leaders from Arizona, pictured above) listened to a wide diversity of messages which covered issues as distinct as the biblical doctrine of church membership and church discipline, to the history of the Sunday school movement, to remedies against tale-bearing and gossip in the church and evangelical community, to the care of single mothers, the handicapped, and the fatherless in family-integrated churches.

Pictured above is the Thomas family of Massachusetts.

Some speakers from left to right: Strauch, Swanson, Hart, Einwechter, and Botkin.

The messages were filled with rich insights and provided numerous opportunities for note-taking. (Pictured above: Best buddies from Houston, Texas.)