The purpose of God for the Christian family is continuity, growth, development, and dominion. Each family that stands in covenant with Christ through the representative headship of the husband/father is part of that growing kingdom. If a man wants to change the world for generations to come, let him look well to his duties in the family, and be the means of continuing or beginning, as the case may be a dynasty of God-honoring, Christ-serving, kingdom-advancing children, grandchildren, great grandchildren...The potential impact for the glory of God and the advance of His kingdom is exponential for the Christian family. The future belongs to families that exhibit multi-generational faithfulness and fruitfulness!
Bill Einwechter, A Biblical Vision for Multi-Generational Faithfulness as quoted in the “field report on the work of the national center for family integrated churches.”