Integrated Ministry: Reclaiming Generational Disciple-Making

A new vision for making disciples across generations.

Church leaders are asking important questions about faith formation and the health of their congregations:

• How do we help parents practice faith formation at home in a consistent way?
  
• How do we help children and youth participate in the life of the church instead of watching from the sidelines?
  
• How do we support seniors and invite them into meaningful disciple-making relationships?
  
• How do we build a disciple-making culture that connects the whole church family: children, youth, adults, and seniors?
  
• How do we move from program activity to integrated, relational ministry across all ages?

These questions sit at the heart of Integrated Ministry: Reclaiming Generational Disciple-Making. Written by Dr. Lawson Murray, President of Scripture Union Canada, this book gives churches a clear and practical vision for making disciples across generations.

What Integrated Ministry Is About

Integrated Ministry outlines twelve ingredients that shape a unified and relational approach to disciple-making. It recognizes that faith formation grows when the whole church participates in the mission of making disciples. Instead of dividing children, youth, and adults into separate ministry tracks, Integrated Ministry brings the church together around shared Scripture engagement, prayer, and everyday faith.

The book explores themes such as:

• intergenerational disciple-making
• whole-church faith formation
• shared Scripture engagement
• intentional mentoring relationships 
• integrating children, youth, adults, and seniors
• building a disciple-making culture
• supporting families and household disciple-making
• aligning ministry around one mission

The heart of the book is simple: when generations follow Jesus together, faith strengthens and roots deepen.

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What Is Integrated Ministry?

“Integrated Ministry is a Spirit-led, Scripture-rooted approach that reflects the unity of the Triune God and the oneness of Christ’s body. Rather than dividing ministry exclusively by age or stage, it aligns children’s, youth, family, adult, and seniors ministries around a shared mission of holistic disciple-making.” – Dr. Lawson Murray

Integrated Ministry is a way of making disciples that values connection across all ages. It calls churches to align ministries so they work together rather than in isolation. This approach moves beyond activity and focuses on relationships, prayer, Scripture, and shared mission.

Integrated Ministry highlights:

•    intergenerational worship and service
•    faith formation in homes, workplaces, and neighbourhoods
•    intentional relationships between older and younger believers
•    support for parents and grandparents as disciple-makers
•    Bible engagement for all ages
•    unity across ministry teams
•    practical pathways for making disciples in everyday life

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Who Should Read This Book?

This book is written for pastors, family ministry teams, children’s ministry leaders, youth pastors, elders and ministry boards, church volunteers, parents and grandparents, and church leaders who want simple, relational models.

Churches of any size will benefit, especially congregations seeking a stronger culture of making disciples across generations.

It includes a summary, prayer and discussion questions at the end of each chapter so leadership teams can reflect and consider how to apply each principle in their context.  

Why This Book Matters

Many churches are concerned about the separation of age groups and the long-term impact on faith formation. Children may grow up without meaningful relationships with older believers. Families often feel unsure how to practice disciple-making at home. Seniors may feel disconnected from the life of the church. Ministry teams can operate independently without a shared plan for making disciples.
Research and Scripture point to the same truth: faith formation thrives when generations live, pray, and engage Scripture together. Integrated Ministry provides a thoughtful and practical framework to help churches take steps toward a culture of connectedness.

The book offers a vision that is:

• biblically grounded
• relational
• rooted in the mission of making disciples
• achievable in small and large churches
• guided by the Spirit
• practical for today’s ministry challenges

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Who Is Dr. Lawson Murray?

Dr. Lawson Murray has served the church for decades through teaching, preaching, and national ministry leadership. He was a pastor and church planter for many years. Now, as President of Scripture Union Canada, he champions Bible engagement, children’s ministry, family discipleship, and integrated ministry, both nationally and internationally. His writing brings together biblical insight, pastoral experience, and practical guidance for everyday ministry.

How This Book Will Help Your Church

This book gives readers a clear understanding of intergenerational disciple-making, a framework for whole-church faith formation, practical ideas for connecting generations in prayer, Scripture, and service, support for families practicing disciple-making at home, a simple structure that helps ministry teams align around one mission, and encouragement to build a culture of long-term faithfulness.

How to Order

Integrated Ministry: Reclaiming Generational Disciple-Making is available now.
Order at christianbookscanada.ca or contact Scripture Union Canada for international orders. 

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