Veiled by a modern day culture that idolizes youth, one of our nation's greatest treasures remains in the shadows of forgotten generations.  The Bible teaches us that we're to pass the Living Word from generation to generation, yet today's Christian grandparents are not placed in a key role of spiritual influence in today's church communities.  This has created a piercing gap in the Christian family unit, with our children loosing an entire generation of Biblical wisdom and discipleship. 

That is why The Barnabas Group ("TBG") strongly supports The Legacy Coalition ("TLC").  Their organization brings this important issue to light, and provides churches and grandparents with the resources and support needed to foster the incredible discipleship relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.

TBG was honored to have TLC present at one of our quarterly meetings this year.  Their Founder, Larry Fowler, shared the following describing the impact that our partners have made since presenting to our group:    

 

" In February, the Legacy Coalition held the Legacy Grandparenting Summit at the First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton.  Nearly 1,200 people attended from 38 states.  We are so grateful to TBG for helping us get the word out about the conference to those in Southern California!  A number of TBG partners were in attendance.  One of whom was Richard Leonard, who said that 'all of the grandparents at the conference were encouraged to pass their legacy of love for the Lord to their grandchildren, and their grandchildren's grandchildren.'

 

The attendees were blessed, inspired, and challenged by musicians such as Fernando Ortega and Scott Wesley Brown.  We also had over 40 different speakers and topics, including Alistair Begg, Crawford Loritts, Beth Guckenburger, and Jim Burns.  The church gymnasium was packed with 35 resource providers, all committed to equipping Christian grandparents to fulfill their God-given calling to be a spiritual influence in the lives of their grandkids. "