EFFECTIVE PARENTING
The bane of parental failure is at the root of most societal ills and the various challenges confronting the church today. Most parents don't seem to understand their divine calling as parents, the enormity and complexity of their parental roles, and how to effectively carry out this awesome God-given responsibility. The book - Effective Parenting - seeks to assist parents in appreciating their divine calling as parents and how to understand their children from the spiritual, generational and temperament perspectives. It proffers practical and biblical-based strategies and approaches which, if parents use them holistically, will greatly enhance their parental effectiveness. This will also ensure that the children grow up to attain all-round success in life and become blessings to society and pillars in God's Kingdom.
Sharing from their parental experience of 35 years (as at November 2021), Pastors Tope & Bunmi Oni forcefully affirm their faith in God's Word in Prov. 22:6, to the effect that if parents do all that is required of them in effective parenting, the children will not depart from the right way when they grow up. The authors therefore maintain that Prov. 22:6 is both a command and a promise that cannot fail. This book will produce profound and amazing results in the lives of parents who read it with an open heart, and with the readiness to work.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tope Oni, who holds a Ph.D. degree in Sociology, and M.Th. in Theology, is the Senior Pastor of the Foursquare Okota District Headquarters Church and the District Overseer of Okota District, in Lagos State, Nigeria. Rev Dr Tope Oni was National Director of Youths in The Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria from 2004 to 2009, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Foursquare Church in Nigeria from 2014 to 2020, among several other positions of responsibility he has held in the Church. He is a Christian author of 18 books, to God’s glory. He is a teacher of the Word, his teaching ministry having taken him to several tertiary institutions, and several churches across denominations, within and outside Nigeria. His ministry focus includes: effective parenting; capacity building for teenagers, youths and corporate employees and entrepreneurs; passionate commitment to God’s Word; seeking God in intimate personal relationship; building your spiritual, ministerial and corporate capacity; and preparing self and others to spend eternity in heaven. Besides being a Pastor, Dr Tope Oni has worked variously as University Lecturer, Banker and Management Consultant, and is currently a part-time lecturer in LIFE Theological Seminary. He is married to Rev Mrs Bunmi Oni, and the marriage is blessed with many children and grandchildren.