Who We Are

Welcome to FamiliesAlive®

FamiliesAlive® started as a dream the Lord planted in a multi-generational family a few years ago. Over the years we observed that families of faith are struggling. We realized something else: when families struggle, churches and the society in which they live struggle. Healthy families that do a good job of passing values and the heritage of faith to their children are the key to healthy churches and a healthy society.

To help parents raise children who know, love and serve the Lord, FamiliesAlive® was born. It is our hope that this website will encourage you in the job God has given you as parents and grandparents. Thanks for checking us out and giving us the opportunity to show you some ways to impact the next generation for the Lord.

The Vision & Mission of FamiliesAlive®

FamiliesAlive® is committed to ministering to families, encouraging and strengthening them through a Biblical understanding of relationships, so that Biblical faith is passed on from one generation to the next.

We exist to help parents and grandparents "tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done ... so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children. Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands." (Ps 78:4, 6-7 NIV)

FamiliesAlive® does this through:

  • Developing materials and tools for parents to raise children who love and serve the Lord.
  • Coming alongside churches to teach parents in a variety of formats: website, seminars, retreats, and, soon to come, videos produced for the family.
  • Partnering with Horn Creek Conference Center in Westcliffe, CO, providing annual family retreats.

What We Believe*

All Scripture is self-attesting and being Truth, requires our unreserved submission in all areas of life. The infallible Word of God, the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, is a complete and unified witness to God's redemptive acts culminating in the incarnation of the Living Word, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible, uniquely and fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, is the supreme and final authority on all matters on which it speaks. On this sure foundation we affirm these additional Essentials of our faith:

  • We believe in one God, the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. To Him be all honor, glory and praise forever!
  • Jesus Christ, the living Word, became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. He who is true God became true man united in one Person forever. He died on the cross a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. On the third day He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest and Mediator.
  • The Holy Spirit has come to glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to our hearts. He convicts us of sin and draws us to the Savior. Indwelling our hearts, He gives new life to us, empowers and imparts gifts to us for service. He instructs and guides us into all truth, and seals us for the day of redemption.
  • Being estranged from God and condemned by our sinfulness, our salvation is wholly dependent upon the work of God's free grace. God credits His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, thereby justifies them in His sight. Only such as are born of the Holy Spirit and receive Jesus Christ become children of God and heirs of eternal life.
  • The true Church is composed of all persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit are united together in the body of Christ. The Church finds her visible, yet imperfect, expression in local congregations where the Word of God is preached in its purity and the sacraments are administered in their integrity; where scriptural discipline is practiced, and where loving fellowship is maintained. For her perfecting, she awaits the return of her Lord.
  • Jesus Christ will come again to the earth-personally, visibly, and bodily-to judge the living and the dead, and to consummate history and the eternal plan of God. "Even so, come, Lord Jesus." (Rev. 22:20)
  • The Lord Jesus Christ commands all believers to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world and to make disciples of all nations. Obedience to the Great Commission requires total commitment to "Him who loved us and gave Himself for us." He calls us to a life of self-denying love and service. "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." (Eph. 2:10)

In addition to these Essentials, we believe that God is the creator of the family (Gen 2:21-25, 4:1-2, 25-26), that parents are given the responsibility to teach their children about God (Deut 6), and that God delights to work in the children and grandchildren of His followers down through the generations. (Ex 20:4)

* The Essentials of our Faith is a document of The Evangelical Presbyterian Church, copyright 1981-2010, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, all rights reserved, used by permission.

Parent Organization & Tax-Exempt Status

The parent organization for FamiliesAlive® is Covenant Family Ministries, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Mailing address is: PO Box 3288, Parker, CO 80134. The home office is located in Centennial, CO.

Board of Directors

Rev. David W Baer, President & CEO
Phone: 720-851-5381

Tom Larson, Chairman
3011 E Tadlock Road
Bristol, TN 37620

Bob Maier
9286 Piney Creek Rd.
Parker, CO 80138

David De Bruler
522 Ellingham Drive
Katy, TX 77450

Joshua King
19451 E Navarro Drive
Aurora, CO 80013

Charles Kastens
16739 E Prentice Ave.
Centennial, CO 80015

Contributors

  • Ruth Baer, Administrative Director
  • Mike Dorman, Web Developer
  • Christine Kastens, Kidz Korner Director
  • JoAnna King, Illustrator & Art Director
  • Brian Shultz, Development Director
  • Becky Shultz, Writer