The Parenting for Faith podcast

In today’s episode we speak to Rachel Turner about keys truths that all parents and carers need to hear. Rachel Turner has worked within church leadership and family, youth and children’s ministry for over 20 years. After serving full-time in multiple churches, she then went on to found Parenting for Faith in partnership with BRF Ministries. Through her and her team’s work, they have created multiple online courses, resources and a podcast to enable parents and carers to disciple their children and for church leaders to create a parenting for faith culture within their communities. She is an international speaker and the author of nine books.

In her work, she has consulted and partnered with national denominations and regional networks across Europe, North America and Australasia to enable growth in intergenerational church, robust family ministry, and church culture change. She lectures on leadership and intergenerational church at the Institute for Children, Youth and Mission (CYM) and St. Padarn’s Institute. She is a huge Star Trek fan. Her love language is beautiful or quirky stationary. She is currently serving as the Discipleship Pastor at Hope Church Harrogate, and is writing her tenth book entitled The Ministry of Ordinary Walks.


Links:

Grandparenting for Faith Course https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/grandparenting-for-faith-course/

Rachel Turner’s website https://www.rachelturner.org.uk/

Key truths for parents and carers https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/post/key-truths-for-parents-and-carers/

Facilitating side-by-side encounters for adults and children https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/post/fringe-families/

It takes a church to raise a parent by Rachel Turner https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/resource/it-takes-church-raise-parent-book/

Being God’s Child: A Parent’s Guide by Anna Hawken https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/resource/being-gods-child/

Comfort in Uncertain Times by Rachel Turner https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/resource/comfort-in-uncertain-times-the-book/

Comfort in the Darkness by Rachel Turner https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/resource/comfort-in-the-darkness-the-book/

Send us your questions and stories at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at [email protected]


Takeaways

Parents are central to their children's spiritual development.
The church and parents must work together for effective discipleship.
God understands the challenges of parenting through His relationship with Jesus.
There is no guaranteed formula for raising children in faith.
Every family's approach to parenting is unique.
Parenting is a journey filled with ups and downs, just like faith journeys.
It's important to equip children for real-life challenges.
Resources like 'Comfort in Uncertain Times' can benefit both parents and children.
Spiritual growth is a lifelong journey for both parents and children.
Parenting is not meant to be done in isolation.

Thank you for listening today. Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF Ministries. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.

In today’s episode, Jess and Anna chat about how to use the question ‘Where did you see God today?’, as we start 2026. It’s a great question to ask yourself and opens up lots of opportunities to create windows and frame (two of the Five Key Tools of Parenting for Faith) for the children and young people in your life. Anna is the Parenting for Faith Ministry Lead and has been getting to grips with Parenting for Faith for the last 15 years, the last 8 of those working at BRF Ministries. Jess is the Development & Relationship Lead at Parenting for Faith. She is ordained and new to the BRF Ministries team last year but has worked with children and young people in church and diocesan teams for over 20 years. They are also both parents trying to figure out how to do this in the normal chaos of everyday family life.



Links:

Where did you see God today? Free printable https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/post/where-did-you-see-god-today/

Grandparenting for Faith course starting on 27 Jan 2026. You can join as an individual, couple or group. https://www.brfonline.org.uk/collections/events/products/grandparenting-for-faith-online-course-jan-feb-2026

Parenting as a Church leader Day on 29 April https://www.brfonline.org.uk/collections/parenting-for-faith-events/products/parenting-as-a-church-leader-day-2

Session on how to cover your children if you have a ministry or leadership role https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/course/3-covered/

Send us your questions, stories and ideas for future episodes at parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at [email protected]





Thank you for listening today. Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF Ministries. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible.If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.

In today’s episode we speak to Becky Sedgwick, author of Grandparenting for Faith and co-presenter of the Grandparenting for Faith course about the power of the grandparent generation. Listen and share with friends and relatives this Christmas and please also share the episode within anyone who might appreciate hearing it. This is a recording of a webinar on the Church Support Hub.

Links:
Buy the Grandparenting for Faith course for Christmas - either for people to do at their own pace or join the zoom course run by our team Tuesdays at 7pm starting on 27 Jan. https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/grandparenting-for-faith-course/ Email proof of purchase of either version with grandparents names and your names and we’ll send you a personalised gift voucher free of charge.
Buy the Grandparenting for Faith book https://www.brfonline.org.uk/collections/parenting-for-faith/products/grandparenting-for-faith-sharing-god-with-the-children-you-love-the-most
Buy An A - Z of Parenting for Faith https://www.brfonline.org.uk/collections/new-titles/products/an-a-z-of-parenting-for-faith-bitesize-wisdom-from-the-parenting-for-faith-podcast
Explore the Church Support Hub https://churchsupporthub.org/
Send us your questions, stories or topic ideas to parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at [email protected]
Follow BRF Ministries on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/brfcharity

Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/

Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible.

We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.

In today’s episode we speak to Rachel Turner, founder of Parenting for Faith and key contributor to An A - Z of Parenting for Faith. We share a snippet of the top five parenting topics (as voted by you) covered in the book and ask Rachel for any thoughts to add. This is a recording of part of the book launch event which took place in September. The topics chosen were arguments, school, church engagement, partner on a different place in their faith journey and social media.

Links:
Free printable or interactive online advent calendar https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/resource/questions-for-advent/
Buy the Grandparenting for Faith course for Christmas - either for people to do at their own pace or join the zoom course run by our team Tuesdays at 7pm starting on 27 Jan. https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/grandparenting-for-faith-course/ Email proof of purchase to either with grandparents names and your names and we’ll send you a personalised gift voucher free of charge.
Buy An A - Z of Parenting for Faith https://www.brfonline.org.uk/collections/new-titles/products/an-a-z-of-parenting-for-faith-bitesize-wisdom-from-the-parenting-for-faith-podcast
Send us your questions, stories or topic ideas to parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at [email protected]
Arguments podcast episode with Caitlin Boddy https://soundcloud.com/parentingforfaith-brf/s11e2-arguments-with-caitlin-boddy
Follow BRF Ministries on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/brfcharity

Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/

Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible.

We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.

In today’s episode we speak to Paul Mallard about spending Christmas with friends or family who aren’t Christians, especially children who have walked away. Paul served as a pastor for 40 years in three different churches. He now works as Director for the West Midlands for the FIEC (Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, UK), supporting churches and their leaders across the region. He’s the
author of several books, including Invest Your Disappointments and Heaven: Living with
Eternity in View. He and his wife Edrie have four children and nine grandchildren. Apologies that Paul’s audio isn’t totally clear in this episode, we have improvements to audio quality planned for the new season.

Links:
Free printable or interactive online advent calendar https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/resource/questions-for-advent/
Buy the Grandparenting for Faith course for Christmas - either for people to do at their own pace or join the zoom course run by our team Tuesdays at 7pm starting on 27 Jan. https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/grandparenting-for-faith-course/ Email proof of purchase to either with grandparents names and your names and we’ll send you a personalised gift voucher free of charge.
Buy When children walk away from Jesus by Paul Mallard https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/when-children-walk-away-from-jesus?srsltid=AfmBOoowUY1mio5VHd8Ciwh7sZD3z_uNVMfKyAaNLS8Zrg15pfXPakw-
Paul mentions The Hole in our Holiness by Kevin DeYoung https://www.thegoodbook.co.uk/the-hole-in-our-holiness-paperback
Parenting for Faith key tool of Creating Windows https://www.parentingforfaith.brf.org.uk/tool/creating-windows/
An A - Z of Parenting for Faith https://www.brfonline.org.uk/collections/new-titles/products/an-a-z-of-parenting-for-faith-bitesize-wisdom-from-the-parenting-for-faith-podcast has a chapter on Walking away from faith based on this podcast episode with Sarah Walton and Linda Green https://soundcloud.com/parentingforfaith-brf/s7e9-the-one-where-they-walk-away-from-faith-with-sarah-walton-and-linda-green
Send us your questions, stories or topice ideas to parentingforfaith.org/podcast or email us at [email protected]
Follow BRF Ministries on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/brfcharity

Thank you for listening today. If you are able to contribute to the cost of producing this podcast, please click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/

Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible.

We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.