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Focus on Parenting Podcast

When a Single Mom Comes to Church

Focus on Parenting Podcast

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

How can your church be a safe place for single moms? Danny and John offer some thoughts to that very important question. Also, PeggySue Wells talks to Jim Daly about how it was difficult to attend church after her divorce.

 

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0:00.0

Focus on the family has great resources for all types of families.

0:05.0

And what I would encourage you to do is to go on their website,

0:09.0

poke around, see what type of resources are available.

0:13.0

They have an 800 number that you can call, you can talk to someone,

0:16.0

you can even pray with someone at Focus on the Family,

0:19.0

and they will steer you in the right direction.

0:22.5

Linda is a big believer in our mission to strengthen and support families, and that's why she

0:28.0

gives monthly to focus. You know, whether it's just, you know, getting resources online or

0:34.0

being able to make monetary donations. It's a great ministry.

0:38.8

I'm Jim Daly.

0:40.0

Working together, we can be a lifeline to families,

0:43.0

giving them godly truth and hope.

0:45.8

Join our monthly support team today

0:47.6

by calling 800 the letter A in the word family,

0:51.3

or visit focus on the family.com slash families.

0:59.0

Okay, so you're at church and a single mom walks in and I wonder how do you respond and reach out?

1:08.8

How do you welcome her into your body? I'm John Fuller,

1:12.8

along with our vice president of parenting, Dr. Danny, churches can be a make or break point for moms,

1:19.6

especially single moms. I imagine it's really difficult for a single mom to say, oh, I haven't been to

1:25.4

that church. I think I'll try them out. Yes. What we've done at our church, when a single mom to say, oh, I haven't been to that church. I think I'll try them out.

1:27.8

Yes.

1:33.4

What we've done at our church, when a single mom comes in, we want to make sure she's well taken care of, they point her in the direction for her kids.

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