IS OUR GOAL TO RAISE RELIGIOUS KIDS, OR ARE WE HOPING FOR SOMETHING MORE?
Our kids are growing up in a mass church exodus. A life attending church and following religious rules isn’t big enough to hold their attention — and why should it be?
Do we want our kids to just go to church, or do we want them to truly follow Jesus?
As Christian parents, most of us long for our children to know the God who loves them and who is able to work powerfully in their lives and in the lives of those around them.
Missional leader and father, Hugh Halter, invites your family to live a bigger story — a story with the mission of God at its heart.
With key tools and practical advice gleaned from Hugh’s own parenting journey, Righteous Brood equips parents at all stages — and with all kinds of challenges — to nurture disciples of Jesus who live out his mission in the world.
This book is about helping you grow your righteous brood—showing you how to nurture a nest full of crazy, unique, powerful, and sacrificial humans who love the world, or at least their little part of the world, and who point people to Jesus the King and his great new kingdom.
take a look at
what others are saying
Sue and Dave Ferguson
international speakers; best-selling authors; senior pastors; Founder and Leader of New Thing Network and Exponential
“Seize this book and seize the day — go on a Jesus-following adventure together that you will never, ever regret!”
ROB AND MICHELLE WEGNER
leaders of Kansas City Underground; North American regional director, NewThing; co-author, The Starfish and the Spirit
“Righteous Brood should be included in every microchurch and traditional church training. Microchurch life is solely based on doing the mission of God as an extended spiritual family, and Hugh has given us a manual and a devotional for how to do it and how not to do it.”
Bree Mills
mother; coach; speaker; director and founding partner, Micro Churches Australia; leader, The Village, Melbourne, a micro church network church plant
“Righteous Brood is the book I would have loved to have when we began our missional journey as a family. It unapologetically unpacks the challenges of family life in today’s world and provides a clear, concise, and practical toolkit for any family wanting to join God in his mission in the world.”
BILL COUCHENOUR
director of deployment, Exponential Network
“Hugh has been a consistent voice in the missional conversation. Not only is he a thought leader, he’s also an amazing practitioner. Righteous Brood is an important book that shows us how to have the posture of Jesus, as a family, and be the church where we live, work, learn, and play.”
LAUREN AND DAVE RUNYON
co-founder and director of CityUnite; co-author, The Art of Neighboring: Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door; parents of four children
“I have known the Halters for over twenty years, and they are the real deal! They have lived out the principles in this book and as a result have created a family that truly lives on mission. Righteous Brood is a must read for any family that desires to have a positive impact, both inside and outside of their home. This book is filled with practical ideas that will help parents foster healthy missional rhythms. The church desperately needs the perspective that Righteous Brood gives to those who aim to follow Jesus.”
L. Rowland Smith
national director, Forge America Mission Network; director, Pando Creative; author, Life Out Loud: Joining Jesus Outside the Walls of the Church; lead curator, Red Skies: 10 Essential Conversations Exploring Our Future as the Church
“Hugh and Cheryl have learned to raise kids by creating a family ethos, where they love their neighbor, exhibit the kingdom, and live in the messiness of life with others. What you hold in your hand is not a prescription for parenting but culture-building principles that steward and disciple young Jesus-people. If parenting is more art than science, then this book gives you the tools, colors, and creativity to begin painting the young canvases
you are helping to create.”
Michael Frost
missiologist, Morling College, Sydney; author, Surprise the World; co-author, The Shaping of Things to Come
“This isn’t just any old Christian parenting book about how to ensure your kids keep attending church and adhering to certain religious rules. Hugh sees parenting as an invitation to our children to see God’s bigger, more breathtaking story and understand their part in it. And it comes from his deeply formed experience. I’ve known Hugh and Cheryl for a long time. I’ve met their family. They are indeed a righteous brood.”
DEB AND ALAN HIRSCH
authors and long-term practitioners of missional movement; founders and leaders of numerous organizations, including Forge Missional Training Network and the Movement Leaders Collective
“It has been said that the macrocosm is in the microcosm — that the whole is already present in the parts. What Hugh and Cheryl have modeled and taught for thirty years proves this perfectly. Discipleship starts in the home, and movement happens when our children extend the story they experience in the family! This short, simple book describes the place where we all should start.”
about
the author
HUGH HALTER and his wife, Cheryl, have been missionaries in North America for more than thirty years. They’ve planted two churches and in 2016 founded Lantern Network in Alton, Illinois.
Lantern Network is a kingdom ecosystem committed to incubating good works and benevolent businesses to bless the city. Hugh speaks extensively across the globe, encouraging innovative forms of church, and when home loves to help Cheryl run Rí Beag Refuge, an eighty-acre equine therapy farm.
Hugh is a leading missional voice, authoring such books as The Tangible Kingdom, AND: The Gathered and Scattered Church, Flesh, and, most recently, the Life as Mission Series, which seeks to equip Christians to live the missionary life of Jesus in their everyday context.
Get Started Today!
Righteous Brood is available for order now!
Want a sneak peek? Read the first chapter for free!
