Family ministries at Carter Temple CME Church / Lowell Livezey -- Saint Vincent de Paul Parish / Michael McGinnis and Maureen Kelly Simone -- The braid of generations : a model of family ministry / Brita L. Gill-Austern -- A Pentecostal megachurch on the edge : Calvary Church, Naperville, Illinois / Paul D. Numrich -- "No doubtful disputation" : a ministry of restoration and reconciliation at city of Refuge Community Church / Sandra Blair -- The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago : one congregation's response to the challenges of family life in urban America / Lois Livezey -- "I don't mean to offend, but I won't pretend" : experiences of family life for gay men within an African American church / D. Mark Wilson -- Informal care, cooperative programs, and deliberate process : the family ministries of a church of language congregations / Barbara McGinnis-Gillispie -- Robinson Community AME Church : a church's response of liberation and healing to its community / Denise Senter.