The Family Teams Podcast

You're busy. You have young kids. You feel like you're barely keeping your head above water most days.

How in the world are you supposed to fulfill the Great Commission as a family?

This is the question that keeps so many Christian families stuck in survival mode, never stepping into the missional calling God has for them.

Mark and Michelle Tiderman have cracked the code on this. With 4 kids ranging from 10 to 18, they've built a family culture where mission isn't an add-on, it's integrated into everything they do.

And the best part? Their approach is so practical and accessible that ANY family can start implementing it today.

In this episode, Mark and Michelle share how they've coached youth sports, served their neighbors, hosted open dinners, and built deep gospel conversations with people in their community, all while raising their kids to see mission as a normal part of life.

You'll learn why your kids are actually an ASSET to your mission (not a liability), how to transition from serving people to sharing the gospel with them, and why focusing on faithfulness over impact changes everything.

If you've been wondering what your family team is actually supposed to DO, this episode will give you the clarity and practical steps you need.

On this episode, we talk about:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:50 What Is A Family Team Supposed To Do?

00:05:52 How God Chooses Your Trajectory...Through Your Kids

00:09:50 From Service To Sharing The Gospel

00:14:44 Does Mission Detract From Family?

00:16:37 Partnering

00:18:47 Faithfulness Over Impact

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Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

What is most missing in Christian parenting today, as we barrel headlong into the rapidly changing unknown of a broken culture?
Courage.
That's the hypothesis of Isaac and Angie Tolpin, who have spent decades making courageous choices raising their 9 children and walking out God's calling on their life.
Guys this was such an inspirational episode. The Tolpin's ministry, Be Courageous, is so well aligned with Family Teams, and their message is so needed at this particular moment in time.
You will love this episode, packed full of diagnosing why family and culture are here and what to do about it, but also very practical and balanced biblical parenting, marriage, business, and life wisdom that you can put into practice today.
On this episode, we talk about:
0:00 Intro
0:22 Refugees From PNW Family Culture
3:27 You vs. The Generations
7:43 The Provision Tension With Lots of Kids
13:31 Being A Wife and Mother of a Courageous Husband
18:01 How Dads Can Integrate Their Family In Their Work
27:15 Protecting Kids From Technological Creep
35:01 The AI + Parenting Challenge
41:01 The Key To Courage
Resources Mentioned:
Courageous Parenting by Isaac and Angie Tolpin: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H378533C/
Be Courageous Ministry: https://www.becourageousministry.org/
Be Courageous App: https://www.becourageousministry.org/app
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Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

My 17 year old daughter Kaira just spoke at the national speech tournament in Minneapolis, where her speech was 10th in the nation.
I thought she absolutely nailed the idea of family as a team, and the main tool she's seen our family use to truly create this as a reality in our multi-generational family.
If you've ever wondered what our kids truly think about this stuff - if it actually lands with them and impacts them - I think this shows just how much they're picking up.
Plus, it's a succinct and amazingly delivered argument for our number 1 tool that we recommend to all family teams.
On this episode, we talk about:
0:00 Intro
0:33 The US Has Become Number 1 (Uh Oh)
2:11 The 3 Words That Broke Western Family
3:21 How To Fix The Family
5:40 Practical Wins
7:45 Practical Tips To Start This Today
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Website: https://www.familyteams.com
Resources Mentioned:
FREE COURSE: 5 Days To Transform Your Family Into A Team: https://familyteams.com/transform
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Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

Should we as Christian parents really aim to be kicking our kids out of our home as soon as they turn 18?
This is an EXTREMELY cultural - not Biblical - idea, yet I meet SO many Christians who believe the lie.
Instead of taking the 3 obvious milestones the Bible talks about when it comes to maturing children and our roles as mothers and fathers, we just swallow the cultural lie, hook, line, and sinker, and then wonder what went wrong.
In this episode, we break down the actual lie, where it came from, and then give you the TRUTH of scripture to wield against a culture that wants to destroy families...in this case, especially by taking kids out of the home as quickly as possible and leaving no space for a multigenerational family to form.
On this episode, we talk about:
0:00 Intro
0:49 Does This Actually Shift at 18?
19:39 Myron Golden on 18
23:30 The 3 Biblical Milestones
30:20 Milestone 1
39:30 Milestone 2
48:10 Milestone 3
53:08 Where To Find The Answer
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FREE COURSE: 5 Days To Transform Your Family Into A Team: https://familyteams.com/transform
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Follow Family Teams:
Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams
Website: https://www.familyteams.com
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Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!

99% of the Evangelical Christian world gets this wrong, and it's absolutely destroying our families.
We've fallen into the trap of thinking of the family in secular terms, instead of looking at the Bible and asking what God's vision was for the family, since HE created it.
In this episode I break down 3 of the main critiques against the modern family, and go into the 3 promises of building your family like a TEAM instead of a group of individuals.
On this episode, we talk about:
0:00 99% Get This Wrong
0:50 The 3 Critiques of the Modern Family
3:49 What Are We Aiming At?
5:29 How Did God Design Family?
12:03 3-Fold Promise of the Family
Resources Mentioned:
FREE "5 Days To Transform Your Family Into A Team" Mini Course: https://familyteams.com/transform
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Follow Family Teams:
Facebook: https://facebook.com/famteams
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familyteams
Website: https://www.familyteams.com
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Hi, welcome to the Family Teams podcast! Our goal here is to help your family become a multigenerational team on mission by providing you with Biblically rooted concepts, tools and rhythms! Your hosts are Jeremy Pryor and Jefferson Bethke. Make sure to subscribe on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube so you don't miss out on future episodes!