Teaching your children about God when your partner doesn’t believe

Coming to Christ later in life can be a little tricky if you are already married with children. How can you teach your children about God in an ‘unequally yoked’ relationship? A non-believing partner might object, and while marital harmony is important we must also follow the Lord. When you suggest church to your child on a Sunday your partner might have tempting counter offers like shopping or brunch at a bakery. Sometimes it feels like competing against the entire world to keep the faith.

 The Bible says to ‘Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.’ (Prov. 22:6) This is tricky when your partner is not in agreement. I spoke to four mothers about the challenges they have faced.