Abstract
Single parenting involves a sole parent who cares for children without the help of the other parent. The challenge of single parenting has negative effects on parents and the children alike. The death of a spouse, divorce, wars desertion, rape, sexual harassment and violent crisis are factors for this debacle. In such situation, the remaining parent not only inherits the responsibilities of the missing parent, but also takes custody of their children, in addition to his/her own roles as father or mother. Marriage ought to be imbibed as a standard for a godly society. Single parenting is not a thing to joke with or take with levity because of its scorching heat on both parents and children. Without mincing words, this phenomenon is eating deep into the African society; this makes the response of the Church logical. The study posits that it is important for African Christians to understand the biblical stance concerning marriage; so that intentional act of single parenting can be curbed.
Highlights
A single parent family is a nuclear family where one or more children are nurtured by either a father or a mother. (Note 1) Such a family is often referred to as father or mother headed family. (Note 2) There are several factors that are responsible for the increase in single parenting in our society, such as among others. (Note 3) It comes with a big financial burden that often drives the individuals into street hawking, armed robbery and their children in turn engage in prostitution just for survival and this poses a big challenge to the contemporary society
The upbringing of the children should is the duty of parents. (Note 6) The family is the foundation of human society. (Note 7) A person becomes in the society is laid in the home and at the initial stage of life. (Note 8) Parents have important role to play in seeing to it that their children acquire the appropriate parenting. (Note 9) In the contemporary African society are encountering challenges in terms of parenting. (Note 10) So, being a single parent in our society is a double task
In Africa, any church that does not develop ministry to single parenting is certainly not following the examples of Jesus and early church
Summary
Kolawole Oladotun Paul1* 1 Department of Religious Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria * Kolawole Oladotun Paul, Department of Religious Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria Received: December 28, 2020 Accepted: February 18, 2021 Online Published: February 27, 2021 doi:10.22158/ijsse.v1n1p15 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/ijsse.v1n1p15
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