At Pathway Church, we believe parents are the most powerful spiritual influence in a child's life. Erik and Hannah Nerheim are living proof of what that can look like.
Faith in the Nerheim home isn't reserved for Sundays. It shows up at the dinner table, in bedtime prayers their girls refuse to skip, and in nightly readings from the Action Bible that spark big questions and even bigger conversations. Erik and Hannah have made a simple but intentional choice: to be the ones leading their daughters toward Jesus — not waiting for someone else to do it for them.
Last summer, that leadership bore fruit when all three of their daughters chose to be baptized. With help from a set of guided questions from a Pathway leader, Erik and Hannah walked each girl through what it truly means to follow Jesus — making sure the decision was her own. For one daughter, it was clear and certain: "It just felt really good to be baptized — to show that you believe in God. Because he's real."
Parent partnership at Pathway exists to come alongside families like the Nerheims — equipping and encouraging parents to pass the baton of faith to the next generation. Hannah's words to other parents capture the spirit of that mission perfectly: you're not supposed to have it all together. Our flaws make us human, and they give our children a front-row seat to what it looks like to keep growing in faith anyway.
You don't have to have every answer. You just have to show up.