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noun (German)
1. Housefather.
2. Head of household, including the housefather as assisted by the housemother.
>> Example: "As the Hausvater should teach it [Christian doctrine] to the entire family ..."
(Martin Luther, Small Catechism, 1529)

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The Hausvater Project seeks to equip Christian men and women for distinctive and complementary vocations in family, church, and society, by fostering research and education in light of Holy Scripture as proclaimed by the Lutheran Confessions. > Learn more about our Mission and Vision...

 
Why Get Married?

"God instituted marriage before all other estates, and therefore created man and woman … that they should live together, be fruitful, beget children, and nourish and train them to the honor of God." (Martin Luther, Large Catechism, 1529)

 
Why Love?
"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word." (Ephesians 5:25)
 
Why Serve the LORD?
"You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed. ... As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD." (Joshua 23:14b, 24:15b)
 
Why Submit?
"Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his own body, of which he is the Savior." (Ephesians 5:22)
 
 

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