Children at Risk
Children Praying for Children
A group of children in a classroom in Nigeria raised their voices in prayer to God asking for His help after seeing the plight of street children in their town.
Read MoreChildren in Mission
Article written by Anand Jeyakumar Anand works with children living in slum communities in Chennai, India with Metro Missions. If you are interested in exploring this topic with others from your church or community, Anand has helped create a hands-on session in the Children Everywhere Challenge. It is just one of many resources to be…
Read MoreGCF2018 – Budapest, Hungary 14-18 May, 2018
CHILDREN EVERYWHERE WALKING WITH JESUS This is what we long to see happening! We know that children everywhere NEED to walk with Jesus if they are to flourish and become all that He intends. Helping the church to implement this shared Kingdom vision is the purpose of the Global Children’s Forum – a pioneering, partnering community…
Read MoreViolence in Schools
For some children, not even school feels safe. Edwin, a children’s ministry leader in Kampala, Uganda knows this only too well. He works closely with children in disadvantaged areas of Kampala where they face violence at home and school. “Due to ignorance, many of these children don’t even know it is violence. (It is just…
Read MoreChildren-at-risk as Co-agents of Mission: The church’s call to minister to, for, and with them
Written by Michelle Sheba Tolentino and Susan Hayes Greener After the worship service ended on a recent Sunday, Erika spontaneously came up to me (Susan) and asked with a smile, ‘Can I pray for you?’ I replied, ‘Yes, you can.’ I told her about the Second Lausanne Forum on Children-at-risk and mentioned that all the people coming would…
Read MoreChildren at Risk Around the World
Who are the children at risk that need us to intervene on their behalf, to minister to them and to invite them to join with us in God’s mission?
Read MoreWhat environment are we creating for our children? – Helps and hindrances
What is shaping the environment in which our children are growing up? I am sure there are many ‘things’ that come to mind. Is there something that you can do to contribute and help? Well we may get a clue about one of the ‘things’ that contribute to the problem from the comment below. This is attributed…
Read MoreShalom – God’s heart for children
Shalom – God’s heart for children Shahid was physically broken – he was born paralysed and unable to use his legs. He lived in a broken environment – a poor urban area in South Asia where his family couldn’t even afford a wheelchair for him. He had a broken relationship with God – he had…
Read MoreRespond With Compassion (Helping children learn to serve)
How can we model the compassion of Jesus for the needs of the world around us? We are acutely aware of the brokenness in the world which surrounds them. We all have hopes and fears about the future. Too often we provide our children with the adult solutions to some of the world’s problems rather than presenting…
Read MoreIntroducing the Quito Call to Action on Children at Risk
The Lausanne Consultation on Children at Risk was held in Quito, Ecuador, on 17-19 November 2014. We were gathered with more than 60 of the foremost experts in the area of children-at-risk, including church leaders, theologians, missiologists, and NGO representatives. The two documents that emerged are the fruit of our collaborative work from this gathering,…
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