Mission
The Church Sticking Together – The Vital Role of Intergenerational Relationships in Fostering Sticky Faith
It turns out that intergenerational relationships are one key to building lasting faith in students. Silver bullet? No. Helpful if we want students to live their faith beyond high school? Absolutely. Sadly, many high school students lack these significant relationships. In our effort to offer relevant and developmentally appropriate teaching and fellowship for teenagers, we have…
Read MoreA Manifesto of Hope – Discovering Redemptive Revelation about Children
The founding publisher of Youthwork magazine in the UK and editor of the aimlowerjournal.com web site, Dave is a teaching pastor at a church in Paris, France. Here at HOPE.II he talks about the Church’s responsibility to the next generation.
Read MoreChildren’s Ministry Effectiveness Model – Reflect & Innovate
Children’s Ministry Effectiveness Model The ultimate statement of effectiveness is a saving relationship with God through Jesus Christ for each child. We believe that if ministry solutions help children to become active disciples of Christ…living in that saving relationship…then the ministry has been effective. These are, however, very challenging “bottom line” criteria to observe and…
Read MoreThe impact of church based parent and toddler groups
The importance of working with children in early years (aged 0-5) There has been a large amount of academic and social policy research concluding that the single most important factor influencing a child’s intellectual and social development is the quality of parenting and care they receive and the quality of the home learning environment that…
Read More7 key resources for Sports Ministry with children
Kids Games KidsGames is a sports and games program. It is for children aged 6-14 years. KidsGames shares positive life values. It harnesses the power of sport to build relationship bridges and grow healthy, active children. It helps children learn important messages about life, and gives them opportunities to develop compassion and community spirit. There are…
Read MoreLeading Children to Christ
Guidelines for sharing the Gospel with children and supporting them in their new life as Christians. Use the comments section below to share. This article is from the Max7 resource library Clearly Present the Gospel The following concepts will help your children to understand the Gospel. It is a good practice to look for ways…
Read MoreChildren’s Ministry as the Presence of God
One writer has suggested that the strength of Jesus’s ministry was not merely his witness but in fact his ‘withness’. He was with people. What might that look like for us as we engage in ministry to children? Dave Roberts is a writer and children’s ministry advocate. He also edits the Aim Lower Journal God…
Read MoreIt Just Takes One – You can be the change a child needs to succeed
A growing body of research has found that an adult role model can make all the difference in the life of a young person. Kids who meet regularly with a formal or informal adult mentor are less likely to skip school, break the law or engage in substance abuse. Article reprinted from the June 2015…
Read MoreThere is no Plan B – why the church must help children disciple other children
At the 4/14 Global Summit in New York in 2010, Reverend C.B. Samuel of India indicated that our Christian teens are in need of ideals—a cause worth living for and dying for—but the church is giving them more and more entertainment instead. What is the real solution? This article draws from There is no Plan…
Read MoreAre your children safe, or are they saved?
Only when children know and fear God, walking in faith and in Christ’s righteousness, can they truly be both safe and saved. Rebecca works for a children’s ministry training and equipping agency. Here she challenges us to think again about discipleship and salvation. Parents often like to bring their children to the playground. They assume…
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