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It 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 MoreGod’s Plan for Generational Blessing Through the Church
Are we prepared to put the same strategic, financial and people resources into nurturing the children of the church, and reaching the unchurched child, that we pour into our evangelism courses, youth work and church fabric budgets? Dave Roberts was a founding publisher of Youthwork magazine, the annual Eastbourne, UK children’s ministry training event. This…
Read More7 resources to stretch your thinking about men, dads and discipleship
Dad Matters – Forming Faith If both father and mother attend regularly, 33 percent of their children will end up as regular churchgoers, and 41 percent will end up attending irregularly. Only a quarter of their children will end up not practicing at all. If the father is irregular and mother regular, only 3 percent…
Read MoreThe Church’s Hindrances in Equipping Children
Everyone knows that children are important, but why do so few in the Church actually invest the time to equip them? In this animation, Rick and Becky Olmstead, pastors of the Vineyard Church of the Rockies, share what they believe are the challenges facing the Church in nurturing children.
Read More20 ways to engage adult learners – key principles for children’s ministry training
If you have listed your key content points for a training session you might be tempted to just talk. But your material will be more effective if you engage the learners and take note of the different learning styles they will have. Use the some of the 20 methods below to bring your training to…
Read MoreWill there be faith – some thoughts on Deuteronomy 6
God gave the Israelites deep, precious and timeless words of instruction and guidance. Deuteronomy 6 is God’s response to the question of how faith will survive in the “new land.” The passage gives crucial principles and guidance for passing on the faith from generation to generation, from parents to children, and grandparents to grandchildren. Greg Priebbenow…
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 MoreStretching Your Thinking About Ministry With Families – 7 Must Read Articles
Dave Roberts gathers 7 key articles into this guide to recent thinking on ministry with families. Three Models for Intergenerational Faith Formation The three models described are not the only ways to do intergenerational ministry, and this is by no means an exhaustive or authoritative list. This is however a short but helpful way of…
Read MoreGet them talking – how to encourage the generations to talk to each other
Conversation starters for mixed age groups ? Regardless of the intergenerational program you have planned (activity, meal, study) it helps to start things off with a good question. Finding a good question is harder than we thought – the question must be interesting and answerable for ALL ages. Here are 12 questions to get you…
Read More60 Key Evangelical Leaders Issue Call to Action on Behalf of Children
More than 60 people who are committed to following Jesus and hold a high view of children and Scripture, including theologians, practitioners, and church leaders, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, gathered in Quito, Ecuador to explore the implications of the Cape Town Commitment Call to Action on behalf of children at risk. Here is…
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