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What is the context of child discipleship?
In biblical culture, as in most cultures still today, people did not live primarily as individuals, but as families, especially extended families. How might this influence our understanding of discipleship? Bob Rognlien works in the Middle East and elsewhere seeking to help people understand the context of the Bible – find out more here This…
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 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…
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