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There 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…
Read MoreExploring Issues of Orality and Culture in Training
“There are 2.2 billion children in our world today that need to be reached and discipled as followers of Jesus. At the same time, 2 Timothy 2:2 urges us to multiply ministry by training those who will train others.” Eighty percent of those 2.2 billion children are preferred oral learners who can’t, won’t or don’t…
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…
Read MoreHere to Stay – Discipleship and the Generations
How do we help others to be “Here2Stay”, when there are so many reasons for “them2go.” The world is to be explored. The “prodigal story” is alive and well in 2015. In Western Society in particular the world is their oyster, and we have been taught that we are our own “destiny makers.” As a…
Read MoreChild Evangelism – A Theological Oveview
A study of the Biblical basis for the evangelism of children and the implications for ministry practice with children. Can young children make a solid decision to trust the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior? At what age should we present the Gospel to children and give them an opportunity to respond? Should we…
Read MoreAn Historical Theology of Adoption
This talk was filmed at a theological conference, hosted by Home for Good, together with St Mellitus and the Evangelical Alliance. Leading ethicists, theologians and biblical scholars addressed the lack of theological reflection on the nature of the Christians’ adoption into God’s family. Two theological perspectives were explored: a ‘vertical’ perspective on adoption into God’s…
Read MoreTeaching Sunday School with Nothing but a Bible
How to write your own lesson materials using just your Bible, your knowledge of the children and your creativity. Although commercially produced Sunday School materials are out of reach for many Sunday School teachers, that is no reason to despair. A Sunday School teacher who has a good grasp of the Bible, who leads a…
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