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Jesus and The Child – Principles discovered on the road to Jerusalem
I’d like to invite you to take a walk with Jesus and his disciples from Caesarea Philippi to Jerusalem and note what we find about child ministry. Author – Keith White This article has been printed and given as a lecture in many different contexts. Dr Keith J. White is Director…
Read MoreThe International Summit on Children at Risk
We are at an unprecedented time in history as the Global Church rises up to seriously address the importance of children, especially children at risk. Major developments in the Global Church community in the past several years demonstrate a new commitment to mission to, for and with children. The 2010 Lausanne Cape Town Commitment (also…
Read MoreThe Max7 Resource Website Explained
max7.org is a Global Children’s Forum project and is part of the ‘Open Source’ ethos of the overall partnership. There are at least 7 very practical things you could do at the site. These could enhance your local ministry or help you help others in training situations and with resource materials 1 Find resources in…
Read MoreRadical Jesus – a saying about children that changed everything
Who would have been offended by Jesus words about children? Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3 They seem so mild to us. Of course, we think. But they were hard words for some to hear. It would challenge their…
Read MoreKey Trends in Mission to Children – 6 key insights
We offer the following principles for action, based on emerging trends we have identified. We sense a global movement of God calling the body of Christ to disciple children more effectively. In a paper offered at the Lausanne Congress in Cape Town 2010 several key action points emerge. They were offered with important questions to…
Read MoreMentoring – We say it takes a whole church to nurture the faith of a child – but how?
From generation to generation In a survey published in the UK in April 2010 (Aquafresh ‘Mum’s Wish List’, 2010) two thousand mums were asked who they would like their children to grow up to be like, and one thousand children were asked who were their top role models. The results made interesting reading, with a…
Read MoreThe Child Faith Journey – 10 key insights
All around the world there is a fresh focus on ministry to children. While many remain unreached by the message of Jesus they do not remain unreached by other ideas and other religions. As the church seeks to clarify how we can reach out with fresh passion to the rising generations we are looking again…
Read MoreGo Have a Cup of Coffee – The foundations of productive partnership in mission
MISSION TO 2 BILLION + CHILDREN NEEDS PARTNERSHIP TO BE TRULY EFFECTIVE – IT STARTS WITH ‘A CUP OF COFFEE’ (TOGETHER) The most effective way to reach children is through the witness of the local church. But the local church will need to work in partnership with others in many areas if it is to…
Read MoreGive Up. Challenge yourself – are you ready for real mission partnership?
WHAT ARE YOUR MINISTRY VALUES? Here are some ideas to reflect on: Kingdom-focused We seek God’s kingdom. The one that Jesus pointed to and taught (see especially Matthew chapters 5-7). We acknowledge that together we are part of one body under Christ, being and belonging to one church, as we see in 1 Corinthians 12…
Read MoreThink Smaller – How do we actually relate to children
Ideas have consequences. How do we take the biblical idea of the faith of the child and start to think smaller Scripture Union staff member Wendy Strachan offers a perspective on the child faith journey and asks some provocative questions. In 1780, one man with a big vision and a simple idea changed the way…
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