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5 Things You Can Do Each Week to Make a Difference in Kids’ Lives

Incorporate the five steps in this verse and you will leave a legacy of faith in the lives of the kids you minister to.

What to Do When a Volunteer Quits

When you lose one of your key volunteers, it has ramifications. Worst case scenario, you have other volunteers who decide it's time for them to quit as well.

Raising Pro-Life Children in a Culture of Death

It all boils down to worldview. How can we instill a pro-life ethos in our children? No matter what is happening outside the front door of our homes, how do we create and foster and cherish a culture of life inside our own families?

How to Thank Your Team in 8 Words or Less

The power of sincere thanks cannot be overestimated.

Dysfunctional Family Life Creates Emotional Concussions in Kids

Have you ever considered the term emotional concussion? Have you ever thought about what might be involved in an emotional concussion?

Fire And Lice…In Your Church – Being Prepared for Emergencies at Church

No church leader should be without a plan in the midst of a crisis. Knowing what to do when faced with a church crisis can be the difference between calm and chaos, courage and fear, and life and death.

Praying for Our Children – More Than ‘Safe’

It’s natural to want our children to be protected from harm, but lately I’ve been thinking that when we spend all our energy praying for our children to be safe, we are missing something big.

How to Choose a Children’s Ministry Curriculum

How do we get more volunteers? How do I love, train and keep the volunteers I have? What curriculum do you use and do you like it?

5 Ways You Can Easily Partner with Public Schools

Public schools are a massive missions field that, though closed off in some big ways, still have many open doors for ministry.

3 Resources to Help You in Ministry

As a new ministry year begins, many of us are looking for ways to be more effective in our mission. With that in mind, I wanted to share three resources to help you in ministry.

Teach Them to Serve Like Jesus

I brainstormed some ways my kindergarten through fifth graders can serve. Here are some ideas I have come up with.

Parents: Do These Blinders Prevent You From Protecting Your Child?

Even good parents can have blinders when it comes to protecting their children from sexual abuse. Here's what you need to know.

Bored in Ministry? How to Bring the Excitement Back

Let's look at a few ways you can bring yourself and your ministry back to where it needs to be.

Top 13 Children’s Ministry Conferences for 2019 in the U.S.

We put together this list of the top 12 children's ministry conferences for 2019 in the United States so you can get the training, refreshment, and encouragement you so deserve in 2019.

3 Ways Churches Coddle KidZ and StudentZ

Is the church in danger of playing a part in our cultural problem of coddling of the American mind?

When Ministry Is Discouraging

How do we keep putting one foot in front of the other during discouraging times of ministry?

The Biggest Thing Christian Parents Forget

"One of the biggest errors Christian parents make is to forget."

The Biggest Key to Having Sundays Run Consistently Smooth

Here’s the change that made the biggest difference: For each service, we found (are still finding) someone whose only job is to manage volunteers and handle crises.

Volunteers & KidMin Safety Procedures: What works?

Safety Procedures are some of the more important and more minute aspects of Kids Ministry. And these details of ministry are critical to creating a safe environment for kids.

God Questions Kids Want to Ask

If you could ask God any question, what would it be? That’s the question I posed to the kids at church this past Sunday. It was Mustache Night at KidVenture and I wanted to know what questions they “mustache” God.

‘The Church Is Called To Salt, Not Sugar,’ Says Pastor John...

John Amanchukwu Sr. serves as the First Assistant to the Senior Pastor and the Youth Pastor at the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Andy Bannister: How Pastors and Churches Can Stop Living as ‘Undercover...

Dr. Andy Bannister joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how pastors and church members can share their faith boldly, strategically, and without fear.

Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders