Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders

This Father's Day, appreciate your dad for what he did right and forgive him for what he failed to get right.

With all that we are attempting to make happen through the church, a large number of students stray from the church when they graduate from high school.

Each generation has a "slang language" and Gen Z is no exception. If you want to connect with them and enter their world, then it is very helpful to know the slang terms they use.

Jenny Funderburke offers up six effective ways to illustrate the concept of sin to children.

Our pastor has said to our team many times that it’s more important for parents to be the heroes in the lives of our...

Depending on where you live, children will be getting out of school in the next few days and weeks. This means many children will...

Ryan and Kayla North have been married 15 years and are adoptive and foster parents living in Dallas, Texas, with their six children—four adopted and two biological.

God's work doesn't have to take a sabbatical during the summer months. Try one of these great ideas to make your summer family outreach sizzle!

I have been a part of two churches in my life. My home church I grew up attending and the church I’ve been on...

I love a good find on Pinterest…especially when it has to do with great resources for the families at church. I came across an idea...

I was asked to speak on healthy leadership to children’s pastors, and God took me back to David and Goliath. What better place to learn about healthy leadership than through a kid?

We are masters at telling children stories about God, but when it comes to telling God’s Story, we can fall short.

I believe NOTHING should ever be JUST FOR FUN at church.

As church leaders, one of our primary roles is to “equip volunteers to do the work of ministry.”

Specifically, in the Kids and Family ministry, an easy and strategic starting place to implement personalization is with guest families.

History offers today’s Christian women “older women…to teach what is good…that the word of God may not be reviled.”

Promotion is a key part of children's ministry. How you help kids transition up to the next grade is vital. And a big part of HOW you do promotion is WHEN you do promotion.

Here are six ways we have found to be successful at keeping our VBS volunteers energized...

Parents are the primary means God uses in the life of a child to come to an understanding of the gospel in the context of relationship.

A recent report from Pew Research found that 80 percent of Americans say they believe in God. But...for many in that group...it's a "god" they have formed using their own preferences. The "god' they believe in is not the God of the Bible.