Articles for Children's Ministry Leaders

It can be so frustrating when you have one kid or a couple of kids that disrupt the entire group. Everything you’ve learned about classroom management has been tried and the kid is still out of control.

One of the biggest shifts has been children born to unwed parents. The latest research shows that about 40 percent of children born in the U.S. are born outside of marriage. This is up from 28 percent in 1990.

In many parts of the country, kids have started heading back to classrooms. After summers filled with camps and VBS and fun, they are headed back to their version of the “real world.”

Reach all three major learning styles with one simple activity—a Bible puppet theater. First, you share the lesson using your finger puppets to tell the story. Your finger puppet may be the student, and you, the teacher, talk to the puppet.

These lunchbox notes can be your way of speaking Truth to your children even when you can’t be with them throughout the day.

If we can help our kids understand that worship is a life lived, words spoken and hearts focused on giving attention to God, suddenly worship becomes far more than a song or two on Sunday morning.

Faith in God is meant to be a family affair. Every family is different, so of course we all approach the word of God in our unique, fearfully and wonderfully made ways. But here are a couple of ideas for family devotional time.

God has called us to live this life together, and part of the reason for that is we need people who will encourage us and tell us when we are being stupid. I believe every leader needs at least these relationships in their lives: