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5 Key Traits Children’s Ministry Leaders Need to Have

"Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart and a humble mind." (1 Peter 3:8)

Our Children Are Not Trophies

If you're not resting in your vertical identity, you will look horizontally, searching to find your reason for living in something in the created world.

Dealing With Criticism

If you are getting criticized, it may not mean you're doing anything wrong, it just means you’re a leader.

Oh! The Stories You’ll Tell! Dr. Seuss and Three Storytelling Tips

"The writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.”

3 Things to Speak Over Your Class

"When you speak the Word, you retain 90 percent of what you hear yourself say as opposed to only retaining 10 percent of what you hear someone else say."

Encourage Parents to Spend More Money on This & Less on This

"A large percentage of toys parents give children aren't actually wanted or valued."

How My ADHD Makes Me Successful in Kids’ Ministry

“Your son will not sit still and is always talking to the other students.”

4 Huge Lessons Children’s Ministry Can Learn From the Lego Company

"Lego is the only toy company in the world that claims to capture the interests of both kids and parents."

Musical Chairs to Fill

Do the kids at your church experience God's presence through the songs you sing?

Delegation: The Secret Sauce to Effective Leadership

The reality is there is not really much that a leader can’t delegate to their team.

Hope for Hurting Parents When Kids Rebel

"What do you do during this stage, while you’re waiting for your child to come to repent?"

Choosing to Grow Before You Go

When we are facing frustration, choosing to grow through it rather than go from it is typically our best initial choice.

Is it Possible to Find Balance Between Your Job and Your Personal Life?

Here are three ways we can fight for balance between our work and our personal lives.

Seven Principles for Angry Parents Disciplining Angry Children

"How do we discipline exasperating kids without in turn exasperating them unnecessarily?"

80 Percent of Kids Want Their Parents to Read to Them and, Relatedly, We’re Kinda Famous

"Eight in 10 children ages 6 to 17 said they loved or liked being read aloud to."

Stop Being Overwhelmed by Your To-Do List

Whether you have already created your to-do list or just getting started, here are five tips to help you complete it and maybe check off a few more tasks.

The Selfie Generation’s Self-Image Struggle

35 percent of kids are worried about people tagging them in unattractive photos.

New Year’s Resolutions for a Single Parent

"This season of life is not an “in between” or a time to get through to get to what’s next. This season is designed by God and is exactly what it is supposed to be."

5 Signs You’re Forcing Your Religion (or Atheism) on Your Kids…and 5 Signs You’re Not

"If our kids are someday shocked by the claims of skeptics, we didn’t do our job."

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