By Brad Winstead. We have our covenant children for such a short time. Why not lay a permanent foundation of truth that will never leave them? We are wiring the house of the child's mind and are waiting for the Holy Spirit to flick the switch translating the head knowledge to heart knowledge.
Tag: Children’s Ministries
Off the Beaten Path
"People often ask me why I take so many detours when I speak. I just tell them it's because those I'm trying to reach don't live on the highway." As a parent and an educator, I sat there thinking about how hard we try to get children to move onto the highway so that we don't have to put up with t...
A Member of the Family
A synergism becomes possible when the church as the extended family builds up its households. And those households in turn build up the churches, which then impacts the community, enfolding others in the family of God. What's happening to your young people? Are your households maturing in the faith?
Story, Doctrine, Life
By Tom Patete: Sunday school stands as a central means by which churches nurture the flock, but what is the future of this venerable staple of the American church? Sunday school or any other form Christian education takes has to be done with biblical clarity and life-changing consequence, or inde...
A Question from the Children’s Ministry Conference
Question: Regarding the training of covenant children, how do you reconcile the covenant family concept (with the father as the primary teacher) with role of the church?
Teammates, Not Competitors
By Dean Conkle. Various ministries of the church are different from each other but that doesn't mean they can't work well together for a common cause or event.Viewing each other as teammates within the same overall mission will be a blessing to the whole of the church.