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Four Important Questions You Have to Ask When Doing Kids Ministry
We have been in a holding pattern with our kids in our churches for so many years. Are you on target to see lives changed in your church?
All of us must ask ourselves, “Is it time?”
- Is it time to join parents in the discipleship of their children?
- Is it time to invite children and preteens into the spiritual depths of their faith by teaching them how to walk with the Master every day for the rest of their lives?
- Is it time to move kids from just sitting in class and listening into a ministry that equips, trains, and releases them to serve and minister in the body of Christ today?
- Is it time to release the most effective missionaries worldwide into the mission field today?
I Thought You Were Crazy Thinking These Kids Could Pray for an Hour and a Half
After we finished our prayer time, I was thinking to myself, “I won’t do this ever again.”
We spent all day setting up our building for what we called “A Journey of Prayer.”
Our goal was to have serious fun with the kids that evening.
We set up multiple rooms throughout the church for the kids to rotate through to pray.
If You Aim at Nothing in Kids Ministry, You Will Hit It Every Time
One of the problems we all face in children’s ministry is going through the motions.
If you are like me, you find that you are meeting yourself coming and going.
There seemed to be insufficient time during the week to get things done.
From Sunday morning to midweek, things were a little crazy.
The problem we face in a routine ministry is that we might be passing kids through our ministry with no clear plan or objectives in place.
George Barna says, “The battle is won or lost for our children in the Children's Ministry of the church.”
If You Were to Leave Your Ministry Today, Would It Fall Apart?
Several years ago, I attended a conference in Denver, Colorado. During one of the breakouts, the speaker, Jim Wideman, made a statement that has resonated with me until this day. He said,
“If you were to leave your ministry today, would it fall apart? If so, you were a lousy children’s minister. You did not do your job.”
Well, if you are like me, I didn’t take that too well.
It reminded me of the first church where I served.
I was a perfectionist, and no one could do the work as good as I could.
For three years, “I” grew the ministry. When I left, like Brother Jim said, it fell apart.
Sadly, I learned a big lesson at this first church.
