Children s ministry has the power to change the lives of kids and families. Unfortunately, it s not always clear that the work a person does with kids is really making a lasting difference. Ask children s ministry leaders and kid-influencers if they are making the impact on children s lives as they had hoped and most likely the responses will be mixed. And for good reason. Research over the past decade has revealed an alarming lack of long-term growth in the faith community as children progress through student ministries into adulthood.
Clearly, something needs to change.
Relational Children s Ministry seeks to reverse this trend by equipping children s ministry leaders with practical tools to disrupt the status quo approach to discipleship with children and realign their ministries for greater long-term impact. Ministry leaders will:
- Learn how to relate intentionally to kids and families by putting five discipleship invitations modeled by Jesus into practice
- Explore practical approaches to realign their children s ministry for a new trajectory by hitting three reset buttons to ensure long-term discipleship is embedded
- Encounter examples of disruptive disciple-makers in action and learn key principles that can be translated into their own ministry context
Children s ministry leaders will receive practical training to refocus their children s ministry along with time-tested tools to personally recommit to lifelong discipleship. Kid-influencers can become a disciple-making community that redirects the current trajectory for this and future generations.
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