Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 8 Steps to Crafting a Children’s Ministry Handbook Check out these 8 steps on how to make a children’s ministry handbook to make your ministry the strongest it can be. Odds are that your ministry has policies and… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 10 mins Trading Sacred Spaces: How Would Your Ministry Score? How does your children’s ministry score to an outside? Find out in Trading Sacred Spaces! Ever sit in someone else’s church and feel like all the glaring gaps in the… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 6 Questions to Evaluate Your Ministry Media Use these questions to determine if the media in your ministry makes the grade. 6 Questions to Evaluate Your Ministry Media Just as media is an integral part of our… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins Is Sunday School on Life Support? Here’s the Research… Is the much-trumpeted demise of Sunday school reality—or myth? Children’s Ministry Magazine has exclusive research results exploring the truth about Sunday school in churches today. Is it true that Sunday… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins Homeless to Homebuilder: A Story of God’s Redemption Meet Patrick Black, once homeless and hopeless, now leading a thriving children’s ministry. Almost three years ago as a college student in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, I didn’t know where to turn.… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins The Secret to an Irresistible Church Environment What’s the secret to an irresistible church environment? Perhaps not what you think. Dig into our research on this topic and find out what it means for you. People are… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins How to Become Like a Child—Without Losing Adult’s Respect To reach children, you must sometimes become like a child, but you can lose adults’ respect by doing so. The Kidologist Karl Bastian shares how you can do both! Kids… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Phil Vischer’s Challenge to the Church What does McDonald’s corporate headquarters moving have to do with children’s ministry? Phil Vischer will explain and challenge your church. A Clown on the Move So…Ronald McDonald is moving. Not… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins What Kids Want Most From Church What do kids say they want most from church? Kids just want to have fun. They want to move their bodies—they want to create things—they want to play games. And… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 9 mins Can’t-Miss Advice for Your First Year in Children’s Ministry We asked six children’s ministers to share what they wish they would’ve known in their first year of ministry. Their answers may surprise you. However, their honest responses will hopefully… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins All Eyes on the iTech Generation How our high-speed world is already changing the next generation — and what it means for the future of the Church. If you haven’t noticed, the world is changing. Fast.… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 9 Attention-Getting Publicity Ideas for Your Children’s Ministry In a recent Children’s Ministry Magazine survey, we asked, “How do you get kids’ attention?” Most children’s ministers who responded agreed that the worst publicity is by unexcited leaders who… Read More