Leader Resources Read in 8 mins 5 Steps to Conflict Resolution in Your Ministry and Church Follow these 5 steps to conflict resolution to experience being a peacemaker in your ministry. Your teaching partner is late. Again. Three times in five weeks. She acknowledges her tardiness… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins 5 Ways to Stop Your Own Kids From Becoming Ministry Orphans How to be a children’s minister whose own children love your ministry as much as you do It’s a few minutes before 2 in the afternoon, and I’m scrambling to… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Seven Attributes of People Who Lead Their Ministries Effectively It’s been said that people who think they’re leading with no one following are only taking a walk. Here are seven attributes to help you evaluate if you’re leading effectively.… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins 6 Strategies to Elevate Your Church’s View of Children’s Ministry Children’s pastor Julia A’Bell from Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia, gives strategies to elevate your church’s view of children’s ministry. Six years ago my senior pastor asked me to oversee… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins 5 Ways to Handle Children’s Ministry Conflict Like a Pro Batten down the hatches because conflict is blowing your way! How will you weather the storm? In times of conflict the phrase “Ministry is hard!” seems like the biggest understatement… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins Making Waves: Here’s How to be an Agent for Change Making waves and creating change can be tricky. Here’s how to be a change agent in your ministry. Your children’s ministry has a problem — one you don’t plan to… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins Is Sunday School Dying? Is this thing called Sunday school working? Find out what Group Publishing President, Thom Schultz, and Group Publishing Cheif Creative Officer, Joani Schultz, have to say. You can find millions… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins Risky Business: Four Types of Risks in Children’s Ministry Every choice you make— large or small—is attached to a consequence and risk. These are the four risks that come along with working with children. Curiosity killed the cat, but… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins 5 Rules of Thumb to Problem-Solving in Ministry Leadership Get a handle on these five filters for effective problem-solving for the problems that arise in your children’s ministry. It was appalling! A board member in my church wrote weekly… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins Sample Schedules and Extra Games for Your Kids Camp These three sample schedules and extra games will help you plan the perfect kids camp for your ministry. Sample Schedules To make it even easier, you can use this schedule… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins All You Need to Know About Intergenerational Worship You can successfully involve kids in intergenerational worship. Here’s how to get started. I walked into the church with my children, feeling a bit unsure in the unfamiliar environment we… Read More
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins 7 Tips to Surviving Church Scandal and Moving Past the Turmoil Here are 7 tips to keeping your children’s ministry strong during a church scandal or trauma—and through the turmoil that follows. Churches have been rocked by scandal stemming from human… Read More
