Imagine two families, both have a child interested in baseball. Both families believe that they are the primary influencers in the child’s interest in baseball, the fathers regularly teach their child the basics of the game, both fathers play baseball and they take their child to the games so they can observe how the … [Read more…]
I’ve heard Larry Fowler talk about the Question that No One Asks. I knew he was speaking truth, but I didn’t realize just how true it was for me. The question that everyone does ask is how many children did you have in your ministry today? They look for trends in numbers. Declining numbers … [Read more…]
The news is inundated with the events that happened in Oregon recently. An individual goes to a community college, reportedly asks people to stand up if they are a Christian. Several people stand and then are killed. The question we ask ourselves is if we would be bold enough to stand for our faith in … [Read more…]
One of the biggest challenges that I face as a Children’s Pastor and as a children’s ministry leader is that people see children as the church of tomorrow, not an active part of the church of today. At the Children’s Pastors Conference last week in Chattanooga, we were introduced to a young lady that … [Read more…]
Technology is here. Depending upon where you are geographically, and how the families in your ministry view technology, the impact on your ministry will vary, but no matter what, technology impacts your ministry. While I am not an early adopter of technology (my android tablet is several years old, the PC i am typing … [Read more…]