Training — Ministry Leaders

So, your church has decided to do a “family service,” which is a church service that includes all generations. Instead of splitting up the family into age segregated classes, the family sits together and worships together. The benefits to a service like this are many, including parents showing spiritual leadership in their family, and children being a part of the church as a whole! By the way, family events are big right now, even in the secular world and in our culture. Want proof? Consider the highest attended and highest grossing films of the last few years — movies that...

A mom with several kids with disabilities quit attending her church because she said as she and her lively crew entered the children’s ministry hall, she would look towards her kids’ classrooms and even though her kids hadn’t even stepped a foot into their classrooms, the teachers already had looks of exasperation on their faces. This mom knew that her kids required extra attention. She knew that because of the trauma they’d experienced in their short lives and because of their disabilities, they could be a handful. She worked hard with the children’s ministry leaders to create the best environment for...

The Bible tells us that God is three persons, but all three persons are one God. This is not easy to understand because as created people we only know people as one person, in one body, and not like anyone else. But God is not restricted to the world and time as we know it. God ALWAYS existed and He has no beginning and He has no end. God created for us days and hours and weeks, months and years for us to live in. But He is not limited by time. He is eternal. God created each one of...

“If a man owns a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the other ninety-nine on the hillside and go off in search of the one who went astray?” - Matthew 18:12 (NCB) Every year about this time I am reminded of my own spiritual journey. This is about the time when a group of high school friends reached out to this lost sheep and introduced him to the Savior. I am convinced that there are still lost sheep that need to be found and introduced to the Savior. “The shepherd leaves the 99 well-behaved...

We all desire for our children to be disciples of Jesus. His last words in Matthew 28:18-20 command us to make disciples of all nations. Have you ever considered yourself as a parent a disciple-maker? How about a disciple-maker of all nations? And have you considered that Jesus also calls your children to be disciple-makers of all nations? This probably seems like a daunting task! You may think, “I can hardly get my children out the door for school on time. How can I disciple my children to be disciple-makers? And to all nations? You are crazy!” The beautiful truth...