Keeping Your Children’s Ministry on Mission: Practical Strategies for Discipling the Next Generation

When building a children’s ministry at a church, there is so much to consider: Which curriculum should we use? How many volunteers do we need? How do we keep parents informed? And that’s before we run into stalled check-in computers, missing activity sheets, and floors that need to be vacuumed. While all of the tasks of children’s ministry are important, leaders can easily get distracted by the everyday work of ministry and lose sight of the main focus—the gospel.

Writing from personal ministry experience, Jared Kennedy shares a four-fold approach for gospel-centered, missional children’s ministry: hospitality, teaching, discipleship, and mission. This practical resource covers a variety of topics, from creating child protection policies to putting together lesson plans and catechism, which are helpful for children’s ministers and volunteers alike as they disciple children with the powerful message of the gospel.

• Includes questions for reflection and evaluation, making it applicable for readers.
• Features advise for leaders to effectively disciple the next generation by engaging kids and their families in mission-oriented activities.
• Serves as a practical and helpful resource specifically designed for nursery to 5th-grade teachers and leaders in children’s ministries.
• Published in conjunction with the Gospel Coalition (TGC), ensuring credibility and endorsement.