Building an Effective Children’s Ministry
Delivering a ministry that really works is a challenging, yet worthwhile objective for all churches…
Children matter to God so they better matter to us in the church. We have been claiming without reservation how important it is to support the spiritual development of children within families and in churches…and how those efforts should be linked by purpose and function in unison. Building a saving relationship with God through Jesus Christ is the most important thing in the lives of our children…and, in fact, in our own lives also.
So, how can churches be sure that their efforts in children’s ministry are properly focused and are working productively toward such a critical goal? At LOGOS, we have tried to answer those questions by translating our more than 40 years of ministry experience into a model, or framework, which defines the characteristics of ministry effectiveness. The resulting Ministry Effectiveness Model has been developed for those churches who use a LOGOS-style ministry model and for those who don’t. Generally, it includes characteristics in three broad categories:
• Purpose – intent and objectives of the ministry within the church’s broader mission
• Practicality – approach, plan and resources to support the ministry
• Impact – capability to produce results that matter
If churches are going to be effective in their service to children, they must engage in constructive dialogue about their ministries and commit to discovering ways to improve them. To support churches in that process, we use our effectiveness model to facilitate their efforts toward probing the fundamentals and seeking specific opportunities for improvement. The criteria that comprise our models help leaders to pinpoint key elements of ministry and to target symptoms that may indicate ministry ineffectiveness. In the final analysis, the model is a great tool for guiding a church’s ministry planning, development, and problem-solving initiatives.
You can find the LOGOS Ministry Effectiveness Models in the library on our web site.
View the Children’s Ministry Effectiveness Model Webinar
Listen to our podcast: Is your Children’s Ministry Effective?
October 8, 2007 at 2:15 pm
how do i keep the three youths we have in our church in the church,and for them to bring more youth in,the younger adults in our church always have attitude toward them and put them down,and now my own daughter dont want to go there anymore but i tell her to just talk to god and pray that person,i even stood up one sunday and asked how do us the church expect these youth to bring youth in when us the adults are judgeing them rolling there eyes at them talking about them to other members of the church,god love them just like he loves us and we need to keep them strong in the word,so they can go out and spread the word to their friends,but if we keep putting them down they will go back to there wicked ways because they think well the church does it and there know better than us,help me find answers for my church