Children’s Ministry on Purpose: A Purpose Driven Approach to Lead Kids toward Spiritual Health
Digital Logos Edition
Best of 2025$11.99
Overview
Many children’s ministries are a flurry of activity, run by dedicated volunteers and staff who put in long hours and work hard for the good of the children and parents they serve. Yet despite good intentions, many children’s ministries today are not effective. They lack purpose and intentionality.
A twenty-five year veteran of children’s ministry in the local church, pastor Steve Adams has ministered to families in multiple churches, from tiny church plants to his present position at Saddleback Church. In this book, Steve applies the revolutionary insights of the Purpose Driven Church to children’s ministry and leads readers on a journey of discovery, showing them how to develop an intentional ministry process that moves children toward spiritual health while building a healthy ministry environment for those who work with kids. You will learn how to ask and answer five simple but powerful questions:
There is no single key to a successful children’s ministry, nor is there only one way that works for everyone. But there is a proven process you can follow and Steve shows how children’s ministries all over the world are reaching their God-given potential by discovering their biblical purpose, avoiding the traps of frustration and burnout.
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- Offers a practical step-by-step purpose driven process to discipling children
- Helps readers to understand how to recruit and train staff and volunteers on purpose
- Shows how to build a solid, biblical, and balanced foundation for reaching and discipling children
Part 1: WHY are We on This Journey?
- The Right Questions Lead To Great Discoveries
- Purpose
Part 2:WHAT Do We Need In Order To Succeed on the Journey?
- Is Structure Really that Important?
- The Purpose Statement
- The Vision
- Team Values
- The Team Principles
- The Goals
Part 3: WHO are you trying to reach?
- Determining Your Target Audience
- Investigate the Landscape
- Identify Your Target Audience
Part 4: HOW Will We Move Children Toward Spiritual Health?
- Balancing the Purposes of the Church and Mapping Pathways
- Making Connections
- Events
- Weekend Services
- Small Group Discipleship
Part 5: WHERE Do We Go From Here?
- Plotting Your Ministry
- Charting the Course
- Building Healthy Teams
- Communicating Creatively Through Themes
- Your First Two Years in Children’s Ministry
- Thoughts for Children’s Ministry Veterans
- Changing the Landscape of Eternity
Best of 2025