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Children’s and Family Ministry Resources
Every church needs to prioritize security and training in their children’s ministry. As a Family Pastor for four years at Church at Charlotte, and having overseen children’s ministry at two other churches, here are some resources I have assembled over the years. Please share the documents, links and tools you have found most helpful!
- Philosophy of Family Ministry – a brief history and explanation of the basic views on how churches should support parents from entirely church driven drop off programming to totally family-integrated approaches, with family-based and family-equipping models in the middle.
- Family Ministry Handbook – a complete training manual for parents and volunteers in a church of 150 or so.
- Children’s Ministry Overview – an introduction to our church’s strategy of partnering with parents to raise kids to know, love and follow Jesus.
- Children’s Ministry Team – a small church model for volunteer leadership.
- Youth Protection Policy – key procedures for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our children.
- Childcare Policy – a large church (2000+) document on requesting and implementing programs involving paid (or volunteer) childcare.
- 7 Milestones – a small church adaptation of Brian Hayne’s Shift that proposed key milestones in which churches should support parents in the development of their children.
Here are some excellent books to consider for church leadership with kids and families:
- Perspectives on Family Ministry – Timothy Paul Jones, ed.
- Shift – What it Takes to Finally Reach Families Today – Brian Haynes
- Family Driven Faith – Voddie Baucham Jr.
Here are some book recommendations for Biblical parenting:
- Shepherding a Child’s Heart – Tedd Tripp
- The New Dare to Discipline – James Dobson
- Leading your Child to Jesus – David Staal
- Making Children Mind without Losing Yours – Kevin Leman
- The Five Love Languages of Children – Chapman and Campbell
- The Power of a Praying Parent – Stormie Omartian
- Revolutionary Parenting – George Barna
- Age of Opportunity (teens) – Paul Tripp
- Parenting with Love and Logic – Cline and Fay
- How to Lead your Child to Christ – Wolgemuth
- Raising a Modern Day Knight – Robert Lewis
And here are some excellent resources available on Right Now Media:
- Parenting – Paul Tripp
- Have a New Kid by Friday – Kevin Leman
- What’s in the Bible – Phil Vischer
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