About Ministry-To-Children.com

Welcome to Ministry-To-Children.com – a blog that helps you make a difference in the lives of children! First, our website exists to serve people who minster to children. Our goal is to encourage and help you as you serve God’s kids. All our content is 100% free to use offline in your church or Christian ministry. We are not a bookstore. We are not a big publishing company. We are not a paid membership site. We are simply an online resource to help your children’s ministry.

If your passion is reaching and teaching kids, then this blog is for you.  Our growing team of writers are working hard to make this site even better. Most weeks we publish 7-10 new articles & lesson plans. You can also browse hundreds of free articles in our archives.  See our contact page to send us a message, grab our email or mailing address.

Our Core Values

Tony Kummer, founder of this site, talks about the five core values that are the foundation of this website.

Video Review From Cullen’s ABCs

Our friend Cullen, who has a great website with children’s activities videos, recorded this review of our site.

Who Started This Website?

My name is Tony Kummer.  I’m a husband, daddy and children’s pastor from Indiana. I started this blog in 2007 to share what I was learning in my own ministry.

I’ve been amazed by the results. Every day, thousands of readers come to Ministry-To-Children.com for practical help and encouragement.

I have a B.A. in Biblical Studies and M.A in Christian Education from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Since 2005, I have served as the full-time children’s pastor in a small Southern Baptist church. Between my ministry and writing this blog, I have continued to research every aspect of Children’s Ministry.

As this website has grown. I’ve moved from solo writer to general editor and administrator. Thanks to our generous sponsors, I’ve been able to add new contributors. These writers help expand the resources we offer to our readers.

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Tony Kummer | Terry Delaney | Kristin Charles | Jeri Tanner | Mimi Bullock | Charlie Wallace | Felicia Mollohan | Nicole VanderMeulen | Beckie Stewart | Kelly Henderson |

Meet Our Writers

Terry Delaney, Assistant Editor

In April 2009, Terry came on as Assistant Editor for New Content. He is a student at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and now serves as a Children’s Minister at Carlisle Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville, KY. He is an ordained minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ (2 April 06). He is the husband of one Krista Delaney (27 April 02) and the father of 3 sons: Austin James (26 Aug 04), Isaac Mark (3 June 06), and Nathanael Dennis (13 Feb 08).  You can read more about Terry on his personal blog.

Charlie Wallace, Contributing Writer

In May 2009, Charlie Wallace joined our team of writers. He is the Children’s Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Columbia, SC. He has a B.S. from the University of South Carolina (’02) and an M.Div. from SEBTS (’06).

He is married to the wonderful Emily Easterlin Wallace and has a son named Jackson (2 ½) and a daughter named Abigail (6 months). He also has a dog that can’t die.

You can read more from Charlie on his blog titled First Kids.

Jeri Tanner, Contributing Writer

Jeri Tanner joined our team in May 2009. She is a wife, mom and member of Christ’s body in Trussville, AL. She and her husband David have seven children and seven grandchildren (so far!) (and likely still counting)! Jeri has served her church as T&T director in their AWANA program for the past two years, and has been thinking, praying, and writing about biblical issues related to family and children’s ministry for the past five. She is grateful that God is a God who redeems and restores, and has shown such great mercy and grace in her life and the life of her family.

Jeri believes God has given a mandate to His church: “He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments” (Psalm 78:5-7). For that reason she is passionate about reaching and teaching kids for God’s glory, and excited at the opportunity to serve with the Ministry to Children team. Go Team!

Kristen Charles, Contributing Writer

Kristen joined our team in May 2009. She is a thirty-something wife, mom, and follower of Christ. Along with her husband Paul, they have two children. She has earned two B.A. degrees, one in Elementary Education and the other in Early Childhood Education from Grove City College. She is also working toward a masters’ degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Baptist Bible College. For even more check out her blog titled Our Simple Expressions.

Read Our Most Popular Articles

• How To Rediscover Your Passion In Ministry: Discouragement can affect us all, especially when we lost sight of our long term vision. Read these practical steps to getting your passion back.
• God Is In The Church Nursery: This is a short article designed to encourage nursery workers. It reminds us that Jesus loves children and promises to be present when we serve them.
• Why Does Children’s Ministry Matter: One day I tried to come up with all the benefits of children’s ministry. Check out my list of 68 reasons why children’s ministry matters.

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Children’s Ministry | Christian Parenting | Church Nursery | Homeschooling | Preventing Child Abuse | Sunday School Crafts | Sunday School Ideas | Sunday School Lessons | Vacation Bible School | VBS 2008 | VBS 2009

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