Children's Book On The Atonement: Caleb’s Lamb

Children’s pastor and book review blogger Terry Delaney has posted a review of Caleb’s Lamb. I’m always interested in books that teach sound doctrine in ways that children can understand and appreciate. Terry writes: This book is an excellent tool to teach your children what substitutionary atonement is and how  Christ’s death on the cross was foreshadowed in the book … More Children’s Ministry Resources

God-Centered Children's Ministry: Sojourn Kids

Sojourn Church in Louisville KY has a wonderful children’s ministry called SojournKids. This is the same ministry behind the book “Pastor Daddy.” Now, they’ve launched a blog for parents and ministry workers. It’s very promising and will be one I visit frequently. I know some of their leaders and they share a powerful vision for God-centered children’s ministry. Here are … More Children’s Ministry Resources

What Is The Average Salary For Children's Ministers?

I just found this very interesting report on the Children’s Ministry Magazine website. It gives the salary breakdown for children’s ministry jobs and even lets you calculate and compare your salary based on very fine tuned demographics. NOTE: That tool is no longer available since they updated their website. You can read their 1995 survey that listed the average salary … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Sunday School Lessons & Bad Interpretation

Have you ever had to modify a lesson plan because it didn’t line up with the Bible story it was supposed to be teaching? Children’s ministry workers and Sunday school teachers should always be careful when teaching from a Sunday school curriculum. Most publishers have a statement of faith and editorial reviews to ensure sound doctrine. But sometimes individual lessons … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Book Review: A Bible Alphabet by Alison Brown

Brown, Alison. A Bible Alphabet. Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth Trust, 2007. 31 pp. $8.00 (Buy from Westminster Books and save 40%) We just released a major new review of the best children’s bibles for your family. I knew coming from Banner of Truth, this book would be a solid resource for young children learning their alphabet.  I was pleasantly … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Book Review: Tell Me About Heaven

Alcorn, Randy. Tell Me About Heaven. Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2007. 59pp. $19.99. Buy From Amazon.com $13.59 Introduction Randy Alcorn was a pastor before founding Eternal Perspective Ministries in 1990. His ministry is dedicated to teaching Biblical truths. According to their website, www.epm.org, the ministry exists “to meet the needs of the unreached, unfed, unborn, uneducated, unreconciled and unsupported people around … More Children’s Ministry Resources

10 Ways To Teach Children About Missions

The Desiring God blog has posted an article about helping kids love missions. Their ideas are geared toward families being missions minded with their kids. Here are the ten ways they pointed out. Click through to their website to get more details on each. Pray for missionaries. Read missionary biographies to your children. Supporting missionaries financially as a family Find … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Book Alert – Sentinel: City of Destiny

My wife and I have two boys, one girl and a third boy on the way! So, when I heard about Landel Bilbrey’s Christian fantasy novel about two boys becoming men — I was interested. He graciously sent me a copy and I am glad to share a little information about it with you. If you want more details check … More Children’s Ministry Resources

My Trip To The Creation Museum

Today, I took my 7 year old son along with the “Senior Saints” from our church to visit the Creation Museum in Covington, Kentucky (Near Cincinnati). The drive is only an hour from our church and we’re doing the Answers In Genesis Vacation Bible School this year. So, I thought I would make the trip. From the start I was … More Children’s Ministry Resources

Book Alert: Raising Kids God's Way

Raising Kids God’s Way by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones The world is full of advice about parenting, but what has God said about raising kids? This 96-page paperback is a series of expositions from Ephesians 6 by the late British pastor D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. One of the strongest proofs of the Gospel is how it changes lives – but not just … More Children’s Ministry Resources

When A Child Writes A Letter To God

Dear God Children’s Letters To GodMy friend and fellow Children’s Minister Glen Woods has written a touching article titled When A Child Writes To God. He reminds us of the joy and faith that are so wonderful in a child’s faith. He tells the story of a recent learning activity when he asked the children in his church to

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Big Picture Story Bible

One of my favorite story Bibles is written by David Helm and titled The Big Picture Story Bible. You can check it out and read a review at the Discerning Reader. Here is a quote from their review: David Helm has done a wonderful job of developing these “big picture” ideas and most importantly, demonstrating how they are fulfilled in … More Children’s Ministry Resources