All About Kids
Kids are hilarious and ministry with them is fun! A Harvest Chapel child saw this display at Christmas time and asked if the characters were action figures.
What is the Nativity?
This free gift from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ, not through works or effort.
What is salvation?
This member of the Trinity can work just as powerfully in a child's life as in an adult's.
Who is the Holy Spirit?
You know that you are a Children's Ministry teacher if you have made this animal noise while telling a parable of Jesus.
What is baa?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that children ages eight to ten spend an average of this many hours per day in front of a screen.
What is six?
This relational, holistic term describes someone who imitates Christ's life, holds His values, and duplicates His teachings.
What is a disciple?
In the middle of a busy ministry moment recorded in Matthew 19, the disciples thought they were protecting Jesus from interruption when Jesus gave them this surprising response.
What is "let the little children come to me and do not hinder them!"?
Children matter to Jesus!
This just might be the most frequently asked question by the children in your Sunday School Class.
What is, are we having a snack today? (what are we having for a snack today?)
Common Sense Media reports that 40% of children have their own personal tablet by age 2, and nearly this percent of 8-year-olds own their own cell phone.
What is twenty five percent?
This phrase and command is a text heading over the last verses in Matthew 28 in which Jesus tells His followers to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
What is "The Great Commission?"
According to the National Association of Evangelicals, this percentage of people who become lifelong Christians make a decision of faith between the ages of 4-14.
a. 28% c. 63%
b. 46 % d. 72%
What is 63%?
Children's Ministry matters!
Every Sunday school teacher knows classic, highly visual Bible stories by heart; such as this OT story of a brave and heroic boy.
What is the story of David and Goliath?
Kid's experience of family is changing. According to the US Census in 2025, of blended families, co-habitating parents, single parent households, traditional 2 parent nuclear families, grandparent and multigenerational families, this arrangement represents 39% of US families.
What is the traditional 2 parent nuclear family?
The Christian life isn't just about getting us into heaven someday, but it is about getting heaven into us, lived out as a transformed life. This is the "churchy," doctrinal term for the changed, transformed, holy life.
What is sanctified? (sanctification?)
According to Barna research, this percentage of parents say children's ministry was very important when selecting the church they currently attend
a. 22% c. 48%
b. 39% d. 62%
What is 62%?
Parents and ministry leaders alike recognize the value of Children's Ministry.
As a minister, don't be discouraged when 75% of what we do in sharing God's Word does not produce fruit, because the 25% that does, produces an abundant crop 30, 60 or 100 times what was sown. We find this principle in what parable of Jesus?
What is the Parable of the Sower?
Kids training matters! This Biblical Proverb often quoted by Christian parents and educators, finds statistical support in recent surveys. Barna research found that a majority of those who attended church as a youngster still attend regularly today (61%), while a larger majority of those who were not church-goers as children are still absent from churches today (78%). Apparently, old habits die hard.
What is, "train up a child in the way they should go, and when they are old they will not depart from it." Pr 22:6
This is the overall framework or background lens of ideas, values, and beliefs through which a person understands God, reality, and life, from a biblical perspective.
What is a Christian worldview?
According to Barna's research on faith development and discipleship, this is the age by which a child's moral development is complete.
a. age 6 c. age 10
b. age 9 d. age 12
What is age 9?
Our worldview and values (Biblical or not) are developed and set in childhood.
As a Sunday School leader, you may give up this right on occasion, but you shouldn't — because it remains critical for your own spiritual growth.
What is attending 'big church' (the main service)?