Comments on: Faith development of a child: Episode 3 http://childrensministryonline.com/philosophy/faith-development-of-a-child-episode-3/ Thu, 17 May 2012 14:24:00 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jared Kennedy http://childrensministryonline.com/philosophy/faith-development-of-a-child-episode-3/comment-page-1/#comment-7058 Jared Kennedy Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:01:55 +0000 http://childrensministryonline.com/?p=3661#comment-7058 With adults, we expect them to show a lot of evidence as well. We expect them to be living as Christ followers (putting off old habits and sins) as evidence of their faith before we accept them into membership... and (in some churches) even before baptism. Do you think we have the same responsibility to test kids and look for evidence of faith in their lives? With adults, we expect them to show a lot of evidence as well. We expect them to be living as Christ followers (putting off old habits and sins) as evidence of their faith before we accept them into membership… and (in some churches) even before baptism. Do you think we have the same responsibility to test kids and look for evidence of faith in their lives?

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]]> By: Henry Zonio http://childrensministryonline.com/philosophy/faith-development-of-a-child-episode-3/comment-page-1/#comment-4268 Henry Zonio Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:36:41 +0000 http://childrensministryonline.com/?p=3661#comment-4268 Just as important as helping a child to understand a decision they are about to make is what happens in the years that follow. Are relationships built? Are children being guided in how to continually discover God and experience him? Are they given opportunities to live out and act on their faith through service to the church, community and world? Are finding their place in the faith community other than in the children's ministry wing? Following Christ is more than a one-time decision. It's a continual surrender of our lives to Christ daily... and sometimes even more often than that :) <abbr><em><abbr><em>Henry Zonios last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/elementalcm/~3/_F0BBuxJs40/" rel="nofollow">Mark Batterson’s Evangelism Experiment</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> Just as important as helping a child to understand a decision they are about to make is what happens in the years that follow. Are relationships built? Are children being guided in how to continually discover God and experience him? Are they given opportunities to live out and act on their faith through service to the church, community and world? Are finding their place in the faith community other than in the children’s ministry wing?

Following Christ is more than a one-time decision. It’s a continual surrender of our lives to Christ daily… and sometimes even more often than that :)

Henry Zonios last blog post..Mark Batterson’s Evangelism Experiment

]]> By: Faith development of a child: Education and evangelism | Childrens Ministry Online http://childrensministryonline.com/philosophy/faith-development-of-a-child-episode-3/comment-page-1/#comment-4263 Faith development of a child: Education and evangelism | Childrens Ministry Online Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:24:21 +0000 http://childrensministryonline.com/?p=3661#comment-4263 [...] was and then how we can make things right. There is a lot of stuff a child needs to know. Like I said yesterday, the emphasis doesn’t need to be on persuasion. Why, because it’s really easy to [...] [...] was and then how we can make things right. There is a lot of stuff a child needs to know. Like I said yesterday, the emphasis doesn’t need to be on persuasion. Why, because it’s really easy to [...]

]]> By: Anthony Prince http://childrensministryonline.com/philosophy/faith-development-of-a-child-episode-3/comment-page-1/#comment-4189 Anthony Prince Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:15:57 +0000 http://childrensministryonline.com/?p=3661#comment-4189 I think one of our biggest failures with child evangelism has been on the back end of a child's faith commitment. I talk with leaders all the time who run children's programs with the specific purpose of leading kids to Christ. This is great. However, many of these same leaders have little to no plan as to what to do with those children after they've made the commitment to follow Jesus. If you're going to have an alter call, or encourage kids to make a faith commitment, you have to have a follow up plan. I think that follow-up, partnered with intentional discipleship on the front end of a child's decision to follow Jesus, can change the trends that we're observing with Christian teens walking away from their faith. <abbr><em><abbr><em>Anthony Princes last blog post..<a href="http://westcoastcm.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/to-drill-or-not-to-drill/" rel="nofollow">To Drill or not to Drill</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> I think one of our biggest failures with child evangelism has been on the back end of a child’s faith commitment.
I talk with leaders all the time who run children’s programs with the specific purpose of leading kids to Christ. This is great. However, many of these same leaders have little to no plan as to what to do with those children after they’ve made the commitment to follow Jesus.
If you’re going to have an alter call, or encourage kids to make a faith commitment, you have to have a follow up plan.

I think that follow-up, partnered with intentional discipleship on the front end of a child’s decision to follow Jesus, can change the trends that we’re observing with Christian teens walking away from their faith.

Anthony Princes last blog post..To Drill or not to Drill

]]> By: Matt Mobley http://childrensministryonline.com/philosophy/faith-development-of-a-child-episode-3/comment-page-1/#comment-4185 Matt Mobley Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:11:10 +0000 http://childrensministryonline.com/?p=3661#comment-4185 nice. m2 nice.

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