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Unreached people groups kidmin curriculum
Posted on 01. Apr, 2011 by Kenny.
Now that missions week is pretty much over, what about curriculum? “What if I want to teach some of this stuff to my kids? What if I’m still new to this unreached people’s stuff, who am I going to teach it?”
Great question! Actually, there is some pretty descent stuff out there. Let me point you to one resource called “Kids Around the World.”
About 6-7 years ago, I came across this curriculum and used it for a midweek breakout class and it was a big hit. Let me preface this though. I’d probably not use this curriculum on a Sunday morning. It’s good stuff, but not the high-energy content I’d prefer for a Sunday experience. Some of the music and such is already a little dated, but the content really is good.… Read the rest
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Why take kids on a mission trip?
Posted on 01. Apr, 2011 by Jenny Funderburke.
On our mission trip to Belize last week, we took 7 kids age 6 to 14. Until a few years ago I would have never envisioned this being a reality. David and Karen Rhodes, our partner missionaries, expressed that they have gotten lots of negative feedback about envisioning such experiences for young kids. Here is a summary of our experience.
Read the entire post here.… Read the rest
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What you can do now!
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Kenny.
For days now you’ve read my posts that have been building a case for a new way of thinking about missions. Maybe there are some of you who who learned something you didn’t know before. Maybe some of you desire to resource and fund project among the unreached. If that’s the case, I’m very glad. Be sure to let me know. 
So, if you want to do something, where can you start? You understand that the 10-40 Window is where the need is the greatest and within the 4-14 window is where the efforts are most effective. So, what can you do?
Conveniently, I’m going to point to my advertiser on the right. Compassion International is an amazing organization that has been working with kids for decades.… Read the rest
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Global Missions – Aim lower!
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Kenny.
Below is a somewhat tongue in cheek  but very informative video about this idea of reaching the world’s most unreached by focusing on the kids. Enjoy!
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The 4-14 Window
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by Kenny.
As I wrote yesterday, I first learned of the 10-40 Window almost 20 years ago. However, about 4-5 years ago I began hearing about another window. It was the 4-14 window. Huh? Was this an even more specific area where even less evangelized people lived? Not quite. I’m sure that a lot of what I’ve written this week during missions week hasn’t appealed to everyone in kidmin, but this post probably will.
Where the 10-40 window is a geographic window in the world, the 4-14 window is a demographic window in the world. Here are some stats taken from the International House of Prayer website:
- The 4/14 Window describes a demographic frame—a life season comprising the ten years between the ages of 4 and 14
- There are 1.2 billion children in the 4/14 WindowAt least two-thirds of these children do not know Christ.
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Where the unreached live: 10-40 Window
Posted on 30. Mar, 2011 by Kenny.
There’s a good chance you’ve actually heard of the 10-40 window. I know that I first heard about the 10-40 window when I was preparing to go on one of my first mission trips when I was 15 years-old. That seems like a really long time ago. In case you’ve heard about the 10-40 window and didn’t know what it was, here’s your missions primer.
The 10-40 window is a rectangular area between 10 degrees north latitude and 40 degrees north latitude spanning from North Africa to covering most of Asia. It is in this region that the worlds poorest live, it’s where the the three largest non-christian are most highly concentrated (Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and non-religious) and it’s where practically all of the worlds most unreached live. It’s also called the resistance belt because many of the people groups in this area are very difficult to reach with the gospel.… Read the rest
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Unchurched vs. Unreached
Posted on 30. Mar, 2011 by Kenny.
On Monday I wrote a post about why I’m a missions snob. I think that the post is fairly informative and points to a real problem when it comes to world missions. Our efforts are grossly unbalanced. Since I’m continuing my “Missions Week” series, I thought that I’d explore the focus of my snobbery a little more.
In my post, I talked a lot about the unreached peoples. I wanted to bring some clarity to this term. Very often I will hear someone interchange unreached with unchurched in reference to missions. These words are not interchangeable and do not refer to the same people. Let me clarify.
The word unchurch is basically defined as “those not belonging or participating with a church.” This has become a pervasive term in the modern day church.… Read the rest
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Why I’m a missions snob
Posted on 28. Mar, 2011 by Kenny.
I am what I am and I’m not ashamed. If you ask me, “So Kenny, what do you think about missions,” be prepared for some very strong opinions. You’ll certainly get more than you bargained for. Yes, I’m very idealistic. True. However, I think that my opinions aren’t totally grounded in my idealism. I’m a very logical person and when I see something that makes a lot of sense and other people just don’t see the whole picture, I can get very passionate about these ideas. This is the reason for my snobbery.
Here’s the deal. The needs in our world are great. I’m not denying that. There are needs on every corner of the globe. Kids are starving, people are being enslaved and hospitals need to be built.… Read the rest
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Ensenada reflections
Posted on 24. Jan, 2011 by Kenny.
The day after arriving home from our trip to Ensenada Mexico, I sent an email to the entire team. That meant sending it to all the volunteers and parents to make sure that everyone got it. I wanted to encourage everyone as well as tell everyone a story I’d forgotten to say on our last day in Mexico.
Pretty quickly I began getting replies for parents, volunteers and even some kids. Here they are. Many brought back great memories of this incredible experience.
Here’s an email from a parent who came on the trip.
Here’s an email from a parent who sent their son on the trip.
Here’s an email from one of the kids who came on the trip.… Read the rest
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Josh Kornberg and Give a Kid a Christmas 2008
Posted on 17. Dec, 2008 by Kenny.
Okay, this post is really about a simple video you’ve gotta see. It’s a powerful audio and visual demonstration of lives being changed in Africa. So, take five minutes and watch the video, you’ll be glad you did.
Now this video is a little of my “worlds colliding.” You’ve seen me post quite a few times about my friends Joel and Heidi who serve as missionaries in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Well, this summer my intern, Josh Kornberg (you an call him Korndog) met Joel and Heidi and decided to go to Africa to participate in Give a Kid a Christmas. You may have seen me write about Josh, or more notable, Karl Bastion, as he made a HUGE deal out of the Korndog at Kidology U as described in this post.… Read the rest
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