
Children's Ministry in the Way of Jesus
InterVarsity Press · Print & ebook · September 30, 2013
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in children's spiritual formation and discipleship
- Themes
- Children's discipleship, Spiritual formation, Biblical justice
- Genres
- Children's Ministry, Discipleship, Children & Youth (Religious Education)
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Attract kids to church, the logic often goes, and you get parents in the pews. All that's left, then, is to get the kids out of the way. Here children's ministers David Csinos and Ivy Beckwith draw on research in human development and spiritual formation to show how children become disciples and churches become centers of lifelong discipleship. For too long, the local church has focused primarily on programs for children rather than ways of doing ministry with children.
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But in light of emerging missional movements, the church is changing and forming a new kind of ecclesial culture. And children's ministry must follow suit. Csinos and Beckwith propose a new way of thinking for these modern churches—they suggest that children can contribute to our theological understandings, as well as invest in and practice Biblical justice just like adult church members. Here is a unique resource that explores children's ministry in light of true spiritual formation and discipleship.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in children's spiritual formation and discipleship
- Church leaders rethinking ministry with children
Where it sits
| Children's Ministry | 77% |
|---|---|
| Discipleship | 46% |
| Children & Youth (Religious Education) | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Discipleship
- Children & Youth (Religious Education)
- Children's Ministry
- Authors
- David M. Csinos, Ivy Beckwith
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Published
- September 30, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Children's discipleship · Spiritual formation · Biblical justice
- Reading lane
- Discipleship