Children's Ministry Monthly

This month we focus on the reasons Children’s Ministers struggle in ministry and ways to avoid burnout. Plus, a very special interview with Fel Bagunu.
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I interviewed a few kids from my children’s church last week. I asked them what they thought would be the greatest struggles a children’s minister would have. Without exception every single one thought that they, themselves were the greatest challenge.
“Trying to get kids to sit still and listen.”
“Kids talking too much.”
“Making sure we don’t [...]

I got this email from my CMMonthly Podcast co-host Dave White last night:
Hey man,
It’s been a wild week. We came home from work last night to find our house flooded. Water was pouring out of the ceiling, and there was 4 inches of water puddled in the kitchen.
One of the kids left their bathroom [...]

This past Easter we did a super simple Candy Hunt in our gym after the main service for our pre-school and elementary students. Parents and families were naturally invited along to watch. We had half of the gym reserved as the field for the hunt and invited the families to spread themselves all the way [...]

Over the years I have noticed something. It seems to me that children’s ministers can be some of the most heavily burdened people in ministry. Why is that I wonder? I have some theories.
It’s one of the most important ministries in the church.
Statistics show that if a child hasn’t made a decision for Christ by [...]