Stuff That Matters In Life

I’ve been reading this book on and off for a while. Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions by George Barna gives good insight into the importance of children’s ministry in our churches.

If you want to have a lasting influence upon the world, you must invest in people’s lives; and if you want to maximize that investment, then you must invest in those people while they are young…The more diligent we are in these efforts, the more prodigious a harvest we will reap.

Sadly, few people at church want to be a part of children’s ministry. Granted, working with children is not the easiest or the most gratifying job to do. You would probably gain more short term satisfaction doing music, or adult ministries. Investing in children is a long term process. Yet, we must actively pursue the souls of these young ones. The enemy is not letting up, and neither can we afford to be lax about teaching our children about God.

This book inspired me to set a goal: This year, one of my goals is to raise awareness of the importance of children in our church.