Children's ministry in the way of Jesus
By: David M. Csinos and Ivy Beckwith ; foreword by John H. Westerhoff III
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Downers Grove, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780830841080
Subjects: Church work with children; Christian education of children
Description: 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. 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{u2014}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.