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Kidology Coaching

What is Kidology Coaching?

Kidology Coaching provides a veteran children's ministry professional who guides you through a twelve unit curriculum that covers twenty-six foundational areas of ministry.

This one-year program is designed to provide specialized Christian mentoring to those who are aspiring to creatively minister to children. The course covers a broad scope of subjects, which are useful to effectively reach and teach kids. Kidology Coaching is affordable and flexible to easily fit within your busy ministry schedule.
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LEARN
...insights into developing your own administrative skills:
  • Helping organize your children's ministry
  • Developing your vision and goals for reaching kids
  • Insights into your spiritual gifts
  • Guidance and help with your Godly disciplines
  • Exposure to various venues for children's ministry
  • Marketing your children's ministry
  • Recommending books and articles to read and study
  • Sample administrative forms and procedures
  • Leadership-training procedures
GET
...help in presenting a clear Gospel message to children:
  • Learning different approaches used to present the Gospel to kids
  • Developing Bible messages for kids
  • Discipline of giving salvation invitations to children
  • Studying the Bible texts about children
DISCOVER
...creative use of performing arts as evangelistic methodology:
  • Learning a variety of evangelistic methods for children
  • Exposure to clowning, ventriloquism, puppetry and storytelling
  • Teaching how to use object lessons and gospel magic
  • Learning insights into today's "Child culture"
  • Help with programming your evangelistic ministry

HOW DOES IT WORK?
To participate in the Kidology Coaching Program, simply register online. You will be assigned to a coach who will contact you within a week. Each Kidology Coaching unit includes 20-28 training files - delivered electronically via download - and a one-on-one phone consultation with your coach. After you complete each unit purchase the next one to continue. Complete all twelve units and you will receive a Kidology Certificate in Children's Ministry.

WHAT DOES IT COST?
Registration is just $36 for Kidology Premium Members, which includes a  "Get to Know You" e-mail survey from Kidology founder, Karl Bastian, who will then assign you to a Personal Kidology Coach based on his assessment of your needs and his personal knowledge of the coaches experience and expertise. Your coach will then set up an inital one-on-one phone consultation to get to know you before you begin Unit 1.

Unit 1 and each additional unit is $120, all including at least one conference call per unit.

MEET YOUR COACHES

Barney Kinard

Barney KinardRev. Barney Kinard has been a successful Children's Evangelist for over 40 years, traveling around the nation conducting Kid's Crusades, Children's Rallies and special outreach programs that help churches reach and teach kids.

Prior to his vast itinerant evangelistic ministry he received training from five schools: Moody Bible Institute, Biola University, and Azusa Pacific University. His graduate work included Talbot Theological Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary. Further, he served in five full-time church staff positions, working with kids.

Barney is a very popular workshop and seminar leader having been featured at National Children's Pastors' Conferences, numerous annual Sunday School Conventions and many regional denominational training events across the nation.

Todd McKeever

Todd McKeeverRev. Todd McKeever has been a successful full time Children's Pastor daily in the trenches of children's ministry in the local church for over 17+ years. He is currently at McArthur Church in Jacksonville, Arkansas, where he gets the privilege to oversee a 150+ volunteers, 4 paid staff members and a few hundred kids while they attend Take TWO Kids Ministries.

Todd also has the privilege of being a National Trainer for school assemblies through Character Connex and Kids Quest U.S.A. He trains and takes teams nationally and abroad to put on 3-5 day kids crusades, leaving churches equipment to continue to share the love of Jesus with others once he and his teams leave.

He serves across the nation as a workshop and seminar speaker, district camp speaker, and numerous denominational training events locally and through his districts as well. Some of his most recent adventures include serving on the Kidology Board and heading the Kidology CP Team of volunteers. You'll also find him active reading about leadership, blogging, and engaging others on Twitter and Facebook.

Todd is married to Rachel, and they have two incredible gifts from God by the names of Camille and Zachary.

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