Administration Zone

Use your current volunteers to develop volunteers.

How children's ministry leaders can enjoy their summer and find rest in busyness.

6 great communication tatics that will help get your message to every parent

Review these tips for handling discipline problems in your classroom or kids church. Take control of your classroom and get back to the business of guiding your kids into a deeper understand of God and His Word.

Creative meetings are great for any and every kids event you do.

Having a tough or difficult conversation with someone is hard. It’s not for the faint of heart. If I need to have a tough conversation with someone I go through what I call “mental gymnastics.” I usually have a conversation with myself that goes something like this.

Why does listening matter so much?

A great resource that guides you in the complicated process of hiring a Children's Pastor

Building relationship with your Lead Pastor and taking him from being an obstacle to your ministry to a partner in ministry.

It’s one of the toughest decisions you will ever have to make: leaving a church you have been serving as a staff member. It’s a decision that should NEVER be made cavalierly and never without much prayer and consideration.

Do you struggle with leading your team to excellence? What does that even look like? What should it look like?

Have you ever had a Sunday School or Kids Church leader call in sick last minute? If you're not prepared, you'll be left scrambling for ideas for your substitute teacher. To avoid this, have an emergency lesson ready to go.

Learn the Basics of starting a puppet ministry

Do we unintentionally contradict ourselves, leaving our kids confused and spinning in circles?

Learn to work with your Pastors and stop feeling like they don't get it.

Begin creating your Philosophy of Ministry, with a simple format to follow and attached examples.

Don't wait until you're asked to show your pastor your ministry plan!

A brief essay about in the trenches leadership, where leaders labor alongside those they lead to execute ministry strategies.

An interview with Larry Fowler about developing a heart ministry and asking "How often do they come?"

A few suggestions to help you make the most of your interview process

Time. One of the most important resource you possess. How you invest it is critical, because unlike most other resources, you cannot recoup it once it’s gone. Is time investment a challenge for you?

Ebook resources for you to recruit and train volunteers

Why we need more good churches and fewer excellent ones.

Firing someone is not an easy job. But sometimes it IS necessary. 

Is your kids ministry failing? Ask yourself these questions, and then make the changes needed to get your ministry back on track. 

Networking works wonders in ministry when we involve God in the process.

Does race or skin color matter when it comes to Jesus?

Discouraged? Start Kicking It Into Gear with these simple things you can do.

Are you looking for creative ways to get kids involved in serving in your ministry?

Thanks for joining us for the third and final post in our “Reducing the Risk of Juvenile Offenses in Children’s Ministry” series. In Part 3, we’ll share some key elements of the youth safety plan, including details on how to properly screen volunteers, the steps to take when managing an incident, ways to include those in your ministry who have past offenses, and as a final point, we’ll sum up the top action steps you can take immediately to reduce offenses in children’s ministry.

Do you understand the value of Kidmin?

Here are six things that I have learned from Santa about leading in children's ministry!

A description of those in Kids Ministry and how they compare to the Navy Seals.

Take off your top hat and let someone else tame your ministry’s time-sucking “lions” so you can shepherd children. But how can we keep the main thing — shepherding young hearts —the main thing?

How do we move from reverence for the Bible to actually reading the Bible?

Does your leadership need a restart? Evaluate yourself in these ten areas.

I love the show "Restaurant: Impossible" for many reasons, but what I love most are all of the leadership lessons that the owners learn. I learn a lot too. Aside from serving really bad food, the reasons why most of the restaurants are failing can be narrowed down to four areas.

True confession…Leadership is hard work! Here are some actions that I use to stay in tune with my leadership priorities.

Understanding the leadership discipline of isolation.

Learn to take ownership of your ministry and create an environment that welcomes it.

Learn to adjust your game through trial and error

David wasn't always the top dog. Mark Harper shares five lessons from David's life on how to lead from the middle.

Are you an eagle or a hummingbird? Find out which category you, and your team members, fit into.

Are those you lead just mockingjays, mindlessly repeating what they hear you say? Or do they sufficiently understand and communicate your vision?

Many of you may have questions like: "What do I need to do to get more volunteers? What are some surefire, tried-and-true methods for keeping volunteers for the long term? How do I get volunteers to come to my training meetings?"

Here are some simple tips to help you learn and grow in your leaderships skills.

Begin putting fun learning stations, that reinfoce the lesson, in place in your kids ministry.

Training involves more than just gathering a crowd; there are simple step you can take to make your training even more effective.

For the Church to effectively utilize its resources and to fulfill its mandate to reach all nations, missions education must be integrated into the core of Christian education.

Learn a principle for change from one of the most innovative companies: Apple. See what they do to make change through leadership transitions.