{"id":69362,"date":"2021-05-20T15:05:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T21:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/?post_type=wpdmpro&p=69362"},"modified":"2021-06-04T17:58:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T23:58:09","slug":"developing-childrens-ministries-online-course","status":"publish","type":"wpdmpro","link":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/package\/developing-childrens-ministries-online-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing Children’s Ministries online Course"},"content":{"rendered":"

Developing Children’s Ministries online Course<\/strong><\/p>\n

Courses for this focus area will help you understand best practices for children’s ministry.<\/p>\n

There is no clearer mandate for the church than its responsibility to edify and train children. From the early Old Testament mandate to teach the love of God to children, to Jesus’ act of placing a child at the center of the disciples as a model of the kingdom of God, children rest in the love of adults as well as in the grace of God himself. Children, as God’s own creation, come to this world in need of care, as the child Jesus came. Children also bring gifts as they grow up, whether it be their patterned vulnerability or their exuberant creativity. A world without children would be like a place without games, without mischief, without pure honesty, and kind dependency. The church’s mandate to partner with parents in caring for children provides a solemn reminder that holiness of heart and life can best be measured by our love for God and children.<\/p>\n

The crucial task of local congregations remains the provision of strong leadership to guide and empower children. Too often, leadership among children must resort to independent ministerial training, often inconsistent with Wesleyan-Holiness teaching and practice. This module is intended to provide a comprehensive, theologically grounded approach to ministry to children for the kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

This module represents the diligent efforts of a team of academic writers in collaboration with the Children’s Ministries division of the Sunday School Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) department at the Church of the Nazarene’s Global Ministry Center. The team has been working for several years, writing and re-editing previous editions, including this same module. As in the case of works by several authors together, the project offers a diverse range of ideas and methods that coincide or intersect with one another with common themes and interests.<\/p>\n

The table of contents for this study follows this order:
\nIntroduction
\nLesson 1: Introducing Children’s Ministry
\nLesson 2: Children in the Scripture
\nLesson 3: The Child in History and Contemporary Culture
\nLesson 4: Understanding the Development of Children
\nLesson 5: How Children Learn
\nLesson 6: Global Diversity and Ministry in the Church
\nLesson 7: The Spirituality of Children
\nLesson 8: Spiritual Formation
\nLesson 9: Pastoral Care
\nLesson 10: Relational Leadership
\nLesson 11: Programing for Children’s Ministries
\nLesson 12: Developing a Strategic Plan, Calendar, and Ministries Budget
\nLesson 13: The Church: A Safe Environment
\nLesson 14: Evaluating Curriculum, Events, and Ministry Programs
\nLesson 15: Storytelling, Spiritual Formation, and Biblical Interpretation
\nLesson 16: Discipline and Classroom Management
\nLesson 17: Evangelizing and Discipling Children
\nLesson 18: Leading Children in Worship
\nLesson 19: Children in Ministry
\nLesson 20: Ready to Minister<\/p>\n

Go here to register for this virtual course: https:\/\/discipleshipplace.org\/index.php?option=com_studies&view=curriculum&id=77&Itemid=492&lang=en<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Developing Children’s Ministries online Course Courses for this focus area will help you understand best practices for children’s ministry. There is no clearer mandate for the church than its responsibility to edify and train children. From the early Old Testament mandate to teach the love of God to children, to Jesus’ act of placing a <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":69363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"__wpdm_changelog":[]},"wpdmcategory":[1955,2335,4389,1072],"wpdmtag":[4141,4166,4439],"class_list":["post-69362","wpdmpro","type-wpdmpro","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wpdmcategory-discipleship-resources-children","wpdmcategory-downloads","wpdmcategory-leadership-discipleship-sdmi","wpdmcategory-discipleship-dni","wpdmtag-children","wpdmtag-sdmi","wpdmtag-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpdmpro\/69362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpdmpro"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wpdmpro"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wpdmcategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpdmcategory?post=69362"},{"taxonomy":"wpdmtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mesonaz.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpdmtag?post=69362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}