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By Gordon and Becki West | Article
What can go wrong with missions to reach kids? It’s a very common scenario. A church decides to send a short-term missions team to another culture. Well-meaning, loving people gather…
By Shiferaw Michael | Blog
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Shiferaw Michael | Blog
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Esther Zimmerman | Blog
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Libby Horton | Article
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Harry Bryans | Article
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Anne-Christine Bataillard | Article
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Michael Collins | Article
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Sylvia Foth | Article
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Graham McDonald | Sermon/Message
The issue; “If a child dies, can we know if they will go to Heaven? Is there any age or stage of accountability? ” This in turn often raises other…
By Dan Brewster | Blog
The Great Commission applies to children as well as to adults. Children, more than any other people group, are receptive to the gospel. Nearly half of the population of every…
By Global Children’s Forum | Research
We have compiled this Bibliography for pastors, leaders, Bible colleges and all who are interested in children. It provides a starting point for understanding the role of children in Scripture,…
By Keith White et al (eds) | Article
These papers arose out of the international gathering held in Nairobi, Kenya, which met with the aim of doing “sustained and serious theological and missiological reflection in which children and…
By 4/14 Window Movement | Video
This link is to a video which was prepared by the 4/14 Window Global Initiative. The 4/14 Window refers to the demographic group from age four to fourteen years old,…
By Doug Nichols | Blog
Some great ideas from Scripture to help you pray for children, thanks Doug!
By DJ Konz | Blog
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Global Children’s Forum | Video
This video (part 2 of 2) focuses particularly on how partnering is required and contributes to the task of discipling children. It is a video for showing leaders and is…
By Global Children’s Forum | Video
This video (part 1 - in two parts) outlines what it means to work with children and illustrates the whole picture of what may be involved in discipling children as…
By Global Children’s Forum | Video
Produced for the Lausanne Movement’s Cape Town Congress in 2010 for use as an advocacy tool, this video highlights the encouraging things that God is doing amongst children today and…
By Global Children’s Forum | Video
The Aim Lower viral video was produced by the Global Children’s Forum in order to help communicate and popularise some of the key conclusions of the 2004 Lausanne Occasional Paper…
