5 steps to more effective children’s ministry

This sobering article, Has the sun set on Sunday school?, ran in USA Today highlighting staggering declines in attendance. Sunday School is an old concept that has, unfortunately, not evolved much since the 18th century as chronicled in “Who Likes Sunday School?” Sure, we now have colorful environments, flat screen TV’s, and current music, but we are still using an outdated paradigm. If […]

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Behind the scenes: The Bible App for Kids

Who knew that the Bible App for Kids would spread so quickly? We are quickly approaching the 12 million download mark worldwide, boosted by its being downloaded over 2 million times in just 44 days after its Thanksgiving Day 2013 release! The glimpses of kids engaging with the stories of the Bible are beyond what we ever imagined as outcomes […]

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What if our kids’ first Bible is an app?

When we hear about generations who are digital natives, I think of something that happened with my son a few years ago. We were in the car and he heard a song he loves. When it was over, he asked me to play it again. The only problem was that we were listening to the […]

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Hacking for Jesus

Have you ever heard of a hackathon? Me neither, until a few weeks ago. And I’m nervous to talk too much about the concept here because it’s pretty controversial. I mean, come on, anytime you gather a bunch of creative, innovative, techie Christians competing for cash prizes to help fund their unique, niche, newfangled ministry […]

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