Next Generation MinistriesChildren’s Ministries
The children’s ministry of ABWE is called Next Generation Ministries. Because there are about two billion children on the planet with more and more children, it has become imperative that Next Generation Ministries assist local churches in several different ways.
Missions Conferences for Children
ABWE’s Next Generation Ministries serves local churches by offering them missions conferences, ideas, and strategies to reach children. Because 75% of anyone who comes to Christ do so before age 14 and when over half of ABWE missionaries felt some type of call to go into missions before age 14, Next Generation Ministries will assist the local church in planning outreach strategies for children and seek to cultivate the next generation of global evangelists, the class of 2025.
Missions Resources for Children
ABWE’s Next Generation Ministries serves children and families who are interested in missions by providing for them high quality missions resources that will fuel the flame of missions in the hearts of the class of 2025. In 2009, two new resources will be published by ABWE:
WWQT (Worldwide Quiet Time) Journal
The WWQT Journal is for children of all ages. It is designed to help children establish their own time alone with God. Two reading programs are included, one for older children and one for younger children. There are places to journal each day including how each child will obey. Facts and prayer requests for each nation of the world are also in the journal. Maps and prayer promises are also included. With God’s help, kids will learn to seek God and pray for the nations.
Kids Commissioned: A Family Guide To Missions
This book is written by about 50 different people from all over the world. Missionary kids, missionaries, and missions leaders address these frequently asked questions that kids interested in missions ask:
- What is missions?
- Why should I consider missions?
- How do I become a missionary?
- What does a missionary do?
- How do I get involved in missions now?
- How do I get involved in missions later?
International Children’s Network
ABWE’s Next Generation Ministries networks children’s workers from all over the world with a focus on global evangelism and discipleship of children. Our hope is that children’s ministries all over the continent will thrive as kids hear the good news of Jesus Christ. By networking these local church workers, we can assist them with resources, strategies, encouragement, scope and sequence ideas, as well as general help for working with children.