RESOURCING FOR EVERY LEADER. EQUIPPING FOR EVERY KIDS MINISTRY.
At Lifeway Kids, we understand the importance of sound training for every leader and volunteer team. We want to make it easy for you to equip your team with resources that fuel your ministry. Click the sections below to view free training videos and downloads you can use with your team.
Kids Ministry From Anywhere
Kids Ministry From Anywhere is a library of resources to help you reach kids where they are. We can’t afford to wait for the old normal to come back. We can’t afford to wait for our kids to come back to us. We have to actively, urgently, seek out new ways that we can go to them wherever they are. The mission is too important. The gospel is too urgent.
Kids Ministry From Anywhere
10 Attributes of an Unshakeable Kids Ministry
Provide Quality Online Teaching Experiences for Your Ministry
Equip Parents to Disciple at Home
10 Attributes of an Unshakeable Kids Ministry
This eBook discusses 10 attributes that will help you build your kids ministry on an unshakeable foundation.
6 Considerations for Reopening Your Kids Ministry
This eBook discusses key areas of consideration around strategy, environments, resources, policies, volunteers, and communication for reopening your kids ministry.
4 VBS Strategies for This Summer
This eBook introduces four strategies to help you plan and conduct VBS in any circumstance.
The Gospel Project for Kids
The Gospel Project is committed to providing your ministry with Bible studies that point kids to the gospel of Jesus Christ on every page of Scripture. As a starting point, we invite you to watch the videos below to learn more about how gospel-centered Bible study works and why it matters.
Big Picture Questions & Answers
Preschoolers and elementary kids can learn important doctrines of the Christian faith. To help them systematically learn these theological concepts, 76 questions and answers are organized around six overarching categories. Train your team to see the Bible through a gospel-centered lens and learn why a question and answer approach is great for teaching all ages.
An Introduction to Gospel-centered Ministry
This video sets the stage for your training session and introduces the concept of a gospel-centered ministry.
Why Gospel-centered Ministry?
Learn from kids ministry experts about the heart behind a gospel-centered ministry, and why it can be so powerful in the lives of kids and families.
One Story
Have you ever viewed the Bible through a one-story lens? This video explains how seeing the Bible as one big story changes everything.
Big Picture Questions & Answers
Explore why a question-and-answer format is an effective way to teach theology to kids, and to make sure your leaders and parents have the answers kids are seeking.
The Gospel on Repeat
It’s not enough to tell His story one time. We must tell it again and again. This video explains how The Gospel Project for Kids works to anchor God’s one story into the hearts of kids.
Gospel-centered Kids Ministry Wrap Up
Summarize your training session and invite participants to share their #OneStory.
Bible Skills for Kids
Bible Skills for Kids was developed by Lifeway Kids to provide teachers, parents, and ministers of preschoolers and children with Bible Skill milestones. Use these training resources to introduce these milestones to your team and learn how to help kids reach them.
Free Downloads
Visit the Bible Skills for Kids page.
Gospel Presentation Videos
The most important message kids will ever hear is the gospel. With the help of these videos, every leader in your ministry can confidently share the gospel message with kids. Each video presents the gospel to kids in a simple and straightforward way. You may choose any video and watch with your kids or use it to train your leaders.
The Gospel Project
Learn more about The Gospel Project.
Bible Studies for Life
Learn more about Bible Studies for Life.
Explore the Bible
Learn more about Explore the Bible.
TeamKID
Learn more about TeamKID.
CentriKid
Learn more about CentriKid.
Español
VBS
Learn more about VBS.
Hyfi
3 Circles Gospel Conversation Guide (Hyfi) from Lifeway Kids on Vimeo.
Ages and Stages
As kids grow, their understanding of foundational truths grows with them. Levels of Biblical Learning covers 10 biblical concept areas—God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Bible, Salvation, Creation, Church, People, Family, Community & World—that children and students can learn as they study God’s Word. The concept areas are presented through eight different age ranges, from infancy through high school, and reflect levels of understanding that follow how God designed children to learn.