How to Remove Biblical Illiteracy from your Ministry

Children in our churches are becoming increasingly unlearned as far as the Bible is concerned.

I hear many KidMin Leaders complain about the problem — mainly because there is no starting point. I have taken that as a personal mission to do whatever I can to become part of the solution. Here are a few of my ideas. Adopt any or all at your discretion:

• Encourage kids to bring a Bible with them to church – offer points for attendance and when they bring their Bibles with them.
• Take time to look up key verses, passages and stories during large group and small group times.
• If necessary, instruct the children in HOW to find verses, passages and stories in their own Bibles.
• Have good old Sword Drills — trust me: children still love the challenge!
• Carry a Bible with you when you teach and preach. Open it, motion to it, make it a symbol of significance.
• Have several sources for parents who want to get their child their own Bible.
• Take a year and teach the significant stories through the Bible — example: we taught on the Old Testament for September, October & November; December we taught all about the Christmas story; January, February, we are learning about the miracles of Jesus; March is some popular parables of Jesus; April will be the Easter story and May we will focus on the early church.
• Do a series on the importance of God’s Word, how we got the Bible and all the amazing facts about it.
• Give parents a reading plan they can follow with their children.
• Have a memory verse challenge where there are incentives for memorizing scripture.
• Play memory verse games during your classes and services – share those ideas with parents so they can play the games at home.
• Use music and songs for your worship time that are based on scripture.

What would you add?

Comment below and let us know how you engage kids in the greatest resource available to them.