The Creation Story is Just an Allegory!
Anything that affects children being able to connect with God affects this ministry. Anything that affects children developing a biblical worldview, which ultimately affects their connection with God, affects this ministry. Therefore, we find ourselves engaging in conversations that most children’s ministries avoid. One of those conversations, concerns creationism and…
Do Vacation Bible Schools need an Upgrade?
Is it time for a change in one of our most revered children’s ministry activities in the local church—the annual vacation Bible School, better known as VBS? KIMI Ohio’s director, Alicia White, has a new perspective on an old idea. She writes: Do Vacation Bible Schools need an Upgrade? “The…
The Kingdom of God Has No Upgrade
Here’s a thought: “The kingdom of God has no upgrade.” Check out this thought-provoking word from our own Pamela Ayres, founder of our international PowerClubs ministry: “I heard two sermons in August of 1976 that turned my heart to repentance. The theme of both sermons was this: "It will cost you…
To Boston, With Love
To Boston With Love: A Message From a Rabbi Every American citizen needs to read this powerful message "To Boston, With Love," from a new friend of mine, Rabbi Moshe Rothchild, about the recent Boston Marathon Massacre. He is an American conservative Jew living in Israel. He has linked…
The Holy Spirit & Chickens
What does the Holy Spirit have to do with chickens? Read the testimony by one of our leaders, Torry Norris, single mom of four of Jesus-lovin’ kids: “We are not city dwellers. We are somewhere between the suburbs and rural living. What would you call that? The ‘ruburbs’? Anyway, we…
The Most Important Ten Minutes of the Day
THE MOST IMPORTANT TEN MINUTES OF THE DAY by Mark Batterson The most important ten minutes of my day are the ten minutes I spend with my kids right before they leave for school. For many years, I felt like a failure when it came to leading my family in devotions.…
The Wedding Day
I had the privilege of attending the beautiful wedding this weekend of one of “my kids.” Samantha started attending my PowerClub here in Bismarck when she was just twelve years old. Her dream was to be a praise and worship leader. So we let her try her wings in PowerClub.…
More Effective than the United Nations
It was really a routine contact when Dutch missionary Astrid Withrow and her American husband, Travis, contacted Kids in Ministry asking for help being trained to do PowerClubs. They found us on the internet. Since they were living in Burundi, East Africa, it made financial sense to send out KIMI…
Children Chase off Snakes & Cheetahs!
Children Chase off Snakes & Cheetahs! More fabulous testimonies are coming in from our PowerClub leaders around the world. These come out of India, a land of a billion people, with half of them under the age of fifteen! What a harvest field of children that is! But because there…
The Power to Change the World
Movies and Books an Change the World This is a topic that we've become a little bored with, but I think I have some new thoughts on it so please, hear me out. Have you noticed in the last ten years there has been an explosion of the occult and…