Top 10 Children's Ministry Quotes

The right quote at the right time can make a profound impact on people. 

Here's 10 quotes you can use to elevate the importance of children's ministry.  I've used these in meetings, emails, sermons and one-on-one conversations to help people understand how vital children's ministry is. 

"In the race to a child's heart, the first one there wins."  -George Barna [tweet this]

"When you take a child by the hand, you take a parent by the heart." [tweet this]

"When you reach a child you change a life, when you reach a parent you change an entire family." 
-Dale Hudson [tweet this]

"A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child."  -Forest Witcraft [tweet this]

"If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God!"  -D.L. Moody [tweet this]

"85% of the people who come to Christ do so before the age of 18." [tweet this]

"Children are not the church of tomorrow...they are the church of today." [tweet this]

"Let the children come to me and don't hinder them for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these."  -Jesus [tweet this]

 "There is no Jr. Holy Spirit.  Kids come to Christ just like adults do." [tweet this]

"We tell kids to sit still and be quiet in church and then we wonder why they grow up and are sitting still and being quiet in church.  It's because we told them to." [tweet this]

What are some of your other favorite quotes about children's ministry?  Share them with us in the comment section below.