Though size and growth are not the only signs of spiritual health, they are important indicators.
There is much that can be learned from these children's ministries. I would encourage you to click on the links and check out their websites.
I've had the honor of working with many of these ministries and personally know many of their leaders. They are the real deal and care deeply about the kids and families in their cities and communities. They give everything they have to reach people. It's not about numbers for them. It's about the individuals those numbers represent. They know each number represents a person and each person is someone Jesus died for and longs to redeem.
A few years ago, I started a round table gathering for the children's ministry leaders on this list. We meet once a year and spend two days sharing ideas, brainstorming, praying and learning from each other. If you'd like to see the notes from this year's meeting, it is available in this recent post.
Though these churches are reaching tens of thousands of kids and families, they're just scratching the surface. There are still millions of people across the country who need Jesus. In fact, there are over 74 million children in America right now with 9,000 babies being born each day.
That's why every church, no matter the size, must go all out to reach kids and families. As long as there are kids and families who don't know Jesus, we must continue to do our best to reach people with the Gospel and help them become fully devoted followers of Jesus.
1. Highland Kids at Church of the Highlands
2. Waumba Land, Upstreet and Kidstuf at Northpoint
Community Church
3. Gateway Kids at Gateway Church
4. Crossroads Kids Club at Crossroads Church
5. CCV Kids at Christ Church of the Valley
6. Saddleback Kids at Saddleback Community Church
7. CFKids at Christ Fellowship Church
8. Promiseland at Willow Creek Community Church
9. eKIDZ at Elevation Church
10. Southeast Kids at Southeast Christian Church
11. Kid-O-Deo and Elevate at Eagle Brook Church
12. Second Kids at Second Baptist Church
13. Kingdom Kids at Mt. Zion Baptist Church
14. Summit Kids at Flatirons Community Church
15. Port Mariner's Kids at Mariners Church
16. Bayside Kids at Bayside Church
17. K12 at 12Stone Church
18. kidVenture Island at LCBC Church
19. Family Christian Center Kids at Family Christian
Center
20. Rock Kids at Rock Church
*This is based on Outreach Magazine's Largest Church Report 2017 and is comprised of churches who reported their attendance to the editors.
