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Principles and practices of children's ministries among selected mega churches in Manila, Philippines

Viktoriia Khen

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This study sought to identify the principles and practices of children's ministries in the selected mega churches of Manila and suggest recommendations that can be drawn from them for other children's ministries. The selected mega churches were Christ's Commission Fellowship (CCF), Greenhills Christian Fellowship (GCF), and Victory Christian Fellowship (VCF). Based on long-term experience of ministering with children, fourteen respondents of this study shared their views of children's nurture in the church. The researcher employed a semi-structured interview conversation approach, observations, and materials' analysis to gather sufficient information about the principles and practices of children's ministries in CCF, GCF, and VCF. Data collection and analysis were guided according to five distinctive categories of activity which are inherent in intentional children's ministries: perspectives of the church on ministry with children, investment in ministry with children, methods and techniques used in ministry with children, content provided through ministry with children, and workers of children's ministry (Barna 2003, 97-118). Based on the findings, this study concluded: CCF, GCF, and VCF value children, understand the importance of their spiritual growth, and so invest in them to "start children off on the way they should go" (Proverbs 22:6 NIV). In spite of some weaknesses of ministry, NxtGen (children's ministry of CCF), Sunday School (children's ministry of GCF), and Victory Kids (children's ministry of VCF) have strong principles and practices which can be applied to churches of various sizes and in different cultural contexts. Thereby this research proposes recommendations for smaller churches in other contexts, for CCF, GCF, and VCF, and for further study.

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Publish Year: 2013

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KeywordsChristian education of children, Christ's Commission Fellowship (CCF) Children's ministry, Greenhills Christian Fellowship (GCF) Children's ministry, Victory Christian Fellowship Children's ministry

Degree AwardedMaster of Arts in Religious Education (Holistic Child Development)

Awarding InstitutionAsia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary

Committee MembersClark Armstrong, Nativity A. Petallar, Irene S. Yang, Floyd T. Cunningham

Supervisor or ChairCatherine Stonehouse

Peer Reviewed?No

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