I wanted to post my answer to the question, What Matters Now in Children’s Ministry. I chose the word, digital. Here’s why…
Research makes it clear that the generation of children in our ministries today is vastly different than any other group of children the Church has sought to reach. They engage and edit media, experiment with culture, and experience community in new ways. They are fluent in the language of technology. They collaborate, teach, connect, and relate using a network of individualized digital tools. They prefer a unique learning experience with parallel processing, multitasking, feedback, and relevance. They navigate the digital world deftly and quickly. They blur the lines between the physical and virtual. They are open to the truth of God’s Word.
It is clear that this generation is fundamentally different than any generation that the Church has ever faced. This generation requires agile leadership, renewed teaching and learning processes, openness to change, and creative resources. Such change will bring about a completely rewired children’s ministry, poised to connect children to the community of faith, teach children the truth of God’s Word, and help children grow in relationship with Him.
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