Each week we work hard and put in many hours to build and invest in the lives of Children. We have team members in our ministry who put the same passion and effort into seeing kids develop a relationship with Jesus. The question is How are we doing? How do we evaluate or better yet measure our ministry?
First of all lets look and realize that Christ commissioned the Church with one task, he gave the church one BIG task and that is it - "to make disciples". Making disciples is the MOST important thing a church can provide, the same is true about Children;s ministry that our one BIG task is to make disciples, if we are not doing that then its time to revamp. So how do we measure our ministry we we use the measuring tape Christ gave us of making disciples, if we fall short of that then I would say we did not measure very well (evaluating a ministry is not to make us feel bad or think we are not doing our job, but to simply show us areas we can improve and if you are like me then A LOT needs to improve).
Not sure how others evaluate but here are 3 categories if you will I use to determine as I feel are part of the discipleship process. I call it the Know, Love, Serve process.
1. KNOWLEDGE: (know) Do we see kids coming to KNOW Christ more and more. Are we seeing grow as they memorize scripture and learn to apply Gods Word to their life.
2. CHARACTER: (Love) Do we see the Character of the kids change? Becoming more Christ like? If our goal is to make disciples then we should desire to see kids display Christlike character in every area of life.
3. CONDUCT: (Serve) Do we spend the time showing kids the importance of service? Do we show them that even as kids we can can serve that we can demonstrate faithful conduct that honors God and helps people.
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