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"Let
us reach children and win them for Christ and His way before the
world gets them!"
Motto of
KHC Children Ministry |
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Children under 12 years of age make
up around 55% of the population of Ethiopia. This means that
there are almost 2.5 million children already within the Kale
Heywet Church - a big opportunity and a big challenge.
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The focus of the
Children's ministries department, founded in August 2000, is to
strengthen work with children within each local church,
recognizing that they are members of both church and community,
and can actively participate in ministry today, while being
equipped for more effective ministry tomorrow.
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Organising Children's Ministry |
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The majority of local churches do not
have organized children's ministry. The department plans to set up
children's ministry committees and superintendents throughout the
structure of the church, to ease the work.
Children's
ministry activities are being introduced phase by phase, starting in
the South West and Central zones. |
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Training Children's Ministries
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People are being trained for
children's evangelism and discipleship.
Co-coordinators
have received training in Kenya, and will in turn train the ministers
within the local churches. |
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Developing curriculum and curriculum materials |
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The KHC
plans to develop a centralized curriculum for children's ministry,
adapting existing material from other sources to the EKHC context, or
creating new material.
The church
has translated "The Wonder Book", "The Discovery Lessons", and other
materials. These are already in use. |
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Various children's programmers are being introduced, including weekend
evangelistic projects, house parties, beach missions, house groups,
holiday Bible clubs, counseling and follow-up classes and children's
choirs. |
