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tualand phy sicalwel f
areoft heent i
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years.Therefore,i
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l
andmar k upon whi ch t he DeeperChr i
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ry st ands,t he wor k of
minister
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tyandspeci alattentiongivent o
rai
singagener ati
ont hatwi llupholdourholinessheritage.Asweal lknow thef act
thatthechil
drenchurchoft odayistheadultchurchoft omor row.

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hatal
lourPastorsinDeeperLi
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ontot hefoll
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dertoachieveeff
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i
nourChur ches:
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1)PROVI SION OFADEQUATEPERSONNEL,FACI LITI
ES AND SUPPORT FOR
CHILDRENMI NISTRY
(
a)TAKE OWNERSHI P OF THE CHI LDREN MINISTRY.Ov er
seer s,Gr oup
PastorsandotherChurchLeader
sshouldtakeowner shipoft heChi ldren
ministr
ybypr ovi
dingful
lsupportandmobi l
i
zati
onofr esour cesf orits
programmesandact iv
iti
esinordertoachi
eveeffectiv
espi ri
tualt r
aining
anddev el
opmentofourchil
drenforagr
eatfut
uretothegl oryofGod.
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b)PROVISION OF ADEQUATE QUALI FIED AND COMMI TTED
TEACHERS/ WORKERSIN OURCHI LDREN CHURCHES.Inadditi
on,there
shoul
dbeanev al
uat
ionandov erhaulofthepresentChil
drenChur ch
workf
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st hatwi
llbeabl
etodriv
et hevisi
onof
theChurch.
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c)AN UPDATED AND COMPREHENSI VE LI ST OF CHI LDREN
COORDINATORS.TheG. Sdi
rectedthatwesendourl i
stofNat
ional,St
ate
and Regi
ons childr
en church coor di
natorstot he Chi
ldr
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ter
soffice.Forusi nRiversSt at
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d)REGULARANDSPECI ALOUTREACH PROGRAMS.Renewedsupportfor
all
theChil
drenChur
chr egul
arandspeci
alout
reachpr
ogr
ammesdesi
gned
tomeetthespir
it
ualneedsofthechi
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e)I
NSTRUCTI ONAL MATERIALS.Encourage t
he prov
ision and use of
i
nst
ruct
ionalmater
ial
sthatcanenhancethet
eachi
ng/ Lear
ningofGod’s
wor
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ch.
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f)REGISTER OFALLCHI LDREN.EveryDi st
rict
\Locat
ionChildr
enChur ch
shoul
dhav eandmai ntai
naproperregi
sterforallt
hechil
drenforef
fect
ive
vi
sit
ation and fol
l
ow- up.The data willinclude:the name of each
chi
ld/addr
ess/age/school
/par
ents’
contact.
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g)SERIOUSSPI RITUALTRAI NI
NG AND DEVELOPMENT AT HOME.Si nce
parentsar
et hefirstt eachersofachildandthehomeishi sf
irstChurch,
theyshouldt her
ef orebeencour agedtotakethespiri
tualt
raini
ngand
developmentoft hechi l
drenveryseri
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yatthiscr
it
icalper
iodoft heir
development
.I nessence,char i
tymustbeginathomei nouref f
ort
st o
rai
seupgodlychildr en.
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2)CHI
LDRENMI
NISTRYLI
TERATURE:
(a)DUTYOFPASTORSANDPARENTS.Wi thconcern,thechur chleadership
hasobser vedt hatthepat r
onagef orChildrenMinistr
yLiteratur
ehasov ert i
me
been gener all
yl ow.The G. S’s desir
ei sthatt hi
s unheal t
hy atti
tude be
correctedi nt hei nter
estoft hespi ri
tualwel l
bei
nganddev el
opmentofour
chil
dr en.Ourpast orsandpar entsshoul dbeencour agedt o buyChi ldren
Chur ch Literature/scri
pturaltextsf ort hei
rchildren justas t heypr ovide
academi ct extbooksf ort hem.Consequent ly
,booki ng ofmat er
ial
sgoi ng
forwar d,shouldbedonebyPar entsandPast orsatDi st
rict/
GroupLev els.
(b)ADVANCED 2021 BOOKI NG OF CHI LDREN MATERI ALS.We f ur
ther
direct
edt hatfory ear2021,churchesi nthenat ions,statesandr egi
ons,
groups,di st
ri
cts shoul
d make booki ngs ahead foral lChildr
en Mini
stry
teachingManuals,namel y
:Sear
cht heScr i
ptures(STS),MondayBi bl
eSt udy
(MBS) ,ThursdayRev iv
al& Evangelism Tr ai
ning Servi
ce (TRETS),House
Car i
ngFellowship(HCF)booklets,theSincereMi lk,TenderLi f
eMagazi ne
amongot hers.
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3)CHI
LDRENCHURCHFELLOWSHI
PPROGRAMMES:

 FELLOWSHI PDAYS.TheSundayWor shipServi

ce,MondayBibleStudy,
ThursdayRev iv
aland Ev angeli
sm Tr
aini
ng Servi
ce and Home Caring
Fell
owship should hol
d effect
ivel
yaswedo f ortheadultfel
lowship
sessionsi
nal lourChurches.Findint
heattachedtheOrderofServices
fortheweeklymeet i
ngs.

 CONDUCIVEANDDECENTWORSHI PSPACE.Thereshouldbeprovisi
on
ofadecentandconduciv
eWor shi
pspaceforthechil
dreninourvari
ous
Chur
cheswithcomplet
eP. Asy
stems,downli
nkequipment,LCDscreens,
goodchai
rs,
etc.

 VI
BRANTEVANGELI
STI
CCHI
LDREN CHURCH.ThePast
orsshoul
dal
so
maintai
nvibrantandev angelist
icchi
ldrenchurchesinal
lDeeperLi
feBible
Churchlocationswor l
dwi de.OurPast or
sshoul dalsoorgani
seregular
evangel
ist
icout r
eachprogr ammest othechi l
dreni
nournei
ghbourhoodas
wedowi ththeAdul tChurchout r
each/programs.