Resources to Help You Lead Children
Do you need some tips and ideas for leading missions discipleship for children? If so, you’ve come to the right place! The resources, tips, and planning guides on this page will help you start and lead children’s missions discipleship in your church.
Teaching Children
Children love to share God’s love. And children love to learn by doing.
Through missions discipleship, children in grades 1–6 learn to share His love in multiple ways, from collecting school supplies for back-to-school backpacks to passing out water at sporting events to taking a meal to a homebound community member to simply sharing a prayer with someone who needs it.
Understanding ways children learn, their learning styles, and how to manage their behavior can help a leader be more intentional about helping children experience every aspect of missions discipleship. Learn more on these topics through the following resources:
Missions Discipleship for Children
WMU offers missions discipleship groups for children grades 1–6, with groups for both genders and a coed group. Girls in Action (GA) is the missions discipleship group for girls, Royal Ambassadors (RA) is the group for boys, and Children in Action (CA) is the coed group.
Through missions discipleship, children engage in growth experiences that help them develop the four characteristics of a missional disciple:
- Learn about missions
- Pray for missions
- Support missions
- Do missions and tell about Jesus
The following documents explain more about the missional characteristics:
Starting Girls in Action (GA)
Leading Girls in Action (GA)
Starting Royal Ambassadors (RA)
Starting Children in Action (CA)
Leading Children in Action (CA)