New Motivational Approach!
A church has a new strategy to motivate children to fill in take home papers, bring guests, and turn in their completed calendars (whatever that is).
Not sure if they give real money or fake money or whatever! But when I see a dollar sign in front of something it looks real to me.
$ 15 bucks for returning take home papers.
$100 bucks for bringing a guest.
$155 bucks for bring their completed calendar.
What a creative way to motivate children to be disciples or is it really?
The headline: Let's set our sails for "CATCH" the land where we can "CATCH" God's vision to work and grow together.
No church name listed here (on purpose), let's just discuss this motivational approach used here to get the children discipled. Or, are we not really concerned with children being discipled? This is a reputable and highly resourced church in America, but this is no church attack. I want to discuss this method of motivating children to do something in this spiritual sense.
I'm back in the saddle so lets stoke the fire after a long hard ride.
posted by Bob Carder @ 2:31 PM
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4 Comments:
A few years back, I attended a youth leadership conference in Ohio. One of the things they stressed was that, if you have a QUALITY youth ministry, all of the gimmicks and campaigns that you see everywhere won't be needed.
Even though I don't really care about how many kids are in a youth group, I think the conference speaker who said this was onto something. Too often, we focus on bringing people to us (even in churches which are not inherently "attractional"). But I think that we forget that we can trust the weight of the Gospel to convict, compel, and truly transform the lives of those around us.
We don't need to pay our children or youth to bring their friends to church, because a youth ministry or children's ministry that is of a good, Godly quality will naturally attract attenders-- and even if it doesn't, it will equip children and youth who desire to share the Gospel with everything that they are.
Jessica, it is great to hear from a young adult on this one.
Great comments!
I find everything about it offensive. To me it represents a depth of failure in building relationships with the children. Children do not need to be bribed when they are engaged in healthy relationships with adults -- they are naturally wired to want to please.
Anyone have any idea as to how widespread this practice is among the American Church. I found this article in a newsletter I receive. Keep offering up your observations and thoughts.
Thanks to Mike and Jessica for well stated observations from your hearts to ours.
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