Comments on: Download “Gospel-Centered Children’s Curriculum” PDF

By: Yancey Arrington

Yancey Arrington — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:48:08 +0000

Diane, of course I remember you. So very good to hear from you! Hope all is well in your new ministry post. Glad to hear that you’re doing well and all the more excited you feel the same burden in Children’s ministry for gospel-centricity! The more who catch the vision the better the church will be. Blessings to you Diane and nice to reconnect!

By: Diane Turner Higgins

Diane Turner Higgins — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:51:48 +0000

Hi Yancey! Do you remember me? We were on staff together at Lake Pointe back in the day. I am still a Children’s Pastor, and SO very burdened by this. My son is very involved in ministry to Muslims, and we took Perspectives with him last year. It totally ruined me for the ordinary! And now I see what we teach in our typical curriculums is so far off the mark. I am fairly new at this church, and we are using a curriculum that is very popular (you can probably guess which one!) , but unfortunately falls into the category you describe in this article. I SO want to change this! My friend Kevin Harbuck shared this link with me and I am grateful for the info and to reconnect with you.

By: Stuff from Tedd Tripp and Yancey Arrington « Student and Family Ministry

Stuff from Tedd Tripp and Yancey Arrington « Student and Family Ministry — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:57:31 +0000

[...] By “gospel-centered”, Arrington means more than simply evangelistic. You can download the article for yourself here. [...]

By: blackteeth

blackteeth — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:25:11 +0000

Check out 9 marks kids curriculum, I believe its called praise factory. Has a nice emphasis on the Gospel.

By: Deb Leonard

Deb Leonard — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:06:08 +0000

Thanks for this article Yancey; I was so excited to read your well articulated thoughts on something I believe so passionately! This is one of the biggest problems in our churches today. I search and pray that I can find some curriculum that will be gospel centered for our teachers to give to our children. So far I have found two; “The Story”, by Sovereign Grace ministries, and “Children Desiring God”, by Bethlehem Baptist Church. I see others have found these as well. I would love to know of others if they are out there. I too will be giving your article to my teachers to read and savor.

By: Yancey Arrington

Yancey Arrington — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:07:51 +0000

Thanks Mike! Blessings to you guys as well. Tell your wife Jen says “Hello!”

By: Mike Lumpkin

Mike Lumpkin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:19:23 +0000

Blessings, bro. Really good article. We utilize Children Desiring God at this point. Found that the supporting work around it with parents and complimentary work on Wednesday nights is (potentially) really helpful. However, material still only as good as conveyed by the teachers, and they must be gospel-saturated thinkers and communicators. That’s particularly a challenge when transitioning a church more that direction, away from moralistic leanings. Hope Jen is doing well.

By: Yancey Arrington

Yancey Arrington — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:57:52 +0000

Thanks JD! Glad it was helpful.

By: J.D.

J.D. — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:58:19 +0000

Excellent article. You articulated many of the things I have been trying to communicate within our church. We are in the process of taking a look at the God’s Story curriculum from Covenant Life.

By: Yancey Arrington

Yancey Arrington — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:40:20 +0000

Julie, absolutely! Very blessed to hear that it helped. Thanks for sharing your story. From what others have shared with me, you’re not alone!