Famous People Quotes on the Importance of Children's Ministry

It is vitally important that our children be led to a personal relationship with Christ and instructed in His Word when they are young. If I could relive my life, I would devote my entire ministry to reaching children for God.� - D.L. Moody, Great American Evangelist

�I�m convinced that there has never been a more important time in the history of the church for us to focus on ministry with children�� - Brandt Gustavson Executive Director of National Religious Broadcasters

�Our ability to reach seekers is directly related to how well we care for their children.� -Bill Hybels, Lead Pastor, Willow Creek Community Church

Commenting on religion in Canada Reginald Bibby says � People who attend as adults are primarily people who attended as children.�

�save a man and you save a unit; save a boy and you save a multiplication table.� - Gypsy Smith, a great evangelist

F.B Meyer, writer and Bible teacher said � �there is everything in our Saviour to charm and attract children, and His Gospel does not present difficulties to their simple faith.�

Charles Hadden Spurgeon hoped that God would revive His church and restore her to her ancient faith by � �a gracious work among the children.�

According to a study of Canadian children, 75% receive no Christian education of any kind.

Howard Hendricks ,Distinguished Professor of Dallas Theological Seminary and chaplain for the Dallas Cowboys football team. On the importance of reaching children �We�re really not too smart, we put 85 percent of our efforts where we will get 15 percent of the results, and we put 15 percent of our efforts where we will get 85 percent of the results.�

The Houston Police Department on �How to raise a juvenile delinquent� -Never give him any spiritual training. Wait till he is 21 and let him decide for himself.

Dr. Paul D. Meier, Christian medical doctor, psychologist and author estimates that 85 percent
of a person�s attitudes toward life are formed by the time he/she enters school.

90 percent of all pastors and 95 percent of all missionaries are saved by the age of 12

Bend the twig of a youth toward Christ if you want the tree of his life to point heavenward.

A shepherd was asked how he managed to raise such a fine looking flock of sheep. �That�s easy.� he said, �I just take extra good care of the lambs!�

"No other form of Christian effort brings such immediate, such large, and such lasting results as work for the conversion of children. It has many advantages over other forms of work. First of all, children are more easily led to Christ than adults. In the second place, they are more likely to stay converted than those apparently converted at a later period of life. They also make better Christians, as they do not have as much to unlearn as those who have grown old in sin. They have more years of service before them. A man converted at sixty is a soul saved plus ten years of service; a child saved at ten is a soul saved plus sixty years of service."
- Dr. R. A. Torrey said (referring to Rev. E. P. Hammond's children's crusades)

�A child of five, if properly instructed, can, as truly believe, and be regenerated, as an adult.� � Charles H. Spurgeon