Shannon Scott and Mariska Harris from Church of the City joined Ross Cochran to share how the Holy Spirit moved to raise up leaders to serve the kids and their families in their church community. Shannon was able to make a specific appeal for volunteers that you’ll hear in this episode that you don’t want to miss!

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You may have noticed we’ve changed our name! We are now The Child Discipleship Podcast. This is simply a name change, but you can expect very similar content. Mike Handler, Chief Innovation and Communication Officer at Awana, joins Ross to offer some insight into why we made this change at the end of this episode.

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Check out Church in the City where Shannon and Mariska serve. You can also see Shannon’s announcements and volunteer message in its entirety from this Sunday service.

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Wife, mom of four, author, executive director of GEMS Girls’ Clubs, and 2022 CDF Faculty member, Cindy Bultema, helps us understand the adversity that girls face today, and how spiritual growth needs to be modeled for all kids through our personal relationship with Jesus.

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Listen to Cindy’s previous episode.

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Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joined Ross Cochran to discuss her book, 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask and Answer about Christianity, as well as to discuss how adults can help teens navigate today’s world.

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This conversation originally appeared in season three on December 30th, 2021. 

Get a copy of all of Rebecca McLaughlin’s books.

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2022 Child Discipleship Forum Faculty Member, Sam Luce, helps us understand how the approach to children’s ministry must adapt for today, while keeping the solid foundation of Jesus.  With help from the Barna Group research, we learn that Parents and the local church must work together to point their kids to Christ.  Thanks for listening.

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Daniel Copeland is the Associate Vice President of Research at the Barna Group. He joined Ross Cochran and Matt Markins to discuss the practical implications of Children’s Ministry in a New Reality and how kidmin leaders and senior leadership can apply the latest research about the future of the faith.

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Check out a previous conversation with Barna President David Kinnaman about this research.

Check out a previous conversation with children’s ministry veteran Mark Campbell about this research.

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David Kinnaman is the author of the bestselling books Faith For Exiles, Good Faith, You Lost Me and unChristian. He is also a speaker at the 2022 Child Discipleship Forum, and the CEO of The Barna Group and, which partnered with Awana to produce Children’s Ministry in a New Reality which is a research project with direct implications for your upcoming ministry year. David, Ross Cochran, and Matt Markins discuss the project, how it came to be, and how senior leadership in particular should be looking at children’s ministry this year. Thanks for listening!

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Awana is excited to celebrate a monumental milestone on this journey: reaching 5 million children around the globe each week with the Gospel. We didn’t want to miss the chance to celebrate this milestone on the podcast, so we’ve compiled just a small sampling of what reaching 5 MILLION children with the Gospel sounds like. You’ll hear from children and leaders all over the world, including a sneak peak of a recent trip members of our team were able to take to Zimbabwe. Learn more about the God-sized opportunity, and the many incredible things He is doing through our ministry all over the globe in the show notes!

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Learn how to invest in reaching the NEXT 5 Million kids.

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Carl Trueman, Professor of Biblical & Religious Studies at Grove City College, helps us understand how to develop generations of Jesus followers during the rise of the modern self, cultural amnesia, expressive individualism, and sexual revolution.

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Learn more about 2022 CDF faculty member, Carl Trueman

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Pastor and author, Catherine Hwang-Jin, gives powerful wisdom on how any Children’s ministry leader can use their time with kids for producing lasting discipleship to Jesus. She will also be one of Awana’s Faculty members at our Child Discipleship Forum in September!

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Learn more about Catherine Hwang-Jin’s and all our 2022 faculty members!

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Multi-talented artist and 2022 Child Discipleship Forum faculty member, Andrew Peterson, explains how God has used all of his creativity to point people back to Jesus.

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Save your seat, and See Andrew at the Child Discipleship Forum!

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