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Drawing on current scholarship and research by authors with experience of a range of International contexts who are experts in their field, this accessible guide focuses on approaches that encourage spiritual, physical, mental and emotional development in children. By outlining a range of lenses through which readers can reflect on their ministry with children and their families. this book offers inspiration to help them improve their practice. Up-to-date research and thinking provides a fresh and flexible understanding of work with children and families. It also prepares readers to develop and support a team that can take responsibility for the key areas needed in an effective children's ministry. With each chapter featuring practice examples, relevant theory, theological reflections, opportunities for contemplation and suggestions for further reading, Re-Thinking Children's Work in Churches is an accessible and indispensable guide for those wishing to focus on the holistic development of the child.

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Too often decisions about ministry with children are devised around activities, allowing thinking about our actions to take a back seat. Thinking and re-thinking in this area is vital! In this useful collection of essays, voices from diverse perspectives make clear issues which surely invite reflection and deep change. -- Dr Rebecca Nye, Associate Lecturer at The Open University; Trainer at Godly Play UK

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Carolyn Edwards is the Programme Lead for the BA in Mission and Ministry at Cliff College, Derbyshire. Sian Hancock is Coordinator and Tutor of Children, Youth and Family Ministry at Bristol Baptist College and a Young Victims' Advocate within Avon and Somerset. Sally Nash is the Director or Midlands Centre for Children's and Youth Ministry and a Researcher at the Centre for Paediatric Spiritual Care at Birmingham Children's Hospital.

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