Children’s ministry/Sunday school

Children’s ministry resources, news, and projects from the Church of England and the wider Church, featured in Church Times. See also: Youth Ministry

Strategic Development Funding gets 27,000 new people through the doors, Church House reports

THE £198-million Strategic Development Funding (SDF) programme launched by the Archbishops’ Council in 2014 has helped to bring 27,000 new people to church services and gatherings, Church House announced on Thursday

09 Nov 2023

Book review: Messy Adventures: Twelve outdoor sessions for Messy Churches, edited by Lucy Moore, Dave Gregory, Cate Williams, and Jane Butler

Rona Orme reviews further ideas for going wild with Messy Church

10 Aug 2023

Church of England grants worth £13m to support mission work for children and families

ALMOST £13 million in grants has been distributed by the Archbishops’ Council to support children’s and youth ministry and family initiatives in churches around England

28 Jul 2023

Children are not learning about the resurrection, priest’s research suggests

21 Jul 2023

UK news in brief

05 May 2023

Cutting services is a key cause of decline in attendance, report suggests

03 Apr 2023

Millions of pounds are allocated to mission in dioceses

28 Mar 2023

Awkward or absent: the problem of boys

17 Mar 2023

Christmas books for children

25 Nov 2022

Brian Wildsmith's Illustrated Bible Stories

25 Nov 2022

Messy Church Goes Wild: Caring for the world we live in by Lucy Moore

22 Sep 2022

Comfort in Uncertain Times by Rachel Turner

12 Aug 2022

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