Transforming children into spiritual champions : why children should be your church's #1 priority / George Barna

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: I Missed the Ocean -- 1. The State of American Children -- 2. The Spiritual Health of Our Children -- 3. Why Kids Matter -- 4. What Kids Need -- 5. Taking On Appropriate Responsibility -- 6. How Churches Help to Raise Spiritual Champions -- 7. Better Performance Through Evaluation -- 8. It’s Time to Produce Some Spiritual Champions -- Endnotes

"No one can deny our culture is opposed to Christian values, and the influences bombarding our children's moral development are difficult to contend with. But few parents and church leaders realize that a child's moral development is set by the age of nine. It is therefore critical to start developing a child's biblical worldview from the very earliest years of life. The problem is complex: parents who themselves did not receive early spiritual training leave their children's training to the church. Yet the church often focuses on older children. The answer is for churches to come alongside parents to provide them biblical worldview training, parenting information, and counseling that will equip them to help their children become the spiritually mature church of tomorrow. This helpful and hopeful book unpacks just how to develop this kind of dynamic church/parent relationship and includes profiles of churches that are effectively ministering to children and winning the war for their hearts and minds."