We value children in our communities because Jesus values children. We want children to be active participants when we come together. While the current cultural trend is to separate parents and children in church and daily activities, we have a unique opportunity to nurture doing life together as families inside the context of a spiritual environment. So much of the traditional “church life” has stressed giving kids information to digest while parents are learning “grown-up stuff.” We believe that kids “get” church when they experience it and see it modeled in every day life—in homes, on playgrounds, at restaurants, and dinner tables. When we have children in our community they will experience the BIG love of God by being known and loved by adults and children in the group.

When God blesses parents with children, they are given the privilege to make disciples. Discipleship at its best happens in the family. When we see children getting baptized, it is apparent that moms and dads are taking that command seriously. It is no small thing to encourage children to follow the teachings of Jesus in every aspect of life—not just in a church building.

We believe that our core values apply to how we interact with children, how they interact with each other and the world around them. When a child begins internalizing the values of the kingdom at a young age, church in everyday life becomes normal. We want to equip the next generation of children to do “church” in a way that is attractive to the lost while holding to the standards of high accountability and low control.