Resources for Pastors and Children’s Ministry Leaders

Whether you are teaching a Sunday School class, running a Children’s Ministry program, or pastoring a whole church, God has put you in a leadership position. This page will introduce you to Praise Factory resources that are both thought-provoking and practical in helping you create a Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry at your church.

Praise Factory Pitchbook

colorful, overview materials

The Praise Factory Pitchbook is a great way to get a basic grasp of Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry, as well as the Praise Factory family of curriculum. These very colorful pages are based off of the Praise Factory booth used at conferences.

This book contains overview materials to help you BEGIN to:

• Understand Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry
• Implement Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry
• What Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry looks like at Capitol Hill Baptist Church
• Think about How to Care Well for Your Teachers
• Understand the Praise Factory family of curriculum
• Custom-fit Praise Factory curriculum for your setting

Praise Factory Pitchbook pdf for download

From the Field

what pastors say about Children’s Ministry

I interviewed many pastors from around the world (but especially the U.S.), asking them what they had learned about Children’s Ministry in their church setting. Filled with lots of insight. The appendices are packed with even more helpful information.

• pdf for download here
• purchase on Amazon

This book contains:

What pastors have to say about:

• Common Children’s Ministry issues in their church setting (church planting, overseas churches, revitalization and healthy churches)
• How they lead their congregations in spiritually nurturing their children
• Words of wisdom to those starting out, trying to change, and in the middle of Children’s Ministry

It also includes:

A history of Children’s Ministry: through biblical times, through church history, and up to today

Lots of depth on these topics:

• Understanding Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry
• Implement Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry
• Example of Capitol Hill Baptist Church of Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry
• Children’s Ministry “health” questionnaire
• Curriculum search questionnaire
• Thinking about how to care well for your Teachers and your Children’s Ministry Administrator
• What to look for in choosing or creating curriculum
• Understand the Praise Factory family of curriculum, overview and by curriculum
• Choices in how to custom fit Praise Factory curriculum for your setting
• Family-integrated versus family-equipping church article
• Baptism of children article

Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry Workshop Book

extensive materials from our workshop

This is the text we use at the Children’s Ministry Workshop we hold three times a year. Filled with lots of thought-provoking and practical information about Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry and the Praise Factory family of curriculum, too.

• pdf for download here
• purchase on Amazon

This book contains extensive resources on these topics:

• Understanding Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry
• Implement Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry
• What Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry looks like at Capitol Hill Baptist Church
• Children’s Ministry “health” questionnaire
• Curriculum search questionnaire
• 25 Things I’ve learned with discussion questions for your setting
• Thinking about How to Care Well for Your Teachers
• Resources for parents to use at home with their children (including an extensive book list)
• Child Protection Policy and related training
• What to look for in choosing or creating curriculum
• Understand the Praise Factory family of curriculum, overview and by curriculum
• Choices in how to custom fit Praise Factory curriculum for your setting
• Classroom discipline advice
• Family-integrated versus family-equipping church article
• Baptism of children article

Books by Our Pastor to Families and Children

great resources (but not downloadable from the website)

Build On Jesus by Deepak Reju and Marty Machowski

Wonderful resource covering many aspects of Children’s Ministry, reflecting many of the Church-Shaped Children’s Ministry ideas. As many practical resources as wisdom from years of experience. Available through Amazon and others.

One of the most in-depth resources on protecting against child-abuse in churches. Lots of examples from different church sizes and settings. Available through Amazon and others.

From the Ground Up: Making a Great Start in Children’s Ministry and Praise Factory Curriculum

curriculum samples and lots of step-by-step help and ideas

Ok… this book is thick, and some would say intense. That’s my warning. However, it does contain not only curriculum samples of all three curriculum, but extensive help in understanding and implementing the curriculum. You might not need this much. But who knows, it might be super helpful. It’s free, so take a peek and figure out if it’s for you.

The text of this book is also reflected in the “Getting Started” slideshows on this website. You can download sections of the book there; or, you can download the whole book here or purchase it through amazon.com.

• Go to “Get Started!” to download specific articles (Also see Get Started section below)
• Download pdf
• Purchase on Amazon.com

This book contains:

• ideas that may help you implementing any curriculum
• samples from all three Praise Factory curriculums
• In-depth help in implementing each Praise Factory curriculum

Truths to Teach, Stories to Tell  

A compilation of books for babies through high school aged kids and their parents. Also includes a useful articles in how to use books to encourage your children spiritually. Based off of the book fair held at Capitol Hill Baptist Church annually. Only offered for download because the resources get updated annually.

2019 Bookfair Booklist pdf

Why “The Praise Factory”?

Our Mission

The Spiral of Truth

Two Dead Men and a Diamond

Some What’s and Why’s: A Little More Praise Factory Philosophy

How the Praise Factory Family of Curriculum Developed