Listen elsewhere: Anchor / Apple Podcasts / Spotify / Google Podcasts Perhaps the most glossed over ministry of any church remains the children’s ministry. Yes, there’s often a focus on engaging young kids with the Bible and teaching them to memorize Scripture, but the emphasis of this engagement isn’t always as saturated with the gospel as other age groups are. Children’s ministries are often soaked with performancism and the concept of growing by winning, by achieving. We do this subtly with our intense Scripture memory programs that end up doing the opposite of what we hope they’ll do. Instead of captivating them with the glory of God, they often educate kids into thinking that spiritual growth is up to them and their capacity to commit to memory God’s Word.