Conference proceedings
Faith with Under Fives 2020 - Summaries, handouts, videos and more from the November 2020 conference sponsored by URC Children and ROOTS for Churches Ltd.
Further reading
All-Age Worship, Lucy Moore, The Bible Fellowship, 2010
Bringing Up Children in the Christian Faith, John Westerhoff III, Harper and Row, 1980
Celebrating Children – equipping people working with children and young people living in difficult circumstances around the world, eds. Glenn Miles and Josephine-Joy Wright, Paternoster Press, 2003
Children and Spirituality: searching for meaning and connectedness, Brendan Hyde, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008
Children Finding Faith, Francis Bridger, Scripture Union, 2000
Children in the Assembly of the Church, Eleanor Bernstein, and John Brooks-Leonard, Liturgy Training Publications, 1992
Children in the Bible, Anne Richards, SPCK, 2013
Children in the Church, Betty Pedley and John Muir, The National Society/Church House Publishing, 1997
Children in the Way? Carrie Kingston and Isobel MacDougall, Monarch Books, 2011
Children’s Ministry in the Way of Jesus, David M. Csinos and Ivy Beckwith, IVP Books, 2013
Children’s Ministry that Fits: beyond one-size-fits-all approaches to nurturing children’s spirituality, Dave Csinos and Joyce E. Bellous, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2011
Children’s Spirituality – what it is and why it matters, Rebecca Nye, Church House Publishing, 2009
From the Ground up: understanding the spiritual world of the child, Kathryn Copsey, Barnabas, 2005
Formational Children’s Ministry, Ivy Beckwith, BakerBooks, 2010
Listening to Children on the Spiritual Journey, Catherine Stonehouse and Scottie May, Baker Academic, 2010
Mission-shaped children – moving towards a child-centred church, Margaret Withers, Church House Publishing, 2006
Offering the Gospel to Children, Gretchen Wolff Pritchard, Cowley Publications, 1992
Sharing Jesus with Under Fives, Janet Gaukroger, Christian Focus Publications, 2001
Postmodern Children’s Ministry: ministry to children in the 21st century church, Ivy Beckwith, Zondervan Publishing Company, 2004
Stages of Faith, James W. Fowler, HarperSan Francisco, 1995
Teaching Godly Play – how to mentor the spiritual development of children, Morehouse Education Resources, 2009
The Child in Christian Thought and Practice (Religion, Marriage and Family), Marcia Bunge, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2001
The Sacred Play of Children, Dianne Apostolos-Cappadona, The Seabury Press, 1983
The Spirit of the Child, David Hay with Rebecca Nye, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006
The Spiritual Dimension of Childhood, Kate Adams, Brendan Hyde and Richard Wooley,
Through the Eyes of a Child: new insights in theology from a child’s perspective, Eds. Anne Richards and Peter Privett, Church House Publishing, 2009
To Dance with God, Gertrud Mueller Nelson, Paulist Press, 1986
Understanding Children Understanding God, Ronni Lamont, SPCK, 2007
Welcoming Children: a practical theology of childhood, Joyce Ann Mercer, Chalice Press, 2005
Where are the Children?, Margaret Withers, The Bible Reading Fellowship, 2005
Will Our Children Have Faith? John H. Westerhoff III, Third Revised Edition, Morehouse Publishing, 2012
Working with Under 5’s, Judith Wigley, Scripture Union, 2005
Useful websites
Flame: Creative Children’s Ministry
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