Use Anchored to Teach the "Whys" So Teaching the "Whats" "Sticks"

Your church puts a lot of time and money into teaching children the "whats" - what the Bible says and therefore what we believe, but as Barna's studies and Gallup's Poll shows us more and more of the children in our ministries are growing up and turning away from their faith. How are you able to change this? By teaching the children in your ministry the "whys" - why they are able to believe God is real, the Bible is true, God and science DO go together, and God is good. When children know the "whys", they are much more likely to hold on to the "whats" throughout their lives.

Check Out Sample Anchored Lessons - Help Children "Own & Solidify their Faith"

Anchored is now available for you to use in your church - it is just $26.00 for an entire year of resources for you to use in your church and for families to use at home - a terrific buy for sure!

You may be wondering what it looks like, well, I have two sample lessons on the website which you are able to see (and try) if you like. You will find them at this link. 

Anchored is Now Available - Get Your Copy Today!

Today is the day Anchored is finally available! You will find it in our bookstore at this link. For just the price of $26.00 you will receive an entire year of resources to use in your church and to equip parents and grandparents so they are able to team with you to hand down confident faith as they teach the "whys" at home.

Anchored will Help You Teach the "Whys" - More Important Now than Ever

Yesterday I read an article about new Gallup Poll results regarding how fewer people in the USA now see the Bible as the literal Word of God. The new poll showed, what was to me, a shocking result - only 20% of people believe the Bible is the literal Word of God - only 20%. This is the lowest percentage since they began taking this poll in 1976. Even more shocking to me, this is the first time more people - 29% - "say the Bible is a collection of 'fables, legends, history and moral precepts recorded by man.'" They went on to say, "This marks the first time significantly more Americans have viewed the Bible as not divinely inspired than as the literal word of God."

How Does Anchored Work?

There are four main areas we need to cover when teaching the “whys” –

1.    is God real?

2.    is the Bible true?

3.    do God and science go together?

4.    is God good?

Each quarter we will focus on one area with weekly teaching, questions, and activities. Since this is a supplemental curriculum, you will use this with the curriculum you are already using in the following way –

Teach the Children in Your Church the "Whys" with Anchored - Releasing this Week!

Churches – more specifically, the Children’s Ministries in churches - are one of the primary places where children learn the “whats” – what the Bible says and therefore, what we, as Christians, believe. This is why churches invest so much time and money in choosing and using curriculum resources with the children in their churches – to teach them the “whats”.

There are solid reasons churches teach the “whats” – we want children to know what the Bible says, and therefore what we, as Christians, believe. Teaching the “whats” is a fully appropriate and necessary part of a strong and effective Children’s Ministry. But, along with teaching the “whats”, we also need to teach the “whys” – why we are able to believe the “whats”.

Anchored Releases This Week!

In your Children's Ministry you likely do at least a decent job of teaching the "whats" - what the Bible says and therefore what we believe. There are significant reasons why it matters for you to teach the "whats" - but if you are not also teaching the "whys" - why we are able to believe God is real, the Bible is true, God and science DO go together, and God is good - then we are leaving the children in our ministries at risk of turning away from their faith to atheism as they grow older. Barna's research shows this is happening at double the rate of any previous generation - and they expect it to triple by 2030.