McLessons For Children’s Ministry
**This is a guest post by Glenys Nellist from Kids Ministry Matters Whether we’re “lovin’ it,” or hatin’ it, there’s one thing we can all agree on— McDonald’s restaurants are successful. With over 33,000 franchises operating in 118 countries of the world and their golden arches gleaming from small village to big city, McDonald’s is rising in popularity. I don’t know about you, but I have never heard of a McDonald’s restaurant that closed down. Sadly, the reverse is true of the church. All too often, we hear of smaller churches that have had to close their doors. And so it’s an interesting question to ponder—what is McDonald’s doing to attract our children that the church is not? And strange as it may seem, I think there are ministry lessons that we could learn from McDonald’s. Yes, McDonald’s. A Fun Environment In 1986 a young pastor and his wife met with ten other people in a small living room in Indiana and the vision for a new church began. As numbers began to i...