Whether considering our equipping conferences overseas or training events in North America, equipping adults or shepherding children, KidZ at Heart is all about training you to teach others to help children fall deeply in love with Jesus. Our ministry is based on 2 Timothy 2:2, "And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others" (NIV).

We believe that well-equipped local leaders and families are the best candidates for reaching and teaching their own children and the children of their church and communities for Christ. KidZ at Heart's materials are designed to equip local leaders, whether in a North American megachurch in a major urban center or a brand new church plant in a village halfway around the world.

KidZ at Heart equips North American leaders with cutting-edge, cross-cultural children's ministry training materials that may be used to prepare their own volunteers or to equip churches and families in another culture across town or around the world. Instead of conducting VBS, rally, and crusade events, KidZ team members make short-term training trips to equip local and regional ministry leaders, helping them learn to create and facilitate their own ministries to children. Those trained are not only given practical skills for their own use, but are also challenged to share the training with at least five others from their own church or outlying communities.

Meanwhile, children in the United States gain a heart for missions and for reaching the world's lost by watching their leaders get personally involved in cross-cultural ministry.

While creating, editing, and testing materials, KidZ at Heart's founders relied upon their more than 90 years of combined experience in children's ministry leadership and cross-cultural training, advanced degrees in theology, Christian and secular education, and certificates in Christian formation. Added to this, an international team of experts, who work in the trenches of children's ministry, regularly evaluate, review, and update each workshop, always refining these pieces to guarantee success for both the trainer and his or her cross-cultural leaner. This extensive bank of experience and training shapes all of KidZ at Heart's training and effectively meets the specific needs of children and the parents, grandparents, teachers, and church leaders who love them.

To save you hundreds of hours of research, development, and testing, KidZ at Heart training materials are designed with you in mind. These materials include scripted presenter's guides and handouts designed for cross-cultural use. They are available in multiple languages, are field tested internationally in more than 50 countries, and are regularly updated for cultural clarity and successful use.