Researching how children’s faith changes

We have been working on some research, funded by the Westhill Endowment Fund & Liverpool Hope University. Our report is now available here, and we are now in the process of creating resources to support churches in thinking more about how they can enhance racial diversity in the leadership of our ministries amongst children and young people.

What does it mean to invest together? To authentically and meaningfully work together – collaborating between ministry organisations and denominations, across generations, between geographic regions, amongst those of different ethnicities, backgrounds and contexts? For the sake of sharing the gospel with the children and young people around us.

On 14th May, there was an inspiring, pioneering, informative gathering of 70 ministry practitioners and academics to consider how research insights could be used to inform and shape ongoing ministry amongst children and young people across the UK. The gathering was organised by the Institute of Children, Youth and Mission (CYM), Youthscape, Churches Together in England and the Free Churches Group. The aim was to work together to co-create a research-informed collective charter for the UK church about their interactions with children and young people in 2026...

We’re exploring how to enhance racial diversity amongst leadership of youth and children’s ministry? Do you have a story to tell? Any insights or experiences you’d like to share? Please tell us here. Funded in partnership with Westhill Endowment Trust and Liverpool Hope University.