Summer brings one of the best outreach opportunities churches will have all year. Long days, restless kids, and desperate parents combine to open doors to church-sponsored events that might otherwise remain closed. Day camps, sports and arts camps, and Vacation Bible Schools remain popular summer diversions with churched and unchurched families alike.
VBS alone attracts millions of kids, teens, and adults, with an average of 10 percent reporting to be unchurched. While hosting activities on the church campus remains the most popular way of providing summer ministry opportunities, churches are beginning to expand the evangelistic potential of the summer by hosting a campus Bible school, then taking it outside the walls of the church and into the community by way of Backyard Kids Clubs.
By transferring the traditional activities of VBS to backyards, front porches, and shade trees, churches are taking the gospel to kids and families who might never respond to an invitation to a church campus event due to lack of interest, awareness of the opportunity, or transportation. Keep reading
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