We have been doing something called church in the home for a few years now. We take one Sunday and we have our meetings in the home. Thanks to the pandemic we have been having virtual church in the home every week for many months now.
Church in the home can be scary for some people because they wonder what would happen to the children. What we do now is keep the children in the same room with the adults and we worship together and involve the children.
The very little ones can paint or do some craft on the rug beside their parents. I know it’s a little more work for parents but I believe that children will do well in the church at home and the extra sacrifice is worth the effort.
Here are the reasons why I know that church in the home is a blessing for the children as well.
- Those who are already in grade one and above can participate in the meetings. Our children have been participating in our meetings since they could respond to questions. They are now 13 and 10 and they are doing well.
- The children get to hang out with adults and see how God works with people. They also see other adults (closeup) with godly lifestyles to look up to.
- They experience the manifestation of the Holy Spirit at the meetings and develop faith for these manifestations from a young age.
- The older children can start to lead their own Discovery Groups when they get to high school because they have seen it modeled all their lives.
- They don’t have to struggle to integrate back to the adult church after being in the kids church for many years.
There are some challenges which usually boil down to more work for the adults at first.
As it is, we are still in the pandemic and still having church at home and we are loving it. Our boys Demi and Damilola love it.