Integrating Children and Children’s Ministry into the Life of your Church Plant or Network

Breakout Session

11:00 - 12:00

, November 19

November 19

Church plants often focus on reaching adults first – but have we unintentionally overlooked the very ones Jesus welcomed first: the children? They are a vital part of the community and equally in need of the gospel. How can we include children in the life and mission of a church plant? Zechariah envisioned a city where “the public squares will be filled with boys and girls playing there” (8:5). Our churches should reflect that vision and be places of joy, safety, and growth. Together, we will explore practical, biblically grounded, strategies to integrate children into the heart of your church plant/network! Let us reimagine church as a place where children belong and thrive!

About the speaker

Yannis Tzamtzis, Anastasia Zaimi

Yannis Tzamtzis studied Philosophy, Education, and Psychology at the University of Athens, with a major in Education. For over 20 years, he has been serving the Christian community in Greece through children’s ministry, including Sunday schools, camps, outreach programs, and more. He is the founder and director of Alana – Initiatives for Urban Children, in partnership with the First Evangelical Church of Athens and the CTC Balkans movement. Yannis is married to Lydia, and together they have three children: Aquila (9), Icarus (7), and Ophelia (1). Anastasia Zaimi studied History and Archaeology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with a major in Archaeology, and Theology at the Greek Bible College in Athens. She is part of the pastoral team at the First Greek Evangelical Church of Athens, focusing on ministry with children, teenagers and young adults. For the past four years, she has also volunteered with the ministry of “Alana”.