CHILDREN’S MINISTRY LAUNCHED IN POLAND SPREADS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
By Mark Ellis
Senior Correspondent,
ASSIST News Service

TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA (ANS) -- On his first trip to Poland in 1988 the country was still part of the Eastern Bloc, martial law governed the streets, and the Solidarity Movement was fanning change. Only a year later, multi-party democracy was taking root, and one man saw exciting opportunities to reach a neglected ministry group in Poland—young children and their families.

“Working with children is so strategic and so important,” says Daniel Watts, founder and president of Every Generation Ministries (EGM). “Most of the churches in Poland didn’t have materials or resources for teaching the Bible to children—the training was negligible,” he notes.

In 1991 Watts moved his family to Poland and launched EGM. “I always had a big heart for children,” he says. Previously, he served in children’s ministry at two large southern California churches, including Mariners Church in Newport Beach, California. “The thing that captured our hearts is that one-half of the world’s population is under age 15, and over three-fourths of Christians say they became a Christian before they turned 12.” the rest