Power Clubs

Becky Fischer created a doc "What is a PowerClub?".
PowerClubs are the outreach arm of Kids in Ministry International, and are local children's ministries in a wide variety of communities around the world. They are started and conducted by individuals who desire to see children evangelized, filled with the Holy Spirit, grounded in the word of God, operating in the gifts of the Spirit, learning to hear God’s voice and be led by His Spirit, and becoming active, functioning members in the body of Christ while they are still children.

Though some are a part of local churches, most are held in backyards, neutral locations, schools, slums, ghettos, and homes. While some of the leaders are experienced children's ministers, many others have never worked with children before, but have caught the vision of taking children further into the things of the Spirit. In many places starting an official PowerClub outside a local church is in essence "planting a church of children" because it is likely the only church many of these children will ever have the privilege of going to.

Becky Fischer created a doc "How Can I Start a PowerClub?".
PowerClub Leaders
Leaders of official PowerClubs are given some level of training through Kids in Ministry International before launching their own PC. This training may have been attending a PowerClub training conference, or having attended a weekend training seminar by Becky Fischer or one of the KIMI Leadership Team in a local church. These leaders may also have gone through all or part of the School of Supernatural Children’s Ministry, or they may have actually have become a certified graduate of SSCM.

Or (we have recently expanded our vision) they may be experienced children's ministers with their own established ministries, and their vision is the same as ours, they adhere to our three core values (listed below) and simply want an affiliation with us as ministry. (See Affiliated PowerClubs below.)

KIMI's Three Core Values

PowerClubs are NOT the same old children's ministries mos people are familiar with, even though the KIMI "pattern" of ministry may be very common. The core values—the very heartbeat of our ministry—is what makes us different and sets us apart. The Core Values of official PowerClubs are:
· Teaching children the meat and deeper truths of God’s word by going beyond the basic Bible stories and teaching children biblical doctrine.
· Equipping them for the work of the ministry making them active, spiritually functioning members in the body of Christ.
· Creating an atmosphere and opportunities where children can experience the presence of God on a regular basis.

Official KIMI PowerClubs
Although most PowerClubs operate independently of Kids in Ministry International and are connected only by voluntary relationship, in order to be an official KIMI PowerClub:

1. Leaders have some level of training through Kids in Ministry International
2. Club leaders use KIMI curriculums for teaching materials
3. Adhere to the three KIMI core values listed above.
4. These PowerClubs use the KIMI pattern of ministry in their weekly services with the five elements of 1) games, 2) praise and worship, 3) teaching, 4) equipping the children for the work of the ministry, and 5) altar time where children encounter the presence of God.

Only official KIMI PowerClubs may use the trademark PowerClub logo or PowerClub name after acceptance into the PowerClub network and confirmation that they are in fact an official PowerClub. You will receive a certificate so that you KNOW you are an official PowerClub.

Unofficial Affiliated “PowerClubs”
There are many children’s ministers that are one in spirit and purpose with KIMI and believe in and use the same three basic core values that Kids in Ministry International espouses. However the leaders may or may not have ever been through any level of training by KIMI. They might not use the KIMI curriculums even though they are consciously giving their children the strong meat of the Word through their own lessons or curriculums similar to KIMI’s.

These leaders actively equip their children to hear God’s voice and teach them to operate in the supernatural realm of the Holy Spirit, and they deliberately create opportunities for their children to encounter the presence of God on an ongoing basis. They may or may not use the KIMI pattern of ministry. But in heart and spirit, vision and purpose, they are truly “PowerClubs”—or children’s ministries that are raising up Spirit-filled children who are active members in the body of Christ.

How Do I Become a PowerClub Leader?

For further information, please write to our training facilitator Laura Diehl at kimi.laura@yahoo.com. She will tell you the steps to take.

I Have a Qualified Children's Ministry that meets your standards. How can we become a part of the KIMI PowerClub Network?

For further information, please write to our training facilitator Laura Diehl at kimi.laura@yahoo.com. She will tell you the step


What Makes Us Unique?

PowerClubs have been designed specifically for Pentecostal and Charismatic churches because of the emphasis on the Holy Spirit. However, the concepts and principles can be used for any children’s ministry regardless of affiliation.
The core values of official PowerClubs are:
· Teaching children the meat and deeper truths of God’s word by going beyond the basic Bible stories and teaching children biblical doctrine.
· Equipping them for the work of the ministry making them active, spiritually functioning members in the body of Christ.
· Creating an atmosphere and opportunities where children can experience the presence of God on a regular basis.

PowerClubs are conducted weekly or bi-weekly and follow a simple but effective pattern (which we call the KIMI pattern of ministry) for conducting a full children's worship service as opposed to a Sunday School format. This includes 1) games, 2) praise and worship, 3) teaching, 4) equipping, 5) and altar time. Every meeting has a strong emphasis on giving the children an opportunity to be grounded in strong biblical teaching and then encountering the presence of God in various ways at some point in the service.

Every lesson gives children the deeper truths of the scriptures. This is done through the use of curriculums published by Kids in Ministry International. (See our selection of curriculums by clicking here: http://www.kidsinministry.org/store/index.php/curriculums/kimi-curriculums.html.)

Every child is taught to hear the voice of God, heal the sick, become prayer warriors and intercessors, share their faith and operate in the gifts of the Spirit. In short, they are activated into the believers’ ministries as described in Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15-16, and Acts 2:16-17.