Discipleship Opportunities of VBS (in a Secularized World)

If you are doing a five-day VBS, you have five days to pour into these kids. That’s roughly 15 hours of discipleship opportunities.

Now, think about those 15 VBS discipleship hours compared to Sundays. On average, you might have a child for two to three hours a month. That’s for a regular attendee, and honestly, it is a generous statistic. If we do the math, VBS is the equivalent of five to six months’ worth of Sundays.

The discipleship opportunities of VBS are huge! You have 15 hours to pour into boys and girls and to disciple them. There’s not a minute to waste!

The World’s Influence on Children Is Great

Today’s kids are growing up in an anti-God culture. Everything from the shows they watch, to the music they listen to, to the voices speaking into them are telling them that God’s Word isn’t true.

“There is no God. Life doesn’t matter. You weren’t created on purpose. You can be whoever you want. Love is love. Do what you want. There is no right or wrong. You’re not enough. No one loves you.”

Take a look at some of the shows, books, and music targeting our kids. These messages ring loud and clear. In a childhood filled with drag queen story hours and science promoted as religion, you have 15 hours this summer to speak God’s truth into boys and girls.

Use All 900 Minutes to Disciple

VBS gives you five days—which translates to 15 hours or 900 minutes—to speak God’s truth into these boys and girls. Use each and every one.

No matter which of the amazing Answers VBS programs you’re using, disciple these boys and girls, showing them that:

• God’s Word is true.
• God loves them.
• They are a sinner in need of a Savior.
• Jesus loved them so much that he died for them and rose from the dead, conquering death on their behalf.
• God is the all-powerful Creator of the universe.
• The God of the Bible is the one true God.
• God made each person in his image, with great care and purpose, for his glory, and for the good of all of us.
• Heaven is real (and so is hell).
• Each and every person must choose whom to follow.

You have 900 minutes this summer to pour into these boys and girls. That’s 900 minutes to disciple them, showing them how to become a follower of Christ and how to live for him.

Cover Those Minutes in Prayer

There’s no way you can know what is going on in the heart, home, and life of each child at your vacation Bible school—even if you are a small church. But God does. You might not know when a child needs an extra outpouring of Jesus’ love, but God does. You might not know which child especially needs to hear that God’s Word is true, but God does.

Our omniscient and sovereign God knows the thoughts and hearts of each child attending your VBS.

Our omniscient and sovereign God knows the thoughts and hearts of each child attending your VBS. Therefore, you should cover your VBS in prayer, asking God to give each child exactly what he or she needs. Pray that each of those 900 minutes will be used to disciple boys and girls, helping them grow in their faith.