About Africa’s Children and Teens

Africa’s Children and Teens is a ministry of AGWM Africa.

We believe every child and teen in Africa deserves to experience the love of Jesus.

We meet the spiritual and physical needs of Africa’s next generation by resourcing and training local churches.

Our Vision

We envision a healthy church within walking distance of every child and teen in Africa.

OUR VALUES

  • Christ-centered

    We believe Jesus calls us to share His love with everyone, especially the next generation in Africa. We are committed to following the biblical example that Jesus gives us to reach, teach, and show compassion to all children and teens in Africa.

  • Sustainability

    We believe those best equipped to minister to Africa’s next generation are those within the African local church. We will have a greater impact when we help raise up and equip children and youth ministers across the continent. We are committed to ministry models that encourage local involvement, ownership, and the use of resources available in their context.

  • Partnership

    We believe in the power and potential of local churches, who are strategically placed to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of children and teens. We are committed to partnering with local churches. 

OUR STRATEGY

  • Partnership

    We partner with national churches and missionaries to strengthen Children’s and Teen’s ministries where it already exists and to develop it in places where it does not.

  • Resourcing

    We resource missionaries and local churches in Africa by providing teaching and training materials, helping with spaces for education and spiritual development, and developing programs to meet the spiritual and physical needs of children and teens.

  • Training

    We train local church leaders, in collaboration with national churches and missionaries, to reach, teach, and champion the needs of the next generation.

  • Inspiring

    We advocate for ministry to the next generation by partnering with local churches in Africa to meet the needs of children and teens in their communities and by being a catalyst where age-appropriate ministry does not exist.

Scott Berkey, Director, Africa’s Children and Teens

Scott and his wife Sarah live in Nairobi, Kenya. They arrived on the continent in August of 2020 with their three children: Madeline, Myah and Mason. They serve with the Kenya Assemblies of God, NextGen ministries. They will continue their work in Kenya and from there to the entire continent through Africa’s Children.

Prior to coming to Africa, they served in churches around the USA for 20 years as Children’s Pastors, Executive Pastors and various other church staff roles. Sarah has worked with publishing companies to write and develop curriculums, and from 2011-2013 Scott also served as the National Director of Children’s Ministry for the Assemblies of God USA.