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As an extension of our conference theme, “Whose Children Are They?” the REA will share children’s art on our conference webpage. You are invited to share your own artwork or the artwork of children known to you, from whom you can obtain permission. If you have personal art you would like to share, or if […]

Given the range of issues associated with moving entirely online, we are pushing the deadline to receive proposals for REA2023 to February 28th. Notification of acceptance will be by March 31st, and final papers will be due May 31st.

Lakisha Lockhart reminds us all that proposals are due January 31.

Many discussions of children’s religious education focus on the ‘nuts and bolts’ of children’s ministry approaches and practices or the intersections of development and faith formation. However, there’s another area that needs our attention: the historical and continuing malformation of children’s lives by religious institutions because of intentional or implicit bias. An example of such

Happy New Year! Whether you typically make new year’s resolutions or not, I hope you will resolve this year to propose a paper, collaborative session, or poster that explores some aspect of the conference theme “Whose Children Are They? Responsibilities for religious formation of a new generation”. Proposals are accepted online (REA 2023 Proposal Submissions)

Eileen Campbell-Reed, in the 3MMM podcast (three minute ministry mentoring) talks about what is being learned coming out of the pandemic, and in this entry focuses on what it can mean to listen to children.

When we gather this summer to talk about who’s responsible for nurturing children’s spiritual sensibilities and identities, we hope to hear from practitioners as well as researchers (and those that understand themselves as both). Think about the reflective practitioners you know who work with children, youth, and families in thoughtful and effective ways. Invite them

Writing my dissertation on the emerging ecclesiology of a 19th century American religious movement, I stumbled across numerous ‘morality tales’ in the publications of that nascent denomination. They often featured wayward children, especially girls, who found their way to faith after the death of their mother or another existential crisis. As a mother of three

As a program team we are thrilled to prepare the next REA annual meeting, to be held online from 10-14 July 2023. In three short blogs the three of us want to share our personal passion with the main theme: Whose Children are They? Responsibilities for Religious Formation of a New Generation. What makes such

Our annual meeting is now just one week away. Prepare by choosing your sessions on the schedule (this will also give the session moderators ways to reach you, if necessary), and then reading any of the papers for that session in advance (they are already linked online to each session). You can check out the