Purpose
To provide a local Christian mentorship program which helps parents guide their children in their transition from childhood through adolescence and into adulthood.
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Mission
To connect 12 to 14 year-old girls and boys with their father, mother, guardian or mentor to guide them through a multi-week personal growth program.
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Vision
Graduates of the program will have a better knowledge of and relationship with their Savior, Jesus Christ, as well as a strengthened sense of self-worth and esteem.
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interaction
A venue to discuss and consider how to live in this culture as a follower of Christ.
candid discussions
Led by a CROP Ministries mentor, a weekly forum includes candid disucssions with teens.
equip and resource
CROP Ministries provides resources and life-lessons for parents and their children.
program modules
Worksheets and essential documentation provided in each 10 week module.
life evaluations
Teens learn to evaluate life situations from a Biblical perspective.
graduation celebration
Upon completion the partipant goes through a Christian Rite of Passage ceremony.
A CHRISTIAN RITE OF PASSAGE FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADOLESCENCE
CROP Ministries is a Christian Rite of Passage in which parents mentor their child through the critical life stage when they transition from childhood to adolescence. It is targeted to the middle school aged student, generally in the 12 - 14 year old age range. To make a donation to the ministry:
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My son has said this has changed his life entirely.
Jennmother of 12 year old boy
Before CROP Ministries, I did not have a relationship with God. This program taught me what that is.
12 year old boy
I feel like I'm closer to (my dad) and I can openly talk to him.
13 year old girl
In my time in the church, I've never seen anything like it, as far as a discipleship program for preteens and their parents.
Eugenefather of 12 year old girl
You're going to hit issues that you do not hit in Sunday school or in church.
Patrickfather of 14 year old boy
(In CROP), I learned so much more about God.
14 year old boy
I've been talking to my dad more, and coming to him with more situations.
12 year old girl
The impact that it had on (my daughter) is that I found her to be more responsible and take charge of things that I hadn’t seen before.
Elizabethmother of 14 year old girl
Having been through the CROP Program with my daughter, I am now experiencing the fruit of an amazing and closer relationship with her.
Nickfather of 13 year old and 11 year old girls who went through the program