Faith that Grows with Children
Discover GrowthRings® - a developmental framework for faith formation, helping parents and faith influencers nurture spiritual growth that is intentional, embodied, and sustainable across a lifetime.
What is
GrowthRings?
A Framework for Faith Formation in Children
GrowthRings® is a developmental framework for faith formation that understands faith as something children grow into, not something they learn all at once. Rooted in Scripture and informed by child development, GrowthRings helps families and faith communities nurture spiritual growth through everyday relationships, practices, and shared experiences.
Rather than treating faith as a one-size-fits-all curriculum, GrowthRings honors the reality that children grow emotionally, relationally, and spiritually in recognizable seasons. Each season builds on the last, forming a coherent and sustainable arc of faith across childhood and adolescence.
Why Development Matters in Faith Formation
Faith is always forming.
Children are shaped daily - by love, routines, conversations, and community. The Bible calls parents and faith communities to practice intentional discipleship, weaving faith into everyday life and passing it from one generation to the next.
GrowthRings aligns this biblical vision with how children actually grow, helping churches and families move beyond isolated lessons toward lifelong, relational faith formation.
Growing Faith One Season at a Time
Faith grows much like a tree—alive, shaped over time, and rooted in something deeper than what we can see. This is the heart of faith formation in children.
It is rooted in God’s Word,
nurtured by parents and caregivers,
sustained in Christian community,
and growing through everyday moments of life and faith.
GrowthRings® takes its name from the rings within a tree trunk. Each ring marks a season of growth, shaped by nourishment, challenge, and care. Over time, those rings tell the story of how the tree has grown.
In the same way, children’s faith grows and develops year by year. GrowthRings helps parents and ministry leaders nurture faith in children through intentional relationships, everyday practices, and a shared approach to family discipleship.
For Parents and Church Leaders
GrowthRings® is designed to be lived at home and strengthened in the church—supporting both family discipleship and children’s ministry.
For parents, GrowthRings provides simple, meaningful ways to practice faith formation at home, offering language and rhythms that fit naturally into everyday life—without pressure to do everything at once.
For church leaders, it offers a unifying framework for children’s ministry, intergenerational worship, and family discipleship, aligning teaching and practice around a shared vision of how faith grows.
By giving both home and church a common understanding of how children grow in faith, GrowthRings helps bridge the gap between church and home—equipping families and communities to nurture faith together.