J 12 Ministry Brochure

Jesus at the age of twelve is the only window we have of the Son of God from the time surrounding His birth until His baptism.

At this age, Jesus is “lost” in Jerusalem.  His frantic parents find Him in the temple and ask Him what He has been doing.  Jesus responds, saying that they should have know he would be about “His Father’s business.”

We live with a rescuing mentality when what we really need is a reaching revelation.  Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go and he will not depart from it.”

If we reach our kids early, the probability is that we won’t have to pray for their return later on.  Twelve through twenty-one is the greatest decade of regret in western culture, when it should be a decade of destiny.

Dawson’s Preteen Ministry, J12, desires to equip and encourage our preteens to embrace the cause of Christ as their very own.  Our prayer is that Jesus’ words would become the passion of this generation, that our preteens would be about their Father’s business.