Psalm 33.11: “The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation.”

In this passage of Scripture the inner working of God and His purpose is revealed. It is purpose and intention of God’s heart that His plans continue from generation to generation. All throughout the Bible God’s purposes in every time and season flow in and through the life of each generation. Each generation is called and equipped by the Lord Himself to fulfill His plans in their generation.

The Bible tells us that David served the purpose of God in his generation and was a man after God’s own heart.

Acts 13.36: “For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers…”

Generational purpose and serving mark the shape and configuration of one that is after the heart of God. This identification with the heart of God wherein the purpose of God extends from generation to generation is called Generational Transfer.

Generational Transfer
Generational Transfer necessarily involves the impartation of God’s will and intent for each generation to each generation. This means ministering to children. One of the primary ministries of the Church is to transfer to the next generation all that is needed for them to be equipped to fulfill the purpose of God in their generation. Generational Transfer is the key to the long-term success of any family and Church. How we transfer the “stuff of life” to the next generation determines and defines the success of that people.

Whenever and wherever Generational Transfer has not occurred accurately, there has been a default and retreat from the purposes of God in that generation.

Psalm 78.9-11: “The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, yet they turned back in the day of battle. They did not keep the covenant of God, and refused to walk in His law and they forgot His deeds and His miracles that He had shown them.”

This passage of Scripture describes the failure of Generational Transfer in the sons of Ephraim who, although they were equipped with bows, turned back in the day of battle. There was no Generational Transfer of the truth of God and His covenant and the result was a retreat and backward movement in the time of their destiny.

The preceding verses in the above passage reveals to us that the key to Generational Transfer is the teaching of truth and knowledge to our children and then even to the generation to come.

Psalm 78.3-8: “We have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not conceal them from their children, but tell to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wondrous works that He has done...that they should teach them to their children, that the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, that they may arise and tell them to their children, that they should put their confidence in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments. And not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not prepare its heart, and whose spirit was not faithful to God.”

This accurate transfer to the next generation guarantees the coming into reality of the purposes and plans of the heart of God from generation to generation. G2 is the vehicle by which we guarantee this Generational Transfer here at City at the Cross.

G2 is more than a “Sunday School” program, it is the means whereby the grace of God present in this generation can be imparted to the next generation of young men and women of God. It is our desire to see the ‘counsel of the Lord stand forever’ and the ‘plans of His heart from generation to generation’.

Here are some of the distinct characteristics of the Impartational Model of G2.

The Impartational Model releases the grace in each Instructor/Assistant to flow from Christ through them to each child in each encounter.
The Impartational Model is flexible and fluid enough to customize to each child that which the Lord is saying and doing within the overall Church setting.
The Impartational Model focuses on early-age discipleship which releases the grace and call of God into the next generation of men and women.
The Impartational Model prevents stagnate and fossilized methods and means of equipping the children of City at the Cross in that it requires constant evaluation and integration.
The Impartational Model triggers and develops learning via all avenues of each child’s learning processes of mind, heart, spirit, and body through interaction and artistic expression.
Biblical examples of the Impartational Model of children.
The Life of Samuel 1 Samuel
The Life of Jesus Luke 2.39-52
The Life of Timothy 2 Timothy 1.5

Statement of Purpose
The purpose of G2 is: “To impart children of all ages the grace necessary to become and be all that God has called them to do and be from generation to generation.”

Philosophy of Ministry
G2 is built on the Impartational Model of ministry to children rather than the traditional Sunday School Model. In the Sunday School Model, teachers and children follow a set yearly curriculum written and designed by a ministry not related to City at the Cross. The Sunday School Model while being thorough with regards to informational content does not facilitate a flexible and interactive format which takes into account all of the various factors which enter into the release of the grace of God into a young person’s life.

In the Impartational Model children are not only ‘taught’ Bible stories, but the reality that lies therein is imparted to them through Spirit-filled interaction and discipleship. Focus is primarily on the development of spiritual identity and skills needed for success in later years. The phrase “spiritual impartation” means: “The release of the grace of God into the life of another person from which is possessed within the spiritual reality of the one imparting.”