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Christian Icebreakers

Editor / March 27th 2019 / 15 Comments

Icebreakers for Christian gatherings help participants of every age relax and get ready for study, fun, or
fellowship. We have divided our selection of Christian icebreakers by age group to make it easy for you
to find the perfect one for any size, age, or group composition.

More awesome games can be found in article 10 GREAT Sunday School & Bible Games for Kids

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Table of Contents

1 Christian Icebreaker Games for Adults

1.1 I Am Blessed

1.2 Autographs

1.3 Crazy Poker

1.4 Market Memory

1.5 Picture Me

2 Teen Christian Icebreaker Games

2.1 Snowball Fight

2.2 Paperclip Links

2.3 Bible Basketball

3 Christian Icebreaker Games for Kids

3.1 Buzz Bomb Balloon

3.2 Frisbee Toss

3.3 Cotton Ball Scoop

4 Christian Icebreaker Games for Any Age

4.1 Bible Scavenger Hunt

4.2 If I Were

4.3 Pass the Present

5 Christian Icebreaker Questions

5.1 Related Posts

Christian Icebreaker Games for Adults

I Am Blessed

I Am Blessedis an excellent icebreaker game for an adult group of Christians get to know each other
better. It gives participants the chance to share something about their lives.

Start with a volunteer and have them give their name and a reason he or she feels blessed.

Continue around the room, asking each person to say the same thing.

The only rule is that each person should have a new and different blessing.

Autographs

A Christian icebreaker game that is fun and teaches adult players something about the members of the
group, Autographs takes a bit of preparation. Once you have your sheet created, you can use it multiple
times. Create an autograph sheet with lines and 15 to 20 different statements that some of the people
in the room can do, but probably not most of them. Leave a line below each statement for an
autograph. Some examples are, “Recite the books in the Old Testament.” or “Sing the third stanza to
‘How Great Thou Art’.” Each person is to find someone in the room who will perform the task. However,
they can only use each name once. The people who perform the task are to sign next to that statement.
The first person who fills the entire sheet with signatures is the winner.

Crazy Poker

Begin this run Christian icebreaker with the players seated in a circle. Give each person a card from a
deck without letting seeing the card and place it on the forehead, allowing all to see. The players can
then advise each other to change cards. The goal is to advise those with a big cards (i.e. King or Ace) to
change to another card, because the person with the smallest card loses. Each time a person loses, they
are out. The winner is the last player left – the one with the smallest card.

Market Memory

Those colored multi-page grocery store ads become the tools for this fun icebreaker game.

Divide your group into teams.

Pass out the store ads and give players 3 minutes to look through it.

The leader will ask questions (For example, how much per pound, what brand of noodles is on sale, etc.)
and the first person who raises his or her hand will get to answer.

The team with the most answers wins.

Picture Me

As the adults arrive, have each write their name on a slip of paper and place the slips in a bowl, basket
or bag. When you are ready to break the ice, have everyone draw a name. They are to keep the name
they drew secret and if they choose their own name, they must put it back and choose another. Pass out
plain white paper and a pencil to each person. They are to draw a picture of the person whose name
they drew. When everyone is finished drawing, the leader shares the pictures with the group and they
guess whose picture it is. You may need to have everyone introduce themselves before drawing begins if
you group does not know each other well.

Teen Christian Icebreaker Games

Snowball Fight

This Christian teen activity needs to take place in a large enclosed area or outside. You will need several
small soft balls. You may need to wrap the ball in tap to make it heavy enough to fly through the air.
Divide you group into two teams and give each team half of the balls. Divide the area into two halves
with tap or spray the grass with a paint line. If you are in a gym, simply have each team on half the court.
Each team must stay on their side. Each team throws balls at the other team and tries to hit them. If a
person is hit by the other team’s ball, they are out. However, if the ball is caught, the thrower is out. The
game ends when one team’s members are all out, or you can set a time limit.

Paperclip Links

A fun icebreaker that starts as the teens first enter the room for the evening, this game is guaranteed to
get the group warmed up and mingling. You will need a great number of paperclips for this icebreaker
game, so be ready. Give each teen ten (or more!) paperclips when they arrive. Tell the first three they
are the team leaders and cannot connect with each other. The goal is to get the teens to join their group
and create the largest chain of paperclips. The team with longest chain of paperclips wins.

Bible Basketball

This is an excellent icebreaker for Bible review.

Have all the teens put their chairs into a square with the same number of chairs on each side. Put a large
plastic trashcan or wastepaper basket in the middle of the square.

The leader can either think of a Bible related question or have some available on a sheet of paper
prepared in advance.

As you ask a question, the first teen to raise their hand gets to answer it.

If they are correct, they get to shoot a basketball into the “basket.” If they miss, the person the ball rolls
closest to gets to answer the next questions.

No one can get up to retrieve the ball until it stops rolling.

You can play this as a team game with each side as a team and the winning team being the one with the
most points.

Christian Icebreaker Games for Kids

Buzz Bomb Balloon

To begin this Christian children’s icebreaker game, have the children stand in a large circle.

Give each child a balloon that is not inflated.

Place a target in the middle of the circle – a large piece of colored construction works well or you can
simple put a circle on the floor with masking tape.

The children should be about ten feet away from the target.

Have each child blow up the balloon and hold it shut.

Either give the children different colors or write their initials on the balloons with permanent markers so
you can tell who gets closest to the target.

When the leader yells, “Go!” the children are to let go of their balloons and see whose balloon lands
closest to the target.

Use this game for teams by having the two teams face each other and put the target between them.

Frisbee Toss
A simple, but fun icebreaker game for children, you will need two hula hoops and six Frisbees. You can
either suspend the hula hoops from the ceiling or have some volunteer adults hold them up in the air.
Divide your group into teams and have each player take a turn with three chances to toss the Frisbee
through the hula hoop. The team with the most points at the end of a specific time wins.

Cotton Ball Scoop

A game suitable for teams or for using with two volunteers, this children’s church ice breaker provides a
great deal of fun. You will need two large bowls filled with cotton, two empty bowls, two blindfolds, and
two spoons. The children are given 30 seconds to transfer cotton balls from the full bowl to an empty
bowl. Since the cotton balls are so light, many times the participants think they have cotton balls in their
spoons when they are really empty. If you use it as a team game, the winning team is the one with the
most cotton balls.

More Christian icebreaker games for kids may be found in our article Youth Ministry Games

Christian Icebreaker Games for Any Age

Bible Scavenger Hunt

Divide your group into teams and make sure each team member has a Bible. Give the name of a Bible
person, place, or thing and see which team is able to find the scriptural reference first. If you wish, you
can allow the participants to use a concordance if their Bible has one. You can make some of them easy
and some hard and vary difficulty based upon the age and knowledge of your group. This icebreaker can
also be used at the beginning and end of a Bible class for lesson review.

If I Were
One great icebreaker game that works well with Christian groups is If I Were. The group simply takes
turns saying statements that begin with “If I were . . .” For example, “If I were a flower, I would be a
daisy, because it is simple and pretty.” Some other categories are, “If I were a . . . food, animal,
President, song, movie, book, car, airline, city, country, etc.” For younger children, it might be best to
give the prompt and let them finish the statement. Sometimes you get some really funny statements
that will make everyone laugh.

Pass the Present

An excellent game for any age, this Christian icebreaker game is fun and has a prize at the end. Have the
players either sit or stand in a circle. You will need a paper wrapped package and a way to play music.
The goal of the game is not to have the present when the music stops. To prepare for this fun game, you
need to choose an age appropriate prize and wrap it in multiple layers of paper. You can use as many
layers as you wish. The more layers of paper you have, the longer the game will last. On each paper,
write a funny action or activity. The person who has the package when the music stops must remove
one layer of paper and do the action or activity. After they have finished, the music starts again and the
present keeps going around the circle. The person who unwraps the last layer keeps the gift. We have
listed some activity suggestions below to write on the paper layers, or you can choose your own:

Sing a song

Do a dance

Tell a joke

Make a funny face

Pat your head while rubbing your stomach

Christian Icebreaker Questions

Questions are also an excellent way to break the ice and we have created a list of Christian icebreaker
questions for you to use.

If you could change places with a Bible character, whom would you choose? Why?
If you could add two commandments to the existing ten, what would they be?

If you could break one of the commandments, which would it be and why?

What is your favorite book of the Bible? Why?

If you could perform miracles, what would you do?

Which souls of our society do you think need the most help?

Have you had a prayer answered lately? Share the story.

Who has been the greatest influence on your Christian life and why?

What do you think delights God above everything else?

What made you decide to attend this church?

How would your life be different if you knew Jesus was returning later today?

Share about a spiritual experience you have had.

If God was about to send a thunderbolt from the sky to strike someone down, who do you think would
be struck?

What do you not want said at your funeral?

Besides murder and violence – what do you think is the worst kind of sin?

What is your most favorite bible you have received? Why?

When you think about God – what is the first thing that comes to mind?

What are your biggest questions about your relationship with God?

When is it most difficult to trust God?

What are the best parts about being a part of your congregation?

What have you learned recently from another Christian?

Who is your favorite Christian that is a celebrity?

Whom would you turn to if you were in desperate need of help?

What turns you on spiritually?

Do you believe everything happens for a reason?

What would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Do you feel you have a purpose or calling in life?

What do you think the secret to a good life is?

You may also have a look on our huge list of general icebreaker questions.

Enjoyment is an important component for Christian activities and our selection of icebreaker games and
activities for Christian groups provide an excellent way to make any Christian get-together fun and
memorable.

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15 Comments

ann smith /July 1st, 2015 /Reply

Everyday i am looking for way to hold children attention and join in a group to study the bible. Young
and old need to work and learn together about the bible. It is hard to group a study of bible for all. It is a
blessing to come across a Christian websites to help me group everyone together. Every Sunday evening
young and old come together for bible study. The young come bored.
samuel /December 9th, 2015 /Reply

This was indeed helpful. I’m going to implement them in the next event of The Pillars of The Throne
Men’s meeting.

Thanks 🙂

samuel /December 9th, 2015 /Reply

This was indeed helpful. I’m going to implement them in the next event of The Pillars of The Throne
Men’s meeting.

Thanks 🙂

Zela /December 31st, 2015 /Reply

It is so helpful, I am going to implement it on Midnight service….

Jennie /March 6th, 2016 /Reply

I’m going one of your ice breakers for my home group on wed 🙂 should be good.

Mcknight /August 26th, 2019 /Reply

I love the few ideas I got. I wish there were more for a upcoming christian ice breakers and games for a
Christmas party

Thanks.😊

Nancy /April 16th, 2016 /Reply

i love this website and its really My favorite. 🙂

Yoshinobu /October 6th, 2016 /Reply

LOVE THIS…i’m from the state of chuuk, one of the federated states of micronesia…we do our bible
study every tuesday and thursday…lately my youth have been absent from our group, maybe cuz their
tired or bored. So i see this site and its something that might help me get them to come, its fun and
same time learning. thanks

yoshinobu