A Boko Haram group was suspected of carrying out the attack, the sources said.
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A security source said between 20 and 30 gunmen carried out the attack.
Tunisian fishermen rescued 16 people and brought them to shore in Zarzis.
The 894 children, including 106 girls, had been in the ranks of the government-backed Civilian Joint Task Force
IS claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement distributed through social media
Villagers fled the attack but returned on Tuesday to bury the dead left amid the charred wreckage of their homes.
It was the first attack on a church since jihadist violence erupted in Burkina Faso in 2015.
ISWAP fighters on Friday launched an assault on the base at Mararrabar Kimba, 135 kilometres (85 miles) from the state capital, Maiduguri.
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