Wayne Poling, Senior Sunday School Specialist at Lifeway Christian Resources in Nashville, Tennessee shares that Sunday School is the foundational strategy in a local church for leading people to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and for building on-mission Christians through open Bible study groups that engage people in evangelism, Read more
Larry Osborne, pastor of North Coast Church in California has written a book, Sticky Church. The premise of the book is to point out the importance of sermon-based small groups. As I have read this book I felt that Sunday School could be put in place of sermon-based small groups Read more
Arthur Flake was born in Texas in 1862 and became a successful clothing merchant in Mississippi. He came to the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1909 and became the head of the Sunday School Department in 1920. He developed a strategy to grow the Sunday School Read more
David Francis, Sunday School Director, at LifeWay Christian Resources has written a small book titled, Transformational Class: Transformational Church Goes to Sunday School. This little book is based on LifeWay’s Transformational Church research project. They researched churches large and small and different denominations to discover the key elements that help Read more
It is natural for people to take vacations and be gone during the summer months. People (including Sunday School teachers) need this time away to refresh and renew themselves. I encourage Sunday School teachers to take some time away from the class. Enlist your Apprentice Teacher to fill in for Read more
Some teachers set a goal to have 100% in attendance. This is a worthy goal but God has not called us to and have 100% in Sunday School. Rather, He calls us to “Go and make disciples.” Dropping someone off of the Sunday School roll so you can have a Read more
We have recently heard about the expertise and capabilities of the Navy SEALS. Everyday they train and prepare. They are ready to go on a moments notice. They are the elite of the fighting forces and have trained to perform certain actions that most people will never be able to Read more
Recently, our country has experienced an unusual amount of severe storms. I just heard on the news that over 200 people lost their lives when over 100 tornados tore through the south leaving a path of destruction. Life is filled with storms. Some storms are not as devastating as a Read more
Research indicates that the use of visuals greatly improves the effectiveness of a teacher. When the only teaching method used is lecture, learners only remember about 10% of what is said verbally. When visuals are added to the lecture or verbal presentation the percentage remembered by learners increases to 60%. Read more
I just returned from attending the Baptist Association of Christian Educators conference in Nashville, Tennessee. The focus and theme of the conference was “Living the Truth”. We explored how well we, as Christian educators, are doing in helping people know and apply the Bible to their lives. The main speaker Read more