Sunday School for Dummies: How to Use and Develop New Teachers
By Jamie Dunlop
Do you have more teaching slots for adult Sunday School programs than you have teachers to fill them? More than a few pastors would say so.
In my church, we have 850 members, quite a few of whom are excellent teachers. But to fill our schedule of adult Sunday school classes we need 72 teachers each year, assuming no one teaches more than one quarter each. It’s a stretch to find that many men who know their Bibles well and are capable teachers and have the time to devote to teaching a class.
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Not Your Grandma’s Sunday School
By Garrett KellWhat if your church had a different way of doing adult Sunday school?
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Why Sunday School Lost its Edge
By Ed StetzerIt’s probably not a secret that Sunday school is no longer the en vogue program of the local church. Its reputation has, well, suffered over the years. My focus here is not to give answers or prescriptions, but to help us consider how it lost its reputation—its edge—and how a once thriving program is now often seen as a relic of the past.
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Why You Want Sunday School
By I’m not entirely sure why, but it seems that everywhere I look, churches are abandoning adult Sunday School. There may be some valid reasons for this, but I would suggest that such churches are in danger of throwing away a key tool for training church members to be wiser and more faithful disciples of Jesus.
So, in this article I’m going to present an apologetic for Sunday school. I’ll begin with a couple reflections on personal experience.
EXPERIENCES WITH AND WITHOUT SUNDAY SCHOOL
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Do You Disciple Your Staff?
Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. (Col. 1:28)
Pastors help Christians grow, and effective pastors understand that proclaiming Christ is the great power source for progress in the Christian life.
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Wanted: More Older Women Discipling Younger Women
By Susan HuntI had spoken on the topic of biblical womanhood and a college-age woman asked me a thoughtful question: How can I think biblically about my womanhood when I am constantly told that independence is power and that I should seek my own fulfillment and determine my own destiny?
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May Women Serve as Pastors?
By Someone will occasionally ask me whether women may serve in ministry. My answer is always, “Yes, of course! All believers are called upon to serve and minster to one another.”
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How Pastors Can Equip Women for Ministry
By Bob JohnsonI wish you could meet Lorie. Lorie’s life is complicated by the ongoing difficulties that come with multiple sclerosis.
But that doesn’t keep her from counseling several women on a weekly basis. Her unrelenting joy in the promises of God helps her to bring about gospel growth in other women. Lorie pours into others what others have helped pour into her: the practice of bringing the Scriptures to bear on all aspects of life.
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The Genesis of Gender and Ecclesial Womanhood
By Men and women are different.
To some readers, this is obvious. To an increasing number of people, however, these are fighting words. The idea that men and women are basically, essentially different is passé.[1] To argue further that these differences carve out different roles for men and women which include the “submission” word—let’s just say that won’t win you many friends at a dinner party.[2]
CREATION AND DESIGN
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Discipling Men vs. Discipling Women
By Deepak RejuDebbie called me on Friday because she’s having a hard time in her marriage. Like many pastors, I regularly put out fires like this one. I talked and prayed with her, and then I called her husband to talk over the situation.
There are a thousand questions that I have to sort through as I shepherd John and Debbie (not their real names). Do I invest more in John and send Debbie to a godly woman? Do I meet both of them for marital counseling? Do I meet up with Debbie, and, if so, what is my pastoral responsibility to her?
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