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Providing Space
This is day 26 of 31 Days of Missionary Sunday School. Providing Sunday School space effects multiple parts of your church’s ministry. In Mark 2, Jesus was teaching in the house one day. The place was...
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Our Commission: Go after the People
This is day 27 of 31 Days of Missionary Sunday School Go to the lost, confused people right here in the neighborhood. Tell them that the kingdom is here. — Matthew 10:6-7 “The Message” As Christians,...
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The Principle of Three
This is day 28 of 31 Days of Missionary Sunday School Some people can easily identify patterns or trends in everyday life. David Francis identified some patterns involving three things. The following...
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The Two-Year Principle
This is post 29 of 31 Days of Missionary Sunday School. A frequently asked question of many Sunday School leaders is, “When is a Sunday School class too large?” Typically the question is asked by...
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Train your Replacement
This is 30 of 31 Days of Missionary Sunday School. I remember my first meeting with the Sunday School Director at my new church. He said, “We know we need to start new classes, but we are facing the...
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Coffee with my Homeboy
Arthur Flake: Sunday School Missionary A couple of years ago, as a way of recognizing state Sunday school directors, Bob Mayfield of Oklahoma provided coffee cups with Arthur Flake’s picture on it and...
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Sunday School in a Transformational Church
This is article one of a ten part series. Transformation There’s a little praise chorus that has almost become the “Amazing Grace” for a new generation. Nearly everyone, young and old knows the...
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Sunday School in a Transformational Church
This is article five of a ten part series. Click here to view the previous article. Word Driven Read Luke 10:25-27 and listen for Jesus’ teaching method… Just then a religion scholar stood up with a...
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Principles for Transformational Small Group Bible Study
This is article nine of a ten part series. Click here to view the previous article. Principle Six: Examination Let’s review some of the statements made during this series of blog articles: Definitions:...
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Principles for Transformational Small Group Bible Study
This is article ten of a ten part series. Click here to view the previous article. Principle Seven: Application The lesson had gone well. The class seemed to be engaged in the Bible study, and the...
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Direction
I really do not like Garmin. We had purchased the GPS device while on a trip back home from visiting our daughter and son-in-law in South Carolina. At first, I became mesmerized with the woman’s...
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Getting the Attention of Your Members
By Dr. Fred Creason, Leadership Strategist, Wyoming Southern Baptist Convention WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? We all know the routine: “Anybody got any blessings this week?” “Anybody got any prayer...
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Get a New View Toward the Bible Passage
By Fred Creason, Leadership Strategists, Wyoming Southern Baptist Convetion WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? I grew up with the King James Version of the Bible. In the 1970s I came into contact with other...
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The One Thing You Could Do in Your Classroom to Help Reach More People
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Many church leaders have said jokingly, “Ministry would be fun if it was not for people…” But the fact is that “there would be no ministry if it were not for people!” For too...
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What Every Student Needs in Their Sunday School Classroom
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? The Bible conveys to us that we have been made creatures have need relationships. I know that many might disagree with that statement, but it the core of our being I believe we...
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The 5 Biggest Mistakes Churches Make in Classroom Design
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? I’ve seen more than five mistakes so this will not be a complete exhaustive list of things to avoid or include in the design of your new education space. I wish there were only...
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Learn More about the Skill of Writing/Asking Good Questions
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Several years ago I was introduced to a new skill. I had no idea about the impact that this training would have on my life, my teaching, my group leading, and my relationships...
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3 Steps to Leading Your Members to Read Their Bible Daily
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? We all know the importance of reading the Bible. It is our only offensive weapon in the spiritual war we engage in daily. When Jesus was tempted, He used the Word as his...
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Using a Teaching Style Different from Your Natural Preference
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? Most teachers will teach the same way this Sunday that they taught last Sunday. They will teach the same way the next Sunday that they taught this Sunday. Why? Because that’s...
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3 Ideas to Get More from the Bible
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel” (Ezra 7:10, NKJV). Ezra provided us with a great...
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