FIRST PERSON: Coaching your Sunday School leaders to win
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Enlist, equip, encourage. Enlist, equip, encourage. That's the cycle of work for the Sunday School leader.
Sunday School & a church’s mission
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Too many churches operate like a Department of Redundancy Department.
Low Sunday School expectations
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--My friend Allan Taylor wrote an excellent book about how to have a high-expectation Sunday school.
What to do with leftover literature
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--What do you do when the quarter is nearly over and you have extra Sunday School learner guides and magazines left over?
Dropping someone from the roll
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--I recently exchanged a number of e-mails with a Sunday School leader in Mississippi.
What teachers need and want
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Every Sunday School leader and worker can do a better job. Even though most of them would acknowledge that in reality, it is still difficult to get Sunday School teachers to attend training.
Ways to make guests feel unwelcome
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--April Fool's Day is behind us, but it is still close enough for some people -- like me -- to slip in some tongue-in-cheek jesting.
Reaching Sunday School goals
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--There is one irreducible law of church growth: start new units. That is, start new groups, new classes, new ministry teams, new missions, new churches.
10 ‘excuses’ for new Sunday School classes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--At a conference held last year at LifeWay, Rich Smith, minister of discipleship at First Baptist Church in Ellisville, Mo., asked for input on starting classes that match teaching and learning styles.
Effective Sunday School leaders
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--When it comes to maintaining a vital relationship with the Lord, Sunday School leaders never graduate from the spiritual disciplines prescribed through the ages for all Christians:
