Organize Your Group to Reach, Teach, and Minister
There is more work to do in your group than you can accomplish alone. Mobilize your group to fulfill the potential of group members and your group! Why Is This Important? In a busy week, the teacher...
View ArticleFive Ways to Engage Children in Sunday School
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin Research suggests that eighty-seven percent of all learners learn through kinesthetic activities. [1]...
View ArticleReading Your Bible in 2022
2022 is upon us, and just like previous years, there’s likely a flurry of activity for church leaders to look for resources to encourage their church to read the Bible in the new year. And while...
View ArticleReaching Teens in the New Year
The start of a new year and a new school semester is a great time to evaluate and reflect on current practices. Many of us create personal and family resolutions in the new year, but this season also...
View ArticleReaching Young Adults
I regularly hear church leaders say, “We need to reach young adults,” usually in a church that is struggling to reach and keep young adults. If this is your church, there is hope! Here are three...
View ArticleMinistering to Members Going through a Crisis
“It’s time.” I knew exactly what that statement meant, even at 2:30 in the morning, because I was ready for the call. The young couple that I ministered to in my church had begun to experience a...
View ArticleTop Tips for Men’s Ministry
For many churches men’s ministry is either non-existent or the ministry consists of quarterly breakfasts and an annual cookout. I have talked with pastors and leaders from normative size churches,...
View ArticleTeacher’s New Year Prayer
My Mother went to her heavenly home on February 27, 2016. She taught an Adult Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church Lexington, Tennessee for fifty-two years. Here is a poem that she wrote...
View ArticleConnect with Prospective Members
You know the scene. You have witnessed it happen time and again. A church guest walks into your Sunday School class for the first time. The excitement grows, but so does the anxiety. The questions...
View ArticleGrowing Your Group
When you hear the words, “growing your group,” what comes to your mind? Do you think numerical increase? Or do you think maturational growth, growth as disciples? Can you have one without the other?...
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