Leaderesource Purpose Statement

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Leaderesource Purpose Statement
Sunday School is a ministry strategy that exists
to assist the church in accomplishing its
God-given mission of making disciples.
Leaderesource is designed to help you as a church
leader in developing a disciple-making culture in
your church through the Sunday School ministry.
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Adult Sunday School Organization

• The focus of this conference is to establish the
  biblical basis for organizing the adult Sunday
  School division, establish biblical objectives
  and recommend ways to organize adults to meet the
  objectives. Adult leaders should leave the
  conference with greater confidence on how to
  organize their adult division to fulfill the
  Great Commission.

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I. The Biblical Basis for Organizing Adults

• Within the first few verses of Genesis we see
  evidence that God is a God of order and
  organization.
• His goal was not only to create life, but sustain
  it.
• Gods desire for orderliness and organization is
  demonstrated in practical ways in both the Old
  and New Testaments. The following are two
  examples

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Example 1

• The arrangement of the Israelite tribal camps in
  route to the Promised Land (Numbers 21-2)
• The balance of the chapter outlines the camp
  location of each tribe, and the order that each
  tribe was to proceed in when the camp was ordered
  to move to a new location.

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The basic camp organization looked like this
13) Naphtali
12) Asher
11) Dan
Merari
Tabernacle
1) Judah
10) Benjamin
7) Gershon
2) Issachar
9) Manasseh
3) Zebulon
8) Ephraim
Kohath
4) Reuben
5) Simeon
6) Gad
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• Not only did the 12 tribes have their assigned
  locations outside the tabernacle complex, the
  Levites (descendants of Levi) had their assigned
  locations inside the tabernacle complex.
• Levi had 3 sons. The sons of these men formed 3
  families that composed the tribe of the Levites
  (Gershonites, Kohathites, and Merarites).
• The thing to remember about this is that God
  created and commanded this order.

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• Simeon? Reuben? Zebulon? Issachar? Judah?
• Gad ? Levites ? Ephraim ? Manasseh ?
  (Tabernacle)
• Naphtali ? Asher ? Dan ? Benjamin

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Example 2

• The feeding of the 5,000 men (Read Mark
  633-44)

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II. Biblical Objectives of the Adult Organization

• The ultimate purpose of the Sunday School The
  Sunday School is not just an organization of the
  church it is the church organized to do the work
  of theGreat Commission.

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III. Organize adults to meet the objectives

• Selecting and Training Leaders
• Organizing adult Sunday School classes to meet
  their biblical objectives must begin with
  selecting and training leaders who are assigned
  to each objective.
• The three primary objectives of Sunday School
• Reach people for Christ and church membership
• Teach people Gods Word
• Minister to peoples needs

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A simple leadership model to meet the objectives
of Sunday School

• Leader Objective
• Teacher Teach Gods Word
• Outreach Leader Reach people for Bible Study
• Care Group Leader Minister to peoples needs
• Class Administrator Coordinate the work of the
  class to assure the accomplishment of the
  class objectives
• Class Secretary Provide ministry support through
  records maintenance

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Class Organization
Class Administrator

Class Secretary
Teacher
Class Outreach Leader
Care Group Leader
Associate Teacher
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Organize membershipWays to group adults for
Bible teaching

• By decade age ranges (coed and gender based)
• By median age (coed and gender based)
• Intergenerational groups
• Marital Status

• Parents of preschoolers
• Parents of children
• Parents of youth
• Seekers
• New Christians
• Curriculum (example Explore the Bible,
  Masterworks, etc.)

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• Be sure to make the class enrollments manageable
  by your leadership and adaptable to your Sunday
  School space.
• An ideal class enrollment is 25 which helps
  assure an average attendance of 12.
• Twelve promotes a strong small group dynamic.

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Organize Adults

• Organize adults for ministry.
• Care group ministry is the heart of so much of
  the outward, weekday focus of adult Sunday School
  work.

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Care Group Ministry Keys

1. Care Groups should be gender-based. Care Groups
   are to be accountability groups that through
   periodic meetings encourage transparency and
   Koinonea. Gender-based groups better enable these
   blessings .
2. Care groups should be balanced with active,
   medium active and inactive members.

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Care Group Ministry Keys (continued)

1. Care Groups are outreach teams. Every adult
   Sunday School prospect should be assigned to a
   Care Group.
2. Care Groups are ministry teams.
3. Care Groups can be discipling groups.
4. Care Groups are fellowship groups.

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C. The Learning Environment

• Tips to improve your classroom
• Make sure your space will accommodate more than
  your current average attendance. 10 square feet
  per adult is required.
• Establish a focal wall. The focal wall should be
  equipped with a marker board, biblical maps, and
  a cork board (or cork strips) for visual aids.
• Provide adequate lighting and storage.

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More tips for improving your classroom

1. Provide a bulletin board that will contain
   personalized name tags for members and name tags
   for guests, pictures of members in service and
   photos of class fellowship and ministry projects.
2. Provide a table for literature, etc.
3. Arrange chairs in a semi-circle or horseshoe
   configuration to allow flexibility for buzz
   groups and member eye contact.

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Closure

• Follow Up/Accountability

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A Ministry Of

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