What Every Sunday School Teacher Should Know
Overview
Sharing God’s Word with children can be the most spiritually satisfying experience of your life. But what if the pastor’s wife asks you to teach the third-graders next Sunday and you’ve never taught kids before? The prospect can be terrifying. Here’s an easy-to-read book that will inspire Sunday school teachers, new and experienced, to embrace with joy their important role of teaching children of all ages about God’s amazing love. This book provides a quick and easy guide to preparing for and teaching a dynamic Bible lesson, even on short notice.
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- Presents an easy-to-read book for Sunday school teachers
- Sheds light on the important role of teaching children about God
- Provides a quick and easy guide to preparing for and teaching Bible lessons
- You Can Make a Difference in a Life
- God Can Use You
- God Has Equipped You
- Students Learn Differently
- Mastering the Basics
- Effective Teaching Begins on Your Knees
- One Thing Is Really Important
- You Can’t Lead Your Class Until You Know Where You’re Going
- Developing a Lesson Outline Is Important
- Students Learn When They Talk
- Sometimes Teaching Is Lecturing
- Students Like a Good Story
- Students Learn by Looking
- Students Learn Best by Doing
- Teaching Builds on What Students Already Know
- Memorizing Is Necessary
- In One Minute You Can Influence a Life
- Application Is Everything
- Review Is Important
- Good Behavior Doesn’t Come Naturally
- How to Make Your Class Inviting
- How to Lead Students to Christ
- Growing a Class Comes Through Friendship Evangelism
Top Highlights
“If you think God couldn’t use you, remember that He doesn’t ask you to be successful; He asks you to be willing to serve Him and to be faithful in the task He gives you.” (Page 21)
“You are not prepared to teach until you have prepared yourself through prayer.” (Page 49)
“Without a lot of education, church officer experience or public recognition, Jimmy Breland made a difference in my life and in the lives of many others. You can do the same. You can influence a life for Christ.” (Page 19)
“Determine how easy it is for you to remember the outline. If you have difficulty remembering it, your students will probably not do much better. Sometimes, using an acrostic or alliteration in your outline may make it easier for both you and your students. One Sunday School teacher reminded his adult Bible class that the local church was the Bride of Christ and then used the word ‘WIFE’ to describe four functions in church life: Worship, Instruction, Fellowship, Evangelism.” (Page 74)
“People fail to involve themselves in Sunday School over issues such as a poor self-image, a lack of trust in God to work through them, or a lack of wisdom in knowing where and when to serve. Below are a few insights I think are important to consider as you ponder serving in Sunday School.” (Page 21)
A wealth of simple yet practical tools for increasing personal effectiveness as a master teacher.
—Vonette Bright, founder, Women Today
Elmer Towns is a nonstop resource and motivator of Christian leaders and workers—always practical, always spiritually purposed.
—Jack W. Hayford, pastor, The Church On the Way
Elmer Towns knows more about serving God as a Sunday school teacher than anyone else in America.
—Tim LaHaye, founder, Tim LaHaye Ministries and The PreTrib Research Center
- Title: What Every Sunday School Teacher Should Know
- Author: Elmer Towns
- Publishers: Regal, Gospel Light
- Print Publication Date: 2001
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 154
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Christian education › Teaching methods; Christian education › Philosophy; Sunday school teachers
- ISBNs: 9781493425518, 0830728740, 149342551X, 9780830728749
- Resource ID: LLS:WHTEVRYTCHKNW
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:47:23Z
Elmer Towns is cofounder of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and dean of its School of Religion. Also a best-selling author, he won an ECPA Gold Medallion Book of the Year Award for The Names of the Holy Spirit.