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Our Sunday School Challenge
Assist Mississippi Baptist Churches to build multiplying disciples through engaging individuals in Bible study, Fellowship, Ministry, Worship, Evangelism, and Prayer and to assist them to become strong Acts 1:8 churches
Sunday School, small group Bible study, fellowship groups, or whatever name you choose to use, the purpose should still be the same…to reach people for Christ, to teach them to know Christ, and send them out to serve Christ. It is all about growing New Testament disciples. It is far more than just gathering for the purpose of imparting Biblical information. It is to see spiritual transformation take place.
As your Sunday School Department, we serve as your resource team for evaluation, equipping, encouraging, and assistance for your Sunday School leaders. There are some ageless principles that work in any church in any location, but the applications must be customized to your particular situation. We are eager to assist you in any way to help enrich your Bible study ministry.
We have seen great success in the Church Sunday School Growth Plan as we have come along side approximately 100 of our Mississippi Baptist Convention churches to help them evaluate their Sunday School and their community to develop a strategic plan of impact for their church and community. These churches have seen significant turn around in this process. We are assisting these churches in beginning NEW Sunday School classes with a leadership team of five people based on the five functions of the church. It works. We would love to share this strategy with every pastor and Sunday School Director.
We also want to challenge EVERY CHURCH IN MISSISSIPPI to have Vacation Bible School every year. It can be for a week, a weekend, or even an ALL DAY VBS on Saturday or Sunday. If you do it once, you can do it AGAIN with another church in Mississippi or another location. Twenty-six percent of all our baptisms come through Vacation Bible School. We want to assist you and help equip your workers regardless of the curriculum you use.
Our Student Ministry is also so very critical. We have not been doing a good job reaching and keeping students. But we know they need to know Christ. We have a terrific team of resource leaders for Student Ministry to help you in developing strong Student Ministry Disciples. You may have to think outside the box. You will have to learn a new language, a different version of English. You may even have to change the time in which you minister to and with students, but the results are worth the hard work and prayer.
We live in a new day for Sunday School. It is not JUST for Sunday. Bible study for spiritual transformation can be done anytime, anywhere, and with anyone who agrees to give you the time. We want to help you think strategically and creatively to grow strong Acts 1:8 disciples.
A N D………we still believe Arthur Flake was right and his principles still work…
Know your Potential
Enlarge your Ministry
Equip your Workers
Provide the right Environment
Going after the People
Your Sunday School Department is here for you. Please let us help.
Here are some of the services we offer! Click on the topics below that interest you.
Wouldn’t it be great if your Sunday School could go to the doctor for a checkup? Guess what, it can! Better yet, it is free and the doctor makes house calls.
The Sunday School Growth Plan is designed to help churches organize their Sunday School, begin new units, and cast a vision for Sunday School growth. For more information click on the link to read/print the brochure.
We are available to come and assist you in any way we can. Ask us anything!
In addition to resources provided by LifeWay Christian Resources, we want to make available support materials to help your Sunday School. Materials are available with topics ranging from classroom suggestions for Preschool and Children’s ministry, to developing a prospect file for the entire church, to the latest in materials that are offered through LifeWay. With both paper and on-line resources we hope to help you when questions arise.
Click here to download our Conference Evaluation Form pdf
Please contact our Sunday School staff by: Phone: 1-800-748-1651, 968-3800 (locally) Fax (601) 714-7430, E-mail ssdept@mbcb.org
