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OVERVIEW OFADULT Sunday
SchoolSeptember 5, 2003
Bill AlphinBible Study and Discipleship Coordinator
Virginia Baptist Mission Board
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What questions do you
have?
How Has the Adult
Sunday School Made a
Difference in Your Life?
“By the time they reach adulthood, people have
acquired a way of seeing the world, a way of interpreting their
experiences, and a set of values…They often must
integrate new experiences with prior learning…prior
learning must be examined and some
adjustments made.”P. Cranton
“Life experiences impact our
perceptions about life
and how we learn.”
World View(Leon McKenzie)
• Knowledge• Ideas• Feelings• Values (Preferred vs. actual)• Assumptions • Beliefs• Lived experience--How things
are
Types of World Views (McKenzie)
• Provisional vs. Fixed• Inclusive vs. Narrow• Active vs. Passive• Critical vs. Uncritical• Disdaining vs. Accepting
“Faith is an interpretation of the way persons have experienced life. This interpretation, drawn
from all of the influences on our lives, is the essence of our
beliefs, action, and emotions. Faith, rather than being
something we believe that can be compiled, taught, and tested,
is more a way of knowing the unknowable…Faith is an expression of trust in the
unknown.”Bruce Powers
Importance of World View
• Addressing current issues
• Life in a changing world
• The “world” is smaller• My world vs. “The” world
• Called to the Kingdom of God world view
How do we develop a Christian
world view?
Indicators of Mature Faith
Search Institute Study, 1987-90
• Trusts and believes• Experiences the fruits of faith• Integrates faith and life• Seeks spiritual growth• Experiences and nurtures faith
in community• Hold life-affirming values• Advocates social change• Acts and serves
How did Jesus
engage the disciples in learning?
Developing a mature faith as
disciples of Jesus
includes:
• Study• Prayer
• Nurture• Service• Testing
• Reflection• Appropriation
The focus of activity should be on what the learner will do/experience
Teacher Guidelines•Life experience savvy.
•Bible Expert?•Conduit vs. facilitator
•Begin to plan early.•Customize the lesson.
Think of great Christian leaders in
your life. What made them “great”?
The Bible is Our Source for Understanding Great Leadership.
ExamineLuke 9John 13
Romans 12Ephesians 4
What qualities do you find?
BIBLICALPURPOSE:
Our true north!
BIBLICALPURPOSE:
Our true north!
TIME-LINE:God’s Work in our Past
TIME-LINE:God’s Work in our Past
VISION: What God wants to
accomplish
VISION: What God wants to
accomplish
MISSION FOCUS:People God’s
called us to reach for Christ
MISSION FOCUS:People God’s
called us to reach for Christ
VALUES:The convictionsthat guide our
Behavior
VALUES:The convictionsthat guide our
Behavior
OURCALLING
OURCALLING
ACTION PLAN:Real world
plansto actually live
it!
ACTION PLAN:Real world
plansto actually live
it!STRATEGICINITIATIVES:
What we need to do first!
STRATEGICINITIATIVES:
What we need to do first!
MINISTRYMODEL:
The ways our ministrieswork together
MINISTRYMODEL:
The ways our ministrieswork together
Why Do Leaders Fail to Possess the Qualities Listed
in The Bible?• Lack of
Information/Understanding• Immaturity of Faith• Not Ministering Using Their
Spiritual Gift• Lack of Spiritual Growth and
Formation• Lack of Vision• Discouragement
For adults to “stick” with the
church, they must find a place
where friendships have developed.
EvangelismAnd Assimilation(Fellowship) Bible
Study
CareMinistry
The Adult Bible Fellowship…
“A church that relies only on participation in Sunday morning worship and adult
Sunday School class will not go very far in
developing mature disciples of Jesus
Christ.”Bill Alphin
Open vs. Closed Groups Issues
• Issue of faith maturity level• Issue of accountability and
expectations• Issue of trust and community• Issue of nurture• Issue of time• Issue of content
Requirements to Grow Disciples
• Intimacy• Loving Accountability• Develop Christian Habits/Disciplines
• Happens best in small groups!
“I will improve my
ministry by…