dr. steve r. parr georgia baptist convention vice president of sunday school & evangelism

DR. STEVE R. PARRGeorgia Baptist Convention

Vice President of Sunday School & Evangelism

DR. STEVE R. PARRGeorgia Baptist Convention

Vice President of Sunday School & Evangelism

Five Reasons You will want your

leaders to read…

Five Reasons You will want your

leaders to read…•It provides an

apologetic for Sunday School.

•It reinforces that Sunday School is more than Bible Study.

•It lends credibility to your leadership.

•It is balanced and comprehensive.

•It is affordable and enhances your equipping.

•It provides an apologetic for Sunday School.

•It reinforces that Sunday School is more than Bible Study.

•It lends credibility to your leadership.

•It is balanced and comprehensive.

•It is affordable and enhances your equipping.

IT DOESN’T WORK!3 Major

Hindrances

IT DOESN’T WORK!3 Major

Hindrances•Thinking there is a “key.”

•Expecting it to function on auto-pilot.

•Failure to elevate or purposefully de-valuing.

•Thinking there is a “key.”

•Expecting it to function on auto-pilot.

•Failure to elevate or purposefully de-valuing.

Does Sunday School Still

Work?

Does Sunday School Still

Work?“It is my conviction that Sunday School has not lost its effectiveness as a growth tool, but that we no longer use it for its intended purpose.”

-Ken Hemphill

“It is my conviction that Sunday School has not lost its effectiveness as a growth tool, but that we no longer use it for its intended purpose.”

-Ken Hemphill

Sabotage Principle Sabotage Principle It is not possible to devalue any endeavor on one hand while expecting any significant degree of accomplishment on the other.

It is not possible to devalue any endeavor on one hand while expecting any significant degree of accomplishment on the other.

Why Some Leaders Think Sunday School Does Not Work

Why Some Leaders Think Sunday School Does Not Work•Some have never had a healthy Sunday School experience themselves.

•Some have never learned the principles of Sunday School growth.

•Some have never had a healthy Sunday School experience themselves.

•Some have never learned the principles of Sunday School growth.

Why Some Leaders Think Sunday School Does Not Work

Why Some Leaders Think Sunday School Does Not Work

•Some assume it does not work because another prominent leader has dismissed it as ineffective.

•Some are unwilling to pay the price to lead the Sunday School to be healthy and growing.

•Some assume it does not work because another prominent leader has dismissed it as ineffective.

•Some are unwilling to pay the price to lead the Sunday School to be healthy and growing.

What is a Sunday School

that really WORKS?

What is a Sunday School

that really WORKS?Matthew 28:19-20

•The LOST are being reached.

•LIVES are being changed.

•LEADERS are being sent.

Matthew 28:19-20

•The LOST are being reached.

•LIVES are being changed.

•LEADERS are being sent.

A Sunday School that really WORKS...

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A Sunday School that really WORKS...

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A Sunday School that really WORKS...

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A Sunday School that really WORKS...

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A Sunday School that really WORKS...

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A Sunday School that really WORKS...

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A Sunday School that really WORKS...

eaches out to the LOSTR

Are your classes more like fishing boats or houseboats?

Are your classes more like fishing boats or houseboats?

A Sunday School that really WORKS...

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A Sunday School that really WORKS...

eeps members CONNECTEDK

A Sunday School that really WORKS...

harpens skills of LEADERSS

A Sunday School that really WORKS...

harpens skills of LEADERSSThe number one issue that affects the growth of a Sunday School is the training strategy.

The number one issue that affects the growth of a Sunday School is the training strategy.

A Sunday School that really WORKS...

harpens skills of LEADERSS1. Train the trainable.

Don’t base it solely on participation but responsibility.

2. Plan and promote training in 12 month blocks.

3. Elevate it and execute it with excellence.

Buy it, Read it,

Recommend it!

Buy it, Read it,

Recommend it!

Available May 2010.

Sunday School That Really

WORKSDr. Steve R. Parr

Kregel Publishing

Available in local Christian Bookstores, the Georgia Baptist

Convention, Amazon.com, or through Kregel Publishing.

Available May 2010.

Sunday School That Really

WORKSDr. Steve R. Parr

Kregel Publishing

Available in local Christian Bookstores, the Georgia Baptist

Convention, Amazon.com, or through Kregel Publishing.

Dr. Steve R. ParrGeorgia Baptist Convention

Vice President of Sunday School & Evangelism

Dr. Steve R. ParrGeorgia Baptist Convention

Vice President of Sunday School & Evangelism