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SOCIETY LEADERSHIP TRAINING
SUNDAY SCHOOL / OT TEACHERS
TRAINING SEMINAR
23 February 2013
Sue Bvochora
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Why Do we Do What We Do?
Why do we teach?
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Why Do we Do What We Do?
So that we mature as believers.
1 Peter 2:2
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Why Do we Do What We Do?
In other words:
What are we made for? To know God. What
aim should we set for our lives? To know God.
What is the eternal life that Jesus gives?
Knowledge of God. What is the best thing in life,
bringing more joy, delight and contentment thananything else? Knowledge of God - J.I. Packer
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
What is it that We Do?
Christian education is the process of giving
students tools to understandGods Word and be
able to apply it to their lives so that they are
transformedinto Christs image
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Two Teaching Methods
Greek Method:
o Goal to make the student useful to society
o Focus the intellect
o How by transferring knowledge from the
teacher to the student
o Involves Rote learning, exams
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Two Teaching Methods
Hebrew Method:
o Goal to make the student useful to God
o Focus behaviour and beliefs
o How by putting learning into practice
o Involves life transformation, discipleship
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CHRISTIAN TEACHERS
Biblical description of Christian teachers
Christian teachers were an important part of
development in the early church. Many
references in the New Testament were toindividuals who were serving in an official
position as a teacher, often as a pastor-
teacher. Much of what the New Testamentsays about teachers applies to individuals who
serve as Sunday School teachers today.
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CHRISTIAN TEACHERS
Value of Teachers to the Church
Teachers were viewed as a gift to churches.
Paul wrote that God gave to churches, among
other workers, "pastors andteachers; so thatthe body of Christ may be built up" Ephesians
4:11, 12).
Paul was bringing forth the idea that, throughthe work of teaching, saints would be brought to
maturity.
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CHRISTIAN TEACHERS
Value of Teachers to the Church
As believers are brought to maturity, they are
able to carry out Kingdom work.
Teachers, you are a gift from God to our
church!
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CHRISTIAN TEACHERS
People responsible for the teaching ministry
Teachers are commanded to do their teaching
faithfully.
While teachers are blessings to the church,
teachers who do not continue growing in
Christ became problems.
People who are teachers need to give the
teaching ministry the best they have to offer.
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CHRISTIAN TEACHERS
People responsible for the teaching ministry
For these reasons Paul wrote that those who
are involved in teaching should use their God
given grace in teaching (Romans 12:7).
If Paul were writing to our church today, he
certainly would urge all Sunday School / OT
teachers to be faithful in their teaching.
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CHRISTIAN TEACHERS
The Heart of the Great Commission
Jesus made the ministry of teaching the heart
of the Great Commission. We are to make
disciples of all nations this is the commandwhich is to be carried out through teaching
them to obey everything Christ has
commanded us (Matthew 28:19-20)
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CHRISTIAN TEACHERS
The Heart of the Great Commission
Jesus' commission to His church has not
expired. Therefore, teaching the things of
Christ must remain a top priority in ourlessons.
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CHRISTIAN TEACHERS
The Awesome Responsibility of Teaching
James wrote, Not many of you should
presume to be teachers, my brothers, because
you know that we who teach will be judgedmore strictly" (James 3:1).
James recognized the necessity of teaching,
but he wanted all teachers to understand theweight of the responsibility of their calling.
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RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING
The Awesome Responsibility of Teaching
Those who teach are subject to a more strict
judgment than others. They have professed
clear knowledge of duty; they are all the morebound to live consistently what they teach.
To fail is to create a stumbling block for others.
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RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING
Responsibility for the tongue
Being a teacher requires expressing views on
varied matters. Multiplied talk certainly will
result in multiplied offenses with the tongueand, consequently, greater condemnation or
judgment. James wrote, "In many things we
offend all. If any man offend not in word, thesame is a perfect man, and able also to bridle
the whole body" (James 3:2).
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RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING
Responsibility for the tongue
Before launching into a Christian teaching
assignment, a person needs to evaluate
carefully personal discipline.
Being a Christian teacher requires great
discipline of the tongue in order to avoid
offences.
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RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING
Responsibility for being dependable
(read Romans 2:21-24)
This is a severe warning to every person who
teaches to maintain consistency with the life
lived and the words taughtwalk your talk.
Check your motivation: If your motivation to
teach is to receive recognition and acclaim
then you are not sent from God and should
not be teaching at all!
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RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING
Lessons a Christian teacher must teach
Salvation & life (1 Peter 3:15)
Prayer (Luke 11:1)
Discrimination between good & evil (Ezekiel 44:23)
Stewardship (Psalm 90:12)
Fear of the Lord (Psalm 34:11)
What disciples are to do (Colossians 3)
What disciples are not to do (Colossians 3:5)
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RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING
Whom are Christian Teachers to Teach
The transgressor (Psalm 51:12,13)
The children (Deuteronomy 4:9-10)
All nations (Matthew 28:19-20)
All groups within the church
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QUALITIES OF A CHRISTIAN TEACHER
We should Aim to be:
Praying Teachers (who pray for their ministry,
the pupils in their care, their ministers and the
mission of the church)
Scholarly Teachers (you cannot impart what
you do not possess we should all be
theologians)
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QUALITIES OF A CHRISTIAN TEACHER
We should Aim to be:
Motivating Teachers (with encouragement
those we teach will blossom and achieve more
than they thought they could)
Faithful Teachers (faithful to our classes in
every way - in attendance - in preparation in
role-modelling. Long after the lessons havebeen forgotten, people remember how we
lived our lives before them).