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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


So that we mature as believers.

1 Peter 2:2


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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION


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 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 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 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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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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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).

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