Do you go through workbooks in Sunday School or just lecture?

[evangelist6589]

Not correct.

I have taught Sunday School for a least two decades. It's either been a children's class, a youth class, and for most of those years - an adult woman's class.

For the past two years, since my senior adult ladies have passed away at an enormous rate over the last 15 years, I find myself with a mixed gendered class.

How did this happen?

My pastor had a "Pastor's Sunday School Class" for the last 22 years. It was filled with about 20 people who just didn't fit in anywhere - the misfits, so to speak. Most of them were misfits because the other Sunday School classes didn't make a welcoming room for them.

Most of these were couples.

Two years ago, he felt led to start a class for young men - raising them up to be more accountable and he asked his current class to find other Sunday School classes.

Three of the couples made their way to my class after visiting other co-ed classes taught by couples. One couple in their 50's and two more in their 60's. All of whom just don't "fit" anywhere.

I went to my pastor about this as he is 100% the most conservative, fundamentalist, and traditional pastor I have ever sat under and I expected him to "demand" they they go elsewhere and to condemn me for having them allowed across the threshold of my Sunday School room.

He didn't.

He told me that he felt that was where they needed to be.

I won't apologize for being under the umbrella of my pastor's authority and if anyone chooses to condemn me for having three couples in my class, I'm not going to participate in the head chopping.

I did not go looking to include couples in my class.

I disagree! I have created a separate topic for this debate.

 

[evangelist6589]

We normally go through an entire book, as we just completed going through the Gospel of John in 44 weeks, and the pastor had us get a binder, and put in it his stugy guides for each class, and we were encouraged to take notes on them...



He also will open it up to discussion, so feels more like a regular classroom setting like in Bible college...



We tend to use actual text books/study guides more in our cell groups...

What textbooks? Give me a few examples please. You mean seminary textbooks or laymen books?

 

[Scarlett O.]

I disagree! I have created a separate topic for this debate.

I'm sure you do. I sure that most of the Baptistboard would like to excommunicate me over it.

Create all the topics you want. I'm sure you will find plenty of co-horts to join you in my condemnation. I will not be participating.

 

[thisnumbersdisconnected]

I won't apologize for being under the umbrella of my pastor's authority ...

You are probably aware from our exchanges that I am among the more conservative Southern Baptists around, but that statement, right there, is why you are 100% in the right and so is your pastor. Don't take nothin' from nobody, Scarlett. You're fine. :thumbsup:

 

[Yeshua1]

What textbooks? Give me a few examples please. You mean seminary textbooks or laymen books?

We usually do text books on a particulat subject manner, written for the format of a cell group, small teaching group...

Such as Crown Financial for finances, and have used Focus on the family/family life for family issues...

When in Sundat School, that is the first Sun service, pretty much out of the Bible!

 

[evangelist6589]

We usually do text books on a particulat subject manner, written for the format of a cell group, small teaching group...



Such as Crown Financial for finances, and have used Focus on the family/family life for family issues...



When in Sundat School, that is the first Sun service, pretty much out of the Bible!

What study books? One by MacArthur, David Jeremiah, wiersbe?

 

[Yeshua1]

What study books? One by MacArthur, David Jeremiah, wiersbe?

IF in Sunday school for adults, normally going thru a specific book of the Bible, and use the outlines materials provided by the pastor for the class, and use the Bible pretty much as main text book!

In our cell groups, we tend to use subject guides/books more, as those studies are mainly in an area such as finances/family/ , and next subject is evangelism outreach.

 

[Rolfe]

Rolf must be one of them young ones that missed the finer things of the old ways.

Young Ones- I would wish. :laugh:

Must have been an American thing. Had to Google it to find out was it was called in English.

 

[Rolfe]

I'm sure you do. I sure that most of the Baptistboard would like to excommunicate me over it.

I would not be one of them. You are right to be under your pastor's authority.

Create all the topics you want. I'm sure you will find plenty of co-horts to join you in my condemnation. I will not be participating.

Don't let him get to you.

 

[evangelist6589]

I'm sure you do. I sure that most of the Baptistboard would like to excommunicate me over it.

Create all the topics you want. I'm sure you will find plenty of co-horts to join you in my condemnation. I will not be participating.

When did I ever condemn you? I say you are in the wrong for teaching men, however its a secondary issue and one where you are wrong, but you are a sister in Christ.