Small groups started in Acts 2...unless you believe thousands went from home to home.
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Sunday School or Small Groups
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Small groups started in Acts 2...unless you believe thousands went from home to home.
quantumfaith
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We have "environments" for those under adulthood.
Waumba Land for very young children
Upstreet for Elementary
Transit for Middle School
Extreme for High School
These environments include Bible Study (Sunday School) and corporate worship.
quantumfaith
Active Member
WD, I would gladly be in a small (Life) group with Rick Warren or Andy Stanley.
Same here. Even a Sproul, Piper or MacArther that I don't agree with soteriologically speaking.
quantumfaith
Active Member
:thumbsup::thumbsup:
So you do not think the parents have the responsibility to teach the kids?
Huh? He never said that. Where are we told only parents are allowed to teach our children?
Did I say that? But ive observed that when someone else gets involved.....its like homeschooling or public school...which do you think is better.
Hassells' History of the Church of God, from the Creation to A.D. 1885; Including Especially the History of the Kehukee Primitive Baptist Association:
http://books.google.com/books?id=zg...="sunday schools" "mark of the beast"&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=zg...="sunday schools" "mark of the beast"&f=false
Our CHURCH is a "small group". All families home school, so 99% of typical SS material is not needed. We provide topics/study items for the families to use each week.
When our church grows too large (more than 50) we intentionally split. This maintains the small-group identity of the congregation.
When our church grows too large (more than 50) we intentionally split. This maintains the small-group identity of the congregation.
We do have the ultimate responsibility from the Lord,as He has chosen to entrust us with the children of his blessing to us, but still see no problem with ahving gifted/godly tewachers instructing kids and youths to supplememnt our teaching...
Would tend to see it like as adults, the pastors/teachers are gifted to expalin and instruct us in the bible, but should be a supplement to our own daily studies!
Isnt that the Job of the Head Pastor to teach & preach.....then the parents job to emphasize & reinforce with the children? That way you can monitor exactly how the kids are being fed, work with them personally & develop a much deeper & rich relationship with the entire family.....otherwise your having a 3rd party do it (what I believe to be the very important job of the parents).
Again, we a the parentswould do the priamry leading/teaching of our children, but so NO prohibition in the bible against having them learn while in church also!
That’s interesting. I was speaking to my wife a day or so ago about this topic. We belong to a church which relocated to a larger facility and continued to grow. In many ways the size is now an obstacle – not only in regards to fellowship but also it has become a financial burden. Fifty years ago the church was in the same situation, but simply started a “sister church” across town (which is going strong). I can see a real advantage to your church strategy.
Tom Bryant
Well-Known Member
Parents ought to teach their children. But we have lots of kids whose parents don't come to church because of all matter of reasons. We have children's SS classes and church.
We have found in previous churches that some well-meaning SS teachers take the kids and actually teach wrong doctrine, undermine parents, have kids with peers (never leading to good) and truly came to dislike the whole graded-classroom mentality.
We are a family-integrated church. 8 months to 80+ years sitting and studying, singing and praying together. Joy to know that what they are taught comes from trained and called elders. Parents commit (dads) to teaching and modeling Bible for the family.
We cover all of central Wyoming, so as soon as 3-4 stable families are committed to an area, we can intentionally split. Our biggest problem is the horrific transient nature of work in the area. We have 3-4 professionals who are "here". The other will come for a year or two and then be shifted by oil/coal/energy to other areas or states. Very hard to establish a church plant 25 miles away, then have 2 or the 3 families move within 6 months. And the plant dies.
We are a family-integrated church. 8 months to 80+ years sitting and studying, singing and praying together. Joy to know that what they are taught comes from trained and called elders. Parents commit (dads) to teaching and modeling Bible for the family.
We cover all of central Wyoming, so as soon as 3-4 stable families are committed to an area, we can intentionally split. Our biggest problem is the horrific transient nature of work in the area. We have 3-4 professionals who are "here". The other will come for a year or two and then be shifted by oil/coal/energy to other areas or states. Very hard to establish a church plant 25 miles away, then have 2 or the 3 families move within 6 months. And the plant dies.
So bring & let them sit with you.
Tom.... I would have a serious campaign against the "Dump & Run" I would not put up with that. Id be knocking at those parents door.