Sunday School Transformation A large percentage of churches across America today are experiencing a great struggle in helping their Sunday School classes function as vital ministry and relational groups. Some churches are seeing their Sunday School attendance decline for no apparent reasons. Others are seeing classes hang on, tenaciously, and be very effective at maintaining the status quo, keeping in tact traditions that are simply not leading to outreach and growth. We truly believe and have experiential evidence that many Sunday School classes can have substantial growth, both numerically and spiritually as well. EACH class in a Sunday School can refocus on its calling, mission, spiritual priorities, purposes and effectiveness in making a difference in the lives of its own members and others who have never visited that class. Effective outreach through the classes can become a tangible, consistent reality which can bring spiritual transformation to various classes, struggling to keep pace with where they have been in the past. We love to help congregations grow and revitalize their Sunday School ministries. This can be done in a large number of effective ways in almost any church in America today. While some churches are being advised to abandon the traditional Sunday School model, we feel it can work in tandem with other models of ministry, such as Small Groups, with neither model being mutually exclusive. Another area of evangelism effectiveness, related to the Sunday School ministry is in knowing how to start new classes. Many churches that are relatively static in growth could significantly increase their overall worship attendance by launching one to three new Sunday School classes each year. We can provide churches with excellent strategies for doing this. |