To answer this question we need to go back and define what parts of the church involve Christian Education. The answer: everything the church does is Christian Education! Unless we clearly understand this principle true discipleship will not happen. With this understanding we can begin to compreh...
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The Hidden Curriculum
We teach a great deal by how we communicate. For example, when a student asks an off-topic question with true sincerity and curiosity, how do you deal with it? Do you dismiss the question? Do you tell the student that the question is not important because it has nothing to do with the lesson? Her...
How Should We Understand “Curriculum”? Part 2
One of the hardest things I had to do as academic dean in a seminary in South Africa was to educate the faculty to understand the different between a "content driven curriculum" and a "process oriented curriculum." Read more...
How Should We Understand “Curriculum”? Part 1
We have all used the word curriculum, but not many really know what it means. To most it conveys the material we use. It comes from the Latin meaning "a race." God's curriculum, or race, for His children is that in the end we are more like His Son Jesus. What we generally refer to as curriculum i...
Small Groups – A Place to Serve
Two negative outcomes are possible when a small group of the same people meet together indefinitely. One is that the group gradually disintegrates. Another is that the group becomes exclusive. Other people aren't really welcome-even if it's said that they are.
Small Groups – A Place for Bible Study
Small group ministry is an important facet of many church programs. But small groups meeting without wrestling with the implications of the Scripture for their lives, individually and corporately, are at the very least deficient.