Sunday School That Really Responds: Wisdom for Confronting Common Sunday School Emergencies

by Steve R. Parr

Overview

In this sequel to Sunday School That Really Works, Steve Parr explores twenty-four problems in organizing and teaching a Sunday school class. But he does more than present the problems; he provides practical and biblical wisdom on how the problems may be solved. The author tackles each issue using the first-responder motif: triage, prescription, first aid, and rehab. The book is divided into two sections: general Sunday school organizational issues, and specific issues related to a particular Sunday school class. The result is an ideal tool for the pastor of education, Sunday school director, and Sunday school teacher that can be used to identify weaknesses and to determine how to restore the Sunday school to good health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780825489044
Publisher:	Kregel Publications
Publication date:	12/10/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	828 KB

About the Author

Steve R. Parr (DMin, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Vice president for Sunday school and evangelism with the Georgia Baptist Convention and an adjunct professor at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

Foreword Josh Hunt 9

Acknowledgments 11

Introduction: Getting Ready to Respond 13

Triage Diagnosis 17

Basic Training: Sunday School First Responder 101 19

Part I Common Organizational Emergencies

1 Our Sunday School Is Dying 27

2 We Are Going through a Slump 37

3 Our Teachers Are Not Committed (and Often Arrive Late) 47

4 Our Teachers Will Not Participate in Training 57

5 We Do Not Have Any (Many) Young People 67

6 We Do Not Have Enough Leaders 77

7 A Lot of People on Our Rolls Do Not Attend 87

8 Our Worship Attendance Is Much Larger Than Our Sunday School Attendance 99

9 We Have a Teacher Who Needs to Step Down 111

10 Our Teachers Are Boring 121

11 We Are Completely Out of Space 131

12 We Have a Class That Will Not Cooperate 143

Part 2 Common Class/Group Emergencies

13 They Want to Split (or Change) My Class 155

14 We Never Have Any Guests 163

15 Our Guests Never Return 173

16 No One Wants to Help with Outreach 183

17 I Cannot Get Anyone Involved in Discussion 193

18 My Class Has No Life (or Lacks Morale) 199

19 My Class Is Not Growing 207

20 I Do Not Like the Curriculum 215

21 I Do Not Have Time to Lead My Class (to Do All That Is Needed) 225

22 I Cannot Get Anyone to Help Me 235

23 Our Leaders Expect Too Much of the Teachers 241

24 I Want to Quit 247

Some Closing Thoughts 255

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Sunday School That Really Responds is your 911 call for help. . . . This book is organized so you can go right to the section you need for immediate aid and practical ideas. Steve Parr has shown hundreds of Sunday schools how to diagnose problems and implement solutions. With this book, he can help yours as well." —Josh Hunt, Author of You Can Double Your Sunday School in Two Years or Less "Steve Parr has provided an outstanding tool to answer the questions every Sunday school teacher or leader asks at one point or another." —Alvin L. Reid, Professor of Evangelism and Student Ministry, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary "This book is crammed full of practical wisdom that will actually help your Sunday school become what you envision." —Allan Taylor, Minister of Education, First Baptist Church of Woodstock, GA