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A History of the Sunday School in the Church of God

A History of the Sunday School in the Church of God. Donald Addison Courtney Series in Christian Education. Other Histories. Donald Courtney’s B.Div. thesis (1954). Courtney Thesis (1954). Period of tremendous growth Great optimism for the Sunday school. Other Histories.

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A History of the Sunday School in the Church of God

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  1. A History of the Sunday School in the Church of God Donald Addison Courtney Series in Christian Education

  2. Other Histories • Donald Courtney’s B.Div. thesis (1954)

  3. Courtney Thesis (1954) • Period of tremendous growth • Great optimism for the Sunday school

  4. Other Histories • Donald Courtney’s B.Div. thesis (1954) • Board of CE publication (1998) • Gap: 1960 to 1991 • SS less than Sun. AM

  5. Sunday School Attendance

  6. Sunday School Attendance

  7. Sunday School Attendance

  8. Sunday School Attendance

  9. Sunday School Attendance Beginnings Establishment Growth Peak Decline

  10. Beginnings (1880-1910) • Initial skepticism toward education • Gradually more positive feelings • Songbook: Echoes from Glory (1893) • Curriculum: NT alone

  11. Establishment (1910-1940) • First Gospel Trumpet curriculum (1910) • D. O. Teasley • How to Conduct a Sunday School (1911) • SS as evangelism • 1921 Yearbook

  12. Establishment (1910-1940) • Board of Christian Education (1923) • Graded doctrinal SS course (1926) • SS Foundation for the Blind (late 1920s) • Goal: create 1,000 new SS (1933) • 650 were created that year

  13. Growth (1940-1960) • United Christian Advance (1941) • Reach the unreached • Train workers • Deepen spiritual life • Christianize the home • Growth of the Board of CE • First full-time executive secretary (1945) • New Gospel Trumpet curriculum

  14. Peak (1960-1975) • United Church School Advance (1961-1963) • Shifts in emphasis: • Evangelism • Increased attendance • Teaching skills and curriculum • Sunday School Clinics (early 1970s)

  15. Decline (1975-present) • Sense of imminent decline • Centers for Developing Christian Leadership (1978-early 1980s) • Sunday School Growth Workshops (1980s) • Board of CE: Director of SS Development (1983)

  16. Decline (1975-present) • Decade of SS Development (1985-1995) • Five manuals • Sunday school team • Reorganization (1998) • Elimination of the Board of CE

  17. Conclusion • Is the Sunday school movement over? • Dramatic change in intent: • Preaching to children • Evangelism of children • Evangelism of children and adults • Growth in faith • Experience of fellowship • Teaching for life change

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