Sunday School Ministry

Elder William Mckinney, President

Every Church, no matter how large or small, wants an effective Sunday Church School . In order to reach this goal, the local church must put forth every effort that is needed to promote and encourage Church Education. The Sunday School is the primary force that carries out the spiritual education program of the church as set forth by the pastor, deacons, and trustees of the local church.

Many factors are essential to build an effective Sunday School. One primary factor is the appointment of a dedicated and qualified Superintendent. When selecting a Superintendent the person should be strong mentally, physically, and spiritually because of the influence he/she will have on the spiritual development of the school staff and students. The Sunday School is the "Church at Study".

The Superintendent has a major responsibility in the selection of spiritual educators and providing training for them to support the edification of the church body. With an effective Superintendent and teaching staff the local church aids in developing the spiritual growth of the members. The church should emphasize the importance of attending Sunday School for the growth and edification of the church body.
 

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What are the objectives/goals of the Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God?
(taken from "The Foreword", by Bishop WT Phillips, Church Manual) 

• The attainment of a favorable or desired outcome; achievement of an objective/goal
• To teach and live the life of holiness just as Jesus commands us in The Holy Scriptures to follow in His footsteps
• To teach the church doctrine giving proof by books, chapters, and verses in the Bible
• To teach the one true way to obtain salvation
• To enlighten its people and to be a blessing to every nation on earth
• To deepen the spiritual lives of its members so that they may attain to the highest state of Christian experiences and worship God in the true sense of holiness
• To educate and train youth so as to put them in touch with the Creator
• To make the youth fit for service
• To provide spiritual values, higher morals, and industrious education to youth, and adults

It is essential to conduct regular evaluations to determine areas and directions for improvement. We must work with our teams to address identified areas of improvement and unify our direction.

"Compare where we are as a school, with where we should be as a school"

Feedback on progress is a necessity…

• Evaluations speak to the planning process
• Evaluations speak to the learning process

This important tool is used to determine if Jesus Christ is pleased with our service…"Are the AOH Church of God objectives/goals being pursued?"

2Corinthians 13:5 
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

Work toward team building among district church leaders…

• team of pastors
• team of Sunday school Superintendents
• team of Sunday school teachers

 What is a Team?

A small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose and who are working interdependently to achieve specific performance goals  using an approach for which they hold themselves accountable.

 

 1)    We are labors together with Jesus

1Corinthians 1:10 
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

1Corinthians 3:9 
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

 

2)    We should all work under the direction/guidance of the Holy Ghost- Having the Holy Ghost is essential to teaching Holiness.

St. John 16:13 
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

1Corinthians 2:13 
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

 

3)    We are committed to accomplishing the objectives/goals set forth for the AOH Church of God

Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Psalms 37:5 
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

 

4)     We educate to progress the student from observation of scripture to application of scripture…"I must see a relationship between what is written in scripture to what I am living"…,

Romans 6:16 
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Galatians 6:7-8 
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

 

5)    We emphasize being prepared for the righteous judgment of Jesus Christ….

Psalms 9:7-8 
But the LORD shall endure forever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness; he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

Ecclesiastes 12:14 
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Hebrews 9:27 
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

 

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