Using Sunday School to Start New Churches

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Using Sunday School to Start New Churches

• Dennis R. Tate
• West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists

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Presuppositions

• Using Sunday school to start a new work is a
  viable method
• The sponsoring church will be proactive in the
  new work

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Step 1 Commit to Start a New Sunday School

• See the need
• Pray for the vision
• Formally adopt commitment
• Set start date

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Step 2 Elect a New Sunday School Director

• Prayerfully select the new sunday school director
• Train the new director

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Step 3 Determine the General Area and Target
Group

• Do windshield probe
• Study demographics of area
• Identify unreached areas

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Step 4 Provide Financial Support

• Sunday School materials
• Rent (if needed)
• Miscellaneous expenses

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Step 5 Conduct Prospect Discovery

• Neighborhood survey
• Special events
• Block party
• Backyard Bible Clubs
• Vacation Bible Schools

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Step 6 Select and Train Leaders

• Teachers
• Outreach leaders
• Care group leaders
• Support staff (as needed)

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Step 7 Cultivate Selected Area

• Prayer
• Preliminary activities home Bible studies,
  visitation, advertisements, mail-outs, and so on
• Prayer walk
• Block party

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Step 8 Secure Teaching Location and Materials

• Secure facilities/location
• Order/secure materials

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Step 9 Launch the New Sunday School

• Be prepared
• Be energized
• Be christlike

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Step 10 Encourage and Support the New Work

• Dont become frustrated
• Dont be negative
• Dont be slothful

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Step 10 Encourage and Support the New Work

• Support with attendance
• Support with leaders
• Support with finances
• Support with training

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Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to
observe all that I commanded you and lo, I am
with you always, even to the end of the age
(Matt. 2819-20, NASB).
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The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are
few. Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest
to send out workers into His harvest (Matt.
97-38, NASB).