{"id":4972,"date":"2011-01-05T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-05T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2025-07-16T09:17:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:17:19","slug":"christian-education-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/christian-education-approach.htm","title":{"rendered":"Best Approach for Your Church’s Christian Education Program? – I Don’t Know!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I graduated from college with a B.S. in Bible Christian Education.\u00a0 My Master’s Degree is in Christian Education.\u00a0 I’ve served in the church’s Christian Education Ministry for many years and was even a Director of Christian Education at a church.\u00a0 Yet, I don’t know the best approach for you!<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Now, before you think I slept through school and didn’t do much of anything when working for a church, let me explain.<\/p>\n

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  1. There are various models for Christian Education ministry<\/a> that can be used, each with pros and cons.<\/li>\n
  2. There are many variables from church to church that could make certain models fit better at one church from the other.\u00a0 Just as teachers must consider the group factors<\/a> when determining the most appropriate method for a lesson, so must ministry leaders look at a variety of factors to determine what approach is best.<\/li>\n
  3. There are varying results God might want to accomplish through different churches.\u00a0 Decisions on what approach to use must therefore be born out of prayer.\u00a0 Weighing the pros and cons for your situation won’t always bring you to God’s desires.\u00a0 Sometimes God wants us to stretch outside of our comfort zones, doing what doesn’t always make sense to us humans, because of what He wants to do through our particular church body.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Best Approach: What Direction Does God Want Your Christian Education Ministry to Go?<\/h2>\n

    When asked what is the best approach for your church’s Christian Education program, I must therefore say, “I don’t know.”\u00a0 Even if I were to do an assessment of your church, though I could probably let you know what would best fit your situation, I would still guard against telling you that it is what you must do.\u00a0 What I would strongly urge you to do, is to pray over it.\u00a0 What direction does God want you to go?<\/p>\n

    If we arrive at our methodology purely based on logic or analytical thinking, then the Church may as well be any other kind of organization.\u00a0 The Church, however, is different.\u00a0 The Church is a living organism whose Head is the Lord Jesus Christ.\u00a0 We must always remember that it is HIS church, not ours, so we must get the final decision from Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I graduated from college with a B.S. in Bible Christian Education. My Master’s Degree is in Christian Education. I’ve served in the church’s Christian Education Ministry for many years and was even a Director of Christian Education at a church. Yet, I don’t know the best approach for you! Now, before you think I slept through school . . . Continue reading Best Approach for Your Church’s Christian Education Program? – I Don’t Know!<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-education"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t