Posts Tagged ‘sunday school

16 Dec, 2009

I don’t need to go to church

Posted by: benlreed In: Church

Recently I said this on Twitter:
Can a person REALLY be growing in their faith & NOT be involved in a faith community? I think not.
As you might imagine, it stirred some people up.
As you can also imagine, the ones it stirred up were the ones not involved in a faith community (a general term that [...]

29 Oct, 2009

Sunday School vs Small Groups

Posted by: Ben Reed In: Church| Small Group Strategy

“Sunday School guys” and “small group guys” are often pitted against each other.  Here are some of the stereotypes:
Sunday schools help people to grow in Biblical knowledge…small groups don’t.
Small groups build healthy relationships…Sunday schools don’t really care about the relational aspect.
Small groups are relevant…Sunday school was relevant 50 years ago.
Sunday school really helps people go [...]




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