Sunday School in HD: Sharpening the Focus on What Makes Your Church Healthy

by Allan Taylor

Ministry professional Allan Taylor writes to all church leaders about the crucial role that Sunday School must play in producing healthy Christians who in turn produce healthy churches. He emphasizes the value of the Sunday School model to the total church ministry for its superior ability to nurture relationships and more personally stir passion for the Great Commission across every age group. Taylor presents the sharply focused idea that all Sunday School programs are either imploding (through directionless ineffectiveness) or exploding (thanks to visionary leadership and practicing some fundamental disciplines). As such, he guides the reader toward growth principles that must be operative for any church to begin or continue a transformational Sunday School boom.

Genres: Church, Christian, Discipleship, Education

208 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2009

Reviews

[Garrett Starr · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a re-working of the author's previous book, Sunday School Done Right. It provides a broad overview of re-working a Sunday School ministry, although the nuts and bolts of "how to" were much more clearly articulated in the previous volume. Also, while Allan Taylor has a proven track record of growing a Sunday School ministry as he has done as the minister of education at FBC Woodstock, Georgia, there is almost a complete absence of prayer as a component of his ministry model. As a result, this ministry paradigm comes across like the best results you can get by working in the power of the flesh. Perhaps the author greatly stresses prayer in the actual doing of ministry, but that is not the impression he leaves with the reader of this text.

[Doc · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for all who are serious about growing a Bible Study---Sunday School.

[Brett · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Sunday School is only as effective as those leading it and working it."

"Sunday School keeps the church small because Sunday School makes the church personal and relational."