Nobody can organize, plan, or teach Sunday School well unless there is a burden for doing so in that individual’s heart. No Church can actually promote Sunday School unless that church is propelled by a burden, vision or challenges. So, the topic is simply looking at the vision, challenges, and needs that underlie the Sunday School.
The emphasis placed on teaching biblical truths by the Church is clearly seen in the two key passages of the Great Commission (Mt. 28:19-20; Acts 1:8). Any neglect of this commission may lead to grave consequences for the Church and the world as a whole. Hence, the decadent situation we face today is a cause for concern – rebel wars, diabolic tribal feelings, HIV-Aids Pandemic, Poverty, Perversion of Justice, and so on. These are the burdens of a well run Sunday School.
The Sunday School concept is centered around teaching. To better understand its origin and stay true to it, it is a must to search the bible again. Here, we are looking at three case studies:
(1) The Early Ministry of Jesus
In the four gospels the position of Jesus as a teacher and comparatively the best of teachers stand unchallenged. “Jesus was recognized by friend and foe, by believer and doubter, as rabbi, master, that is teacher. Those who gathered about him were best known as disciples, that is, learners. It was following an oral examination of the twelve, which they passed to his satisfaction, that he said, ‘I will build my Church’.1″
Furthermore, when Jesus started his Ministry Matthew introduced him as a teacher, not as a preacher. At this introductory stage, Jesus gave his paradigm of Ministry when he immediately became the enemies of the Pharisees and Rabbis, whose theology prove antithetical to his kingdom theology. Matthew noted: “and seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: and he opened his moth, and taught them saying…” (Mt. 5:1-2).” In this first lecture he covered a vast array of subjects, such as murder, fasting, money, anxiety, judging, prayer, others, kingdom, etc. » Read more: Burden of Sunday School
