“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20
By God’s grace I was able to go to Sunday School as a child. That’s how I learned to know what is in the Bible and ultimately how to know God. What would I have done without Sunday School? How can disciples be made if they are not taught, and what better way to teach children and adults than in Sunday School?
The great news is that Rafiki is beginning to make Sunday School Lessons available not only to African churches but to churches in the USA and throughout the World! So far, we have lessons for MATTHEW (31 weeks), ACTS (26 weeks), 1 CORINTHIANS (16 weeks) and 2 CORINTHIANS (14 weeks) all ready to be purchased by churches from Rafiki on its website https://www.rafikibiblestudy.org Let me tell you about them.
The lessons are taken from the Rafiki Bible Study material and re-organized to fit within a 45-minute timeframe for people who have not come prepared. This fits what most churches need. A box of lessons contains one printed lesson for teachers of adults, one for pre-school, kindergarten – grade 2 teachers, one for grade 3-6 teachers, and one for grade 7-8 teachers. High school teachers should be able to use the adult lessons. The Sunday School class members do not receive printed material, but they will need to have a Bible available. Rafiki SS lessons are taken from the ESV.
The adult teachers lesson is so well scripted that it does not require a great deal of preparation on the part of the teacher. However, a commentary on the Book of the Bible is included in the box and it is hoped that it will be studied by the teacher.
The adult lesson contains notes (to be read or told) interspersed with questions for the class. There is also a suggested hymn (printed), a memory verse, and doctrinal focus.
The children’s lessons provide notes for the teachers to read or tell, plus a hymn, memory verse, doctrinal focus, and a suggested activity for the children appropriate for their grade level.
Does your church have Sunday School?
Does your church have good Sunday School material?
Do you teach a Sunday School class?
I hope you will talk to your church about the Rafiki Sunday School Lessons (RSSL).
Close to two thousand churches have requested the MATTHEW study and we expect more. What thrills me is that this means that hundreds of thousands of adults and children will be going to Sunday School, learning what the Bible teaches, and coming to know God.
What could be better than that!!
Thank you for providing this material for our African friends and for all churches that need worthwhile SS curriculum. I mention it regularly to my RBS Group study.
ReplyDeleteOther than God Himself, there is nothing better than that, Rosemary. It is so very encouraging to know that churches want this study for their Sunday Schools. I still remember the things I learned in Sunday School as a child, and it's good to know that children as well as adults will be taught the Word of God at a deeper level today. Thank you for letting us know this encouraging thing.
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