Teaching Like Jesus: A Practical Guide to Christian Education in Your Church by

Description: Teaching Like Jesus by La Verne Tolbert Teaching Like Jesus is a handbook for Christian education in local churches that applies Jesus methods to make the Bible culturally relevant for today. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description As a teacher, you long to help others do more than understand the Bible. You want them to experience its relevance and power for their lives. Teaching like Jesus is the answer! This commonsense guide offers examples of Jesus teaching style from the Gospels, then shows how you can make these principles work for you -- regardless of what age group or ethnic background youre dealing with. Using a proven, four-step plan, Teaching Like Jesus gives you action steps, summaries, and other practical resources that will make your classroom a lively place to learn and apply the lessons so vitally important for transforming lives and nurturing disciples. Youll learn to think in terms of "see, hear, and do" in your lesson plans. And youll find sample plans for age groups and cultures ranging from African-American preschoolers to Chinese married couples. Author Biography La Verne Tolbert (PhD, Biola University) is the founder of Teaching Like Jesus Ministries, which equips pastors, teachers, and volunteers in Christian education and childrens ministries. She lives in Highland Park, California. La Verne Tolbert (Ph. D.) es profesora asistente de Educacion Cristiana en la "Talbot School of Theology" y pastora de Educacion Christiana en la "Faithful Central Missionary Baptist Chruch", una de las iglesias de mas rapido crecimiento en Los Angeles. Escritora con varios libros publicados, dirige talleres de entrenamiento para maestros y ha servido en Escuelas Dominicales en iglesias tanto afroamericanas como blancas. Table of Contents List of Illustrations 9 Acknowledgments 11 1. What Is Christian Education? 13 Part One Principles from Jesus 2. Jesus, the Master Teacher 27 3. Most Memorable Teacher 41 4. Through the Learners Lens 55 5. In the Learners Skates 73 Part Two Practice for Ministry 6. Pray ... Plan ... Prepare 95 7. Lo! Children! 115 8. Earning the Right to Be Heard 137 9. Teachable Moments 155 10. Stay on the Wall! 173 Appendix A: Sample Lessons 189 Lesson Plan 1: House on a Rock 190 Lesson Plan 2: Trusting in God 191 Lesson Plan 3: An Angel Brings Good News 196 Lesson Plan 4: If Jesus Came to Your House 198 Lesson Plan 5: Sabio" Means Wise 201 Lesson Plan 6: I Am Gods Workmanship 204 Lesson Plan 7: Victory over Temptations 208 Lesson Plan 8: The Sacrifice 210 Lesson Plan 9: Lets (Really!) Talk" 213 Appendix B: Sample Forms 215 Answer Key to Show, Tell, Do 217 Volunteer Application 219 Letter of Commitment 220 Nursery Sign-In 221 Preschool Sign-In 222 Kindergarten Sign-In 223 Childrens Church Sign-In 224 Baby Dedication Decision Form 225 Baby Dedication Form 226 Prayer for Baby Dedication 227 Your Childs First Communion 228 Certificate of Communion 229 Travel Permission Form 230 Baptism Form 232 Everything You Need to Know About Baptism 233 Bibliography 236 Subject and Name Index 237 Long Description As a teacher, you long to help others do more than understand the Bible. You want them to experience its relevance and power for their lives. Teaching like Jesus is the answer! This commonsense guide offers examples of Jesus teaching style from the Gospels, then shows how you can make these principles work for you -- regardless of what age group or ethnic background youre dealing with. Using a proven, four-step plan, Teaching Like Jesus gives you action steps, summaries, and other practical resources that will make your classroom a lively place to learn and apply the lessons so vitally important for transforming lives and nurturing disciples. Youll learn to think in terms of "see, hear, and do" in your lesson plans. And youll find sample plans for age groups and cultures ranging from African-American preschoolers to Chinese married couples. First Chapter Teaching is our ministry. Jesus is our model. People are our passion.Transformed lives are our product. And heaven is our goal.This is the essence of Christian education.My journey into the ministry of teaching in the local church isactually rooted in my childhood. My hero---my dad---was our pastor.As the dutiful daughter, I assumed the task of teaching Sundayschool to our handful of children, training the teachers, and givingleadership to our youth ministry.Ours was a very small church, a storefront to be exact, just twoblocks from 125th Street in New York City. Dad was an evangelistat heart, and he was creative about building a congregation. He hadrigged a loudspeaker to the street outside and connected it to thepulpit microphone so that passersby could hear the preaching.An additional benefit of our loudspeaker system was thatpeople on the sidewalks could also hear the choir, which my motherdirected. Admittedly, ours was a small choir, but under her tutelagewe sounded as voluminous as any mass choir, and in choir com-petitionswe either won or came in second.Grandmother knew how to pray. Its me again, Lord, was thepersonal familiarity with which she addressed her God. And shecould sing. Her operatic voice had been featured on the RefugeTemple radio program, and although she no longer performed, herpraises bellowed from the pews.Mother Inniss, as she was lovingly known, was ever the faithfulmother-in-law. She had left the glamour of her thousand-memberWhat Is Christian Education?A Philosophy of MinistryAnd the things which you have heard fromme in the presence of many witnesses, theseentrust to faithful men, who will be able toteach others also.2 Timothy 2:2 NASBchurch home to help her son-in-law pioneer his ministry. She passedher musical talent on to her daughters, Leanore, Lorraine, and Esther,who were known as the Inniss Sisters. And my mother, Leanore,conveyed all that she had learned to the choir. So the combinationof a preaching-teaching ministry coupled with good ol gospel musicpromised to be an excellent foundation for the building of a church.But it was hard work, and despite the influx of new members,the congregation never grew beyond a few handfuls of dedicatedpeople. If success is measured in numbers, then the impact of ourlittle church is questionable. But if success is measured by changedlives, what a crown Daddy received when he saw Jesus face-to-face!Because we were small, losing a member was major. Perhapsthe biggest exodus came when one of the single women in ourchurch had become pregnant.The newly converted wallowed inrighteous indignation. They demanded that my father throw thisyoung woman out of the church. His calm response came in theform of a question: Why would I throw her out now when sheneeds us the most? Dads sensitive, compassionate ability toembrace those who were suffering emanated from his own life soovershadowed with pain and disappointment. Like Jesus, my fatherchose understanding rather than condemnation.My dads passion was to see his members set free. Sister Gadson,for example, had a phobia of riding in cars and busses. She wasterrified at the thought. Consequently, she never traveled beyondwalking distance of her apartment in the projects. But Dad was convincedof the reality of Scripture, If the Son sets you free, you willbe free indeed (John 8:36).Get in the car, he demanded one day. No, pastor, SisterGadson meekly refused. But because of her respect for him, sheeventually obliged. Dad drove her and her husband around Manhattan,and she loved it! The fear of traveling was gone.________Entering the MinistryPersonally, I had no intentions of entering the ministry. In fact, I hadpromised myself that I would never marry a pastor. I had no illusionsabout the work involved. Up close, the demands of pastoring seemedoverwhelming.On call day and night, Dad was often summoned from sleep toan emergency at the hospital, or to a home to calm disputes, or to the jail to help a members child who was in trouble. There never seemed time for him to really rest. On many nights after a full day of hard physical labor as a carpenter, Dad would shower, change clothes, and drive from New Rochelle to Manhattan to teach Bibleclasses or to play the piano or organ during choir rehearsal or toconduct meetings.A Bible school graduate, Dads preaching and teaching style wasexegetical. He taught what the Scriptures said and then applied themto today. Always, Dad ministered with his whole heart. I came to lovethe Lord dearly and trust him completely because of the absolute faiththat my father placed in his Savior.I taught Sunday school. Soon I became frustrated with the curriculumavailable. Here we were teaching in a one-room church withseveral classes occurring simultaneously. These children lived in theinner city in tall buildings and walked through snow to school. Butthe pictures on the covers of most Sunday school material featuredlovely country homes with picket fences and rosy children with smilingfaces. They resembled no one in our congregation. Out of frustration,I began writing and developing our own lessons. Little did Irealize that I was in Gods preparatory school.After a 10-year stint on Madison Avenue as a magazine editor,Gods call on my life began to materialize. Although I had reached thetop and had experienced tremendous success, I felt empty inside. Allof the hard work and all of the extra hours struggling to make it didnot produce the fulfillment it had promised.One Sunday, my brother, Elder Allen Powlis, preached a sermonfrom Mark 11:22, Have faith in God. It haunted me. Of course I hadfaith in God! I was raised in a Christian home, accepted Christ as mySavior, was baptized according to Scripture, taught Sunday school,sang in the choir, worked with the youth, and served on the Pastors Details ISBN0310223474 Author La Verne Tolbert Short Title TEACHING LIKE JESUS Publisher Zondervan Language English ISBN-10 0310223474 ISBN-13 9780310223474 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 268 Audience Age 18-99 Imprint Zondervan Subtitle A Practical Guide to Christian Education in Your Church Place of Publication Grand Rapids Country of Publication United States Illustrations B & W line art; charts Residence Los Angeles, CA, US Birth 1947 Pages 240 DOI 10.1604/9780310223474 US Release Date 1999-08-12 UK Release Date 1999-08-12 Year 1999 Publication Date 1999-08-12 Alternative 9780310864295 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 1999-11-30 NZ Release Date 1999-11-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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