Wright Track Ministries

6675 Moondance Drive

Olive Branch, MS 38654

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Adult Education and Ministry

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Advice from Noel Wright

Some Christian educators differ over which age group could be counted as the most important in the Sunday School. Many will immediately say children. They tug at our heart strings. They are cute, cuddly, loveable and everyone agrees that we must take care of them. However, what would you say if I said that adults may be more important than children? Are you surprised? You shouldn't be. Of all the things that we can give our children, what could be a better gift than Christian parents who  love God and are solid in the Faith. What better kind of church could you put a child in than a church whose members discipled Christian adults? Here is your greatest challenge! The adults are the ones who must be the first line of help for the children and youth in our homes and families.

Adults are also the most challenging age range to deal with because you are dealing with every facet of life imaginable. From the college age student who is dealing with their first taste of adulthood and the responsibilities that go with it, to preparing for and dealing with the death of a spouse and the loneliness in old age the, the range of experiences an Adult Teacher will deal with is nothing short of an entire lifetime. As this section of WTVU grows we will add information and resources to help you in your ministry to these varied groups of adults.

Books and Resources for Adult Workers 

  • Teaching Christian Adults  by  Warren Wilbert, Baker Book House.

  • The Christian Educator's Handbook on Adult Education  by Kenneth Gangle, Baker Book House.

  • The Christian Educator's Handbook on Teaching  by Kenneth Gangle & Howard Hendricks, Baker Book House.

  •  Adult Sunday School for a New Century by Richard Dodge, Lifeway Press.

  • Teaching Adults: A Guide for Transformational Teaching by Rick Edwards, Lifeway Press.

  • Teaching the Jesus Way: Building a Transformational Teaching Ministry by Jay Johnston and Ronald K. Brown, Lifeway Press.

  • Baker Handbook for Single Adult Ministry by Douglas Fagerstrom, Multhnoma Publishers. "Single adults are a mission field, but it can be equally true that single adults have a mission, " writes Bill Flanagan. All of the minister leaders in this book balance mission field with mission. This reference and training guide replaces the two books, Single Adult Ministry, the Next Step and Single Ministry Handbook.
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JER for NMW3  10-05-2000