If Bible teachers in your church are in a rut, their routine pattern of behavior may have made them dull or boring teachers. As a result, they may be less effective as their ruts not only affect their own view of teaching but also their students’ attitude toward learning. Getting out of a rut, however, is no easy task. How much better with assistance!
Breaking Out of Teaching Ruts:
To break out of a rut, Bible teachers can’t keep doing the same thing over and over. They need to step out of their comfort zones, and incorporate more variety into their teaching. Encourage, challenge, and provide resources for teachers in the following ways:
1) Since variety grows out of creativity, lay the groundwork for them to be creative Bible teachers. Without this foundation, anything they do may be short-lived, a temporary effort.
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2) Challenge teachers to vary the way they use their current methods. Making changes to something with which they are already familiar will not be as threatening as trying something totally new.
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3) Encourage teachers to occasionally try methods they’ve never used before. Be sure however, to provide help on the “how-to” as failure will get them right back into their rut.
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