About Teaching Ministry: General Resources
The Big Picture for Sunday School, Small Groups, or Other Bible Teachers
Sometimes Bible teachers need a big picture perspective of teaching, perhaps some patterns to model after, or a challenge to be more effective. Help with specific training topics is needed but we mustn't forget to keep it all under the umbrella of a biblical teaching philosophy and sound teaching principles. These workbooks can help with that. (Click on the links to learn more.)
The Particulars of Bible Teaching Cover a Broad Range of Issues
Specific issues and needed teaching skills cover such a broad range that we can't deal with every topic in our teacher training plan. The Bible Teachers Handbook of Frequently Asked Questions covers 49 aspects of teaching answering a total of 153 questions teachers might have. It can serve as a handy reference for both Bible teachers and those who lead them. (Click on the link to learn more.)
Also check out the Teaching Ministry Manual which introduces teachers to some of the basic elements involved in effective Bible teaching.
More Training Resources of a General Nature
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Articles, Online:
- 3 Important Lessons for Bible Teachers from the Master Teacher
- 3 More Important Lessons for Bible Teachers from the Master Teacher
- 3 Things People Want from Their Bible Teachers
- 3 Tips for Teaching
- 7 Questions to Ask Before Teaching the Bible to Kids - questions apply to teachers of any age
- 8 Keys To Being A Better, More Effective Sunday School Teacher
- Are Your Bible Teachers Prepared?
- Aware of God's Presence?
- Bible Teachers Have a Voice
- Bible Teachers Who Teach and Admonish
- Bible Teaching Demands Accuracy
- Bible Teaching is a Special Divine Empowerment
- Bible Teaching is an Awesome Responsibility
- Bible Teaching Must Equal Bible Living
- Bible Teaching Must Keep the Word Central
- Bible Verses for Bible Teachers
- Effective Bible Teaching
- Effective Bible Teaching Takes Time
- FAQ about a Teaching Ministry
- Foundation for Bible Teaching
- God's Presence: The Distinguishing Mark
- Hindering Advancement of God's Work?
- It All Matters When We're Teaching the Word of God
- Lies Bible Teachers Might Believe
- Misconceptions with Partial Truth
- Prepare But Expect the Unexpected
- Promoting Advancement of God's Work?
- Since ... Then ... in Bible Teaching
- Supernatural Power Needed in Bible Teaching
- Teaching for Changed Lives?
- Really Teaching for Changed Lives?
- Teaching as a Ministry of Multiplication
- Teaching Like Jesus
- Teaching like the Word is the Powerful Book It Is?
- Teaching the Whole Counsel of God?
- The ABCs of Great Sunday School Teaching
- We Teach Too Little Because We Try to Teach Too Much
- What Makes Effective Bible Teachers?
- What We Do and What We Don't Do Matters
- When your lesson is broken...how to fix it
- You Teach Even When You Aren't
Books:
- 32 Ways to Become a Great Sunday School Teacher by Delia Halverson
- Almost Every Answer for Practically Any Teacher by Bruce Wilkinson
- Called to Teach by William Yount
- Creative Bible Teaching by Lawrence O. Richards
- Disciple-Making Teachers by Josh Hunt
- Don't Just Teach...Reach! by Thom & Joani Schultz
- Effective Bible Teaching by James Wilhoit, Leland Ryken
- Help! I'm a Sunday School Teacher! by Ray Johnston
- Teaching for Results, Revised Edition by Findley Edge
- Teaching to Change Lives: 7 Laws of the Teacher by Dr. Howard Hendricks
- Teaching Ministry Manual: A Teaching Ministry Primer by Ministry Tools Resource Center
- Teaching With All Your Heart: Bringing Curriculum & Class to Life by David E. Fessenden
- The Bible Study Teacher's Guide by Beverly Van Kampen
- The Dirt on Learning by Thomas & Joani Schultz
- The Fabulous Reinvention of Sunday School: Transformational Techniques for Reaching and Teaching by Aaron Reynolds
- The Power of Multi-sensory Preaching and Teaching: Increase Attention, Comprehension, and Retention by Rick Blackwood
- The Seven Laws of the Learner by Bruce Wilkinson
- The Christian Educator's Handbook on Teaching by Edited By: Kenneth O. Gangel, Howard G. Hendricks
- What Every Sunday School Teacher Should Know by Elmer L. Towns
- Why Nobody Learns Much of Anything at Church and How to Fix It by Thomas & Joani Schultz
Computer - Webinar:
- Teaching For Changed Lives Webinar by Dick Cride from Discipleland
Group Training, On Location:
Group Training, Outside:
- Teaching With Style Seminar - seminar sponsored by Walk Thru the Bible - Check for: seminars near your location
- The 7 Laws of the Learner Seminar - seminar sponsored by Walk Thru the Bible - Check for: seminars near your location
PowerPoint Presentation:
- Rediscovering the Joy of Teaching by Ministry Tools Resource Center
Bible teachers need to keep their focus on the right things or they will easily become distracted, get stuck in the routine or obligation of teaching and lose perspective. Teachers who find little joy or passion in their teaching tend to put little into it and hence yield minimal results. This PowerPoint Presentation can be used by individual teachers or for group training as a reminder of what Jesus can do through them as they invest into their students' lives. (A free PowerPoint Viewer can be downloaded from the Microsoft site for anyone without PowerPoint installed on their computer.)
Workbooks:
- Creative Bible Teaching with Results Workbook by Ministry Tools Resource Center
- Teaching for Changed Lives Workbook by Ministry Tools Resource Center