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Christian
Education:
An Overview
Education
formalInformal
Formal Education
• Formal School/Training
• Learning Strategies
• Innovations
• Approaches
• Methodologies
• Teachers/Trainors/Facilitators
• Students/Learners/Trainee
• Continuous Improvement in all of the
above
• Curriculum
• The process of learning/training/studying to gain
knowledge/wisdomdevelopment and progress
(physically, emotionally, psychologically, spiritually,
socially) in order to be able to respond accordingly to
various challenges of the changing world inside and
outside us.
Christian
Education
• a person saved through the grace of God and living
his/her life here on earth under Jesus Christ’s Lordship
in all aspects and issues of his or her life where he/she
undergoes growing and maturing in Him.
Education is improving the lives of others and for leaving your
community better than you found it. Marian Wright Edelman
Education
FormalInformal
Christian
Education
• The kind of CE or Christian learning that evolves as
the church and the world evolves.
• The kind of CE that is intentionally conducted/planned.
THE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
IN THE CHURCH
Because…
WHY?
The Goal of Formal
Education in the Church• is to provide intentional learning through training and
nurturing disciples (members) as they face the challenges/issues of the changing world/the church itself and their own selves and develop active participation and improved service in the various ministries created by the church for the benefit not only of the inside but the larger outside community that it can reach as far and wide as possible to which they are called as Christians.
AGAIN, WHY?
From informal gathering of the believers,
Christianity grew. It was
institutionalized. It became an
ORGANIZATION due to its growth in
number and needs where the members
has to be nurtured in order to continue
its existence and develop as Christ
intends it to be.
ORGANIZATION
THE CHURCH AS AN
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Church
Seminaries/Bible Schools, etc.
In order to systematize the learning
process within the organized church for the
improvement of its church works/ministries
The Church as an Organization therefore needs
to manage its Christian Education seriously
1. Administration and Supervision
2. Planning (Developmental Planning and
Management)
3. Recruitment
4. Staffing
5. Coordinating
6. Monitoring
7. Evaluation or Assessment
8. Documentation
The Management of CE
The Scope of CEAll the educational needs of the various organizations within the local church. Where there is an organization, there is the need for growth and advancement and therefore the need for
training or education. Everything that concerns with understanding our faith and materializing it appropriately in every issues and problems existing in our lives, the church
and the world. Every educational training/venues falls under the CE work. It is planned, supervised, monitored and
coordinated through and by the CE Committee and the CE personnel- the assigned CE Worker (CE Director then DM or
Diaconal Minister now).
THE CURRICULUM
The source of Curriculum
The Interpretation of our own Faith (the Statement of Faith and Beliefs) for unity of responses and stand in order to develop a strong conviction according to our faith understanding
Strong conviction or stand is the
consequence of a well-trained mind
and soul
A well-educated/trained Christian in faith is
courageous to speak up and defend his or
her convictions even if he/she is left all alone
because deep in his heart and mind is the
peace of God that passes all understanding.
THE OUTCOME OF A WELL-
SUPERVISED CE
1.Progress and Development
Developmental and spiral in
movement
2. A Planned Appropriate
Educational Provision
LEARN YOUR BIBLE
(tune: Read Your Bible)
Learn your Bible
Pray everyday (3X)
Learn your Bible pray everyday
If you want to grow (3X)
Learn your Bible
Pray everyday and
You’ll GROW, GO, GLOW.
CE as the intentional food provision for the Church
planned the appropriate food nourishment and
therefore provides what is needed to produce a
healthy church.
This or This
3. Productivity in Quantity
and Quality
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Children’s Ministry
G
Youth Ministry
OW
A well-educated/nurtured church in terms of faith lessons (increasing in the knowledge of God) is like a tree that bears fruit in every good work (Colossians 1:10)
Unless the church grow and multiply in its various ministries
inside and outside its four walls, it is not really developing in
CE and in its whole purpose as a church. It is simply or
merely maintaining its existence. In quality and quantity, it
should grow if it is truly well-nurtured in lessons of faith
where participation and leadership are shared equally.