Adult Sunday school can effectively increase the health of a church, and foster community and spiritual formation among its participants. Sunday School That Really Excels is a revealing look at actual churches with adult fellowships that not only survive but thrive. No matter the setting or challenges facing your church, this book is highly encouraging and practical. Various authors contribute chapters that blend an illustration of an excellent existing Sunday school ministry with scriptural support and leadership principles to enhance your own church's ministry. Chapters are devoted to particular situations faced by many churches, such as Sunday school in a rural setting; on the heels of a crisis; in a multicultural community; among transition to small groups; revitalizing a long-established ministry; and many others. Sunday school expert Steve Parr brings together lessons from the best of the best so that all Sunday school ministries can excel!
In this sequel to Sunday School That Really Works, Steve Parr explores twenty-four problems in organizing and teaching a Sunday school class. But he does more than present the problems; he provides practical and biblical wisdom on how the problems may be solved.
Do you want your children to be actively serving in the local church when they turn thirty and beyond? Why The Stay can help! Much has been written about younger adults and their departure from church involvement. Concerned parents and church leaders want to know what has caused them to depart. Instead of asking why young adults are leaving the church, Parr and Crites conducted a national research project of those who grew up in church and are still serving faithfully. They studied why they have stayed and the results are compelling. You will learn as a parent, pastor, or church leader specific actions that you can take to make a definitive difference in whether or not the fifteen-year-olds attending your church now are still attending and serving when they turn thirty. You will discover: fifteen factors that make a great difference in the likelihood that children and teens will remain in church as adults ten issues that make somewhat of a difference in lifetime involvement five surprises that do not make as much difference as you might think the greatest gap discovered in the ministry focus of a church actions you can take as a parent that greatly increase the likelihood your children will remain faithful to church when they are adults strategies church leaders can implement that increase the probability that children and youth-group members will serve in the church as adults Why They Stay is much more than numbers and data. Parr and Crites share from their personal experiences, and the information can help you be more effective in your parenting and church leadership.
Do you enjoy reading moving stories packed with adventure, romance, and intrigue? More importantly, do you enjoy reading things that make the Bible more understandable and relatable to help you to grow spiritually? What if you could get all of that from one book? That is what Giants, Kings, and Psalms has done. Imagine reading the dramatic chronological narrative of the life of Israel’s King David while also enjoying the psalms in context of the events of his life. But it is more than an adventure and is superior to a biography. The format of this book allows the reader to see so much more than the three or four more commonly known events in David’s life. In addition, the author has taken the psalms and placed them, when possible, in context of the historical events that took place, allowing the reader to seamlessly read the book of Psalms in context of the events in David’s life. Your reading experience will be much easier since everything is placed in order for you. This book is going to speak to your life, draw you closer to the Lord, and give you enjoyment as you journey alongside David’s life and the psalms from beginning to end. You will also encounter some giants along the way, and did you know....Goliath was not the only one?
Steve Parr is originally from Little Rock and attended Vanderbilt on a football scholarship, majoring in business and Asian history. He joined Goldman Sachs directly upon graduation from Emory with an MBA.Mr. Parr served as vice-president and international specialist at Goldman Sachs Asset Management from 1977 to 1995. Steve left Goldman in 1995 to give financial and strategic advice to private and public companies, until he joined Pope Asset Management in 2001 where he was Pope's macro-economic and political analyst until 2007. In 2007 Steve founded Parr Financial Group, an entrepreneurial project capital company with a focus on natural asset mining, healthcare, and manufacturing world-wide. Mr. Parr is married to Sue Lipford, whom he met at a Campus Crusade for Christ meeting in 1973. The have been married forty years with three grown children and two grandsons.Steve has been a featured speaker for Crusade Ministries including: Momentum Europe, Athletes in Action, Quest for Significance and History's handful. He was chairman of the Memphis Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for eight years. He was a deacon at Second Presbyterian Church where he was a Sunday School teacher for fourteen years. He and his wife, Sue, are now members at Fellowship Church in Memphis where Steve has taught Sunday School for two years. Mr. Parr attended classes at Reformed Theological Seminary. During 1994 and 1995 he published a fasting newsletter. He is now publishing his fourth book, "Beginning the Day with God," as the fourth of a five book yearly devotional series.
Steve Parr is originally from Little Rock and attended Vanderbilt on a football scholarship, majoring in business and Asian history. He joined Goldman Sachs directly upon graduation from Emory with an MBA. Mr. Parr served as vice-president and international specialist at Goldman Sachs Asset Management from 1977 to 1995. Steve left Goldman in 1995 to give financial and strategic advice to private and public companies, until he joined Pope Asset Management in 2001 where he was Pope's macro-economic and political analyst until 2007. In 2007 Steve founded Parr Financial Group, an entrepreneurial project capital company with a focus on natural asset mining, healthcare, and manufacturing world-wide. Mr. Parr is married to Sue Lipford, whom he met at a Campus Crusade for Christ meeting in 1973. The have been married forty years with three grown children and two grandsons. Steve has been a featured speaker for Crusade Ministries including: Momentum Europe, Athletes in Action, Quest for Significance and History's handful. He was chairman of the Memphis Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for eight years. He was a deacon at Second Presbyterian Church where he was a Sunday School teacher for fourteen years. He and his wife, Sue, are now members at Fellowship Church in Memphis where Steve has taught Sunday School for two years. Mr. Parr attended classes at Reformed Theological Seminary. During 1994 and 1995 he published a fasting newsletter. He is now publishing his second book, "Mornings with the Master," as the second of a five-book yearly devotional series written in Haiku poetry form to inspire believers to spend increasing time with God.
Steve Parr is originally from Little Rock and attended Vanderbilt on a football scholarship, majoring in business and Asian history. He joined Goldman Sachs directly upon graduation from Emory with an MBA. Mr. Parr served as vice-president and international specialist at Goldman Sachs Asset Management from 1977 to 1995. Steve left Goldman in 1995 to give financial and strategic advice to private and public companies, until he joined Pope Asset Management in 2001 where he was Pope's macro-economic and political analyst until 2007. In 2007 Steve founded Parr Financial Group, an entrepreneurial project capital company with a focus on natural asset mining, healthcare, and manufacturing world-wide. Mr. Parr is married to Sue Lipford, whom he met at a Campus Crusade for Christ meeting in 1973. The have been married thirty-eight years with three grown children and two grandsons. Steve has been a featured speaker for Crusade Ministries including: Momentum Europe, Athletes in Action, Quest for Significance and History's handful. He was chairman of the Memphis Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for eight years. He was a deacon at Second Presbyterian Church where he was a Sunday School teacher for fourteen years. He and his wife, Sue, are now members at Fellowship Church in Memphis where Steve has taught Sunday School for two years. Mr. Parr attended classes at Reformed Theological Seminary. During 1994 and 1995 he published a fasting newsletter. He is now publishing his first book, "Moments with the Master," as the first of a five-book yearly devotional series written in Haiku poetry form to inspire believers to spend increasing time with God.
Steve Parr is originally from Little Rock and attended Vanderbilt on a football scholarship, majoring in business and Asian history. He joined Goldman Sachs directly upon graduation from Emory with an MBA.Mr. Parr served as vice-president and international specialist at Goldman Sachs Asset Management from 1977 to 1995. Steve left Goldman in 1995 to give financial and strategic advice to private and public companies, until he joined Pope Asset Management in 2001 where he was Pope's macro-economic and political analyst until 2007. In 2007 Steve founded Parr Financial Group, an entrepreneurial project capital company with a focus on natural asset mining, healthcare, and manufacturing world-wide. Mr. Parr is married to Sue Lipford, whom he met at a Campus Crusade for Christ meeting in 1973. The have been married forty years with three grown children and two grandsons.Steve has been a featured speaker for Crusade Ministries including: Momentum Europe, Athletes in Action, Quest for Significance and History's handful. He was chairman of the Memphis Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for eight years. He was a deacon at Second Presbyterian Church where he was a Sunday School teacher for fourteen years. He and his wife, Sue, are now members at Fellowship Church in Memphis where Steve has taught Sunday School for two years. Mr. Parr attended classes at Reformed Theological Seminary. During 1994 and 1995 he published a fasting newsletter. He is now publishing his third book, "Meetings with the Master," as the third of a five-book yearly devotional.
Steve Parr is originally from Little Rock and attended Vanderbilt on a football scholarship, majoring in business and Asian history. He joined Goldman Sachs directly upon graduation from Emory with an MBA.Mr. Parr served as vice-president and international specialist at Goldman Sachs Asset Management from 1977 to 1995. Steve left Goldman in 1995 to give financial and strategic advice to private and public companies, until he joined Pope Asset Management in 2001 where he was Pope's macro-economic and political analyst until 2007. In 2007 Steve founded Parr Financial Group, an entrepreneurial project capital company with a focus on natural asset mining, healthcare, and manufacturing world-wide.Mr. Parr is married to Sue Lipford, whom he met at a Campus Crusade for Christ meeting in 1973. The have been married forty years with three grown children and two grandsons.Steve has been a featured speaker for Crusade Ministries including: Momentum Europe, Athletes in Action, Quest for Significance and History's handful. He was chairman of the Memphis Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for eight years. He was a deacon at Second Presbyterian Church where he was a Sunday School teacher for fourteen years. He and his wife, Sue, are now members at Fellowship Church in Memphis where Steve has taught Sunday School for two years. Mr. Parr attended classes at Reformed Theological Seminary. During 1994 and 1995 he published a fasting newsletter. He is now publishing his fifth book, "Ending the Day With God," as the fifth of a five-book yearly devotional series written in Haiku poetry form to inspire believers to spend increasing time with God.
In this sequel to Sunday School That Really Works, Steve Parr explores twenty-four problems in organizing and teaching a Sunday school class. But he does more than present the problems; he provides practical and biblical wisdom on how the problems may be solved.
The new reality for the modern church is simply this: the modern church is struggling. In this powerfully written, insightful work,Dr. Steve R. Parr and Dr. Thomas Crites, assess the crisis and provide thoughtful understandings.
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