But before I do, I want to say there is hope that Southern Baptists are mending our problems. The first hope is found in F.A.I.T.H. , the evangelism strategy founded by Daytona First Baptist Church and adopted by LifeWay Christian Resources. Sunday Schools properly using F.A.I.T.H. are making a difference in the health of their churches. The second hope is in the new LifeWay philosophy that the teacher is the lesson. They have reminded us that teaching is more than transmitting information from one mind to another.
Teaching is for the purpose of transforming learners.
The first step in that process is for Sunday School teachers to prepare well in advance of Sunday and to live out the lesson before teaching it. If practiced, this will change churches. As a minister of education I figured out that Sunday School must have a distinctive and well-promoted mission. I discovered what I now teach my students Reach, Teach, Care. Sunday School is first an evangelistic tool for the church.