This gift is vital to the success of the church. Outside the brief study time allotted to the Sabbath School lesson, teaching is used very little in many churches. Admonition is utilized far too much, when teaching ought to be the framework for the church's training program. The gift of teaching is the special ability that God gives to some members of the body of Christ more than to others to communicate information, attitudes, and skills relevant to the health and ministry of the body and its members in such a way that others will learn. There are different kinds of teaching.
Some teachers are good with children, others with adults.
The point is that it is the same gift, and the teachers in the church ought to be those with this gift. All too often, people asked to teach are simply those who are willing to accept the job, whether they have the gift or not. Others will consistently understand truth as a result of their teaching. People with this gift are not satisfied with unclear or obscure meanings. People grow spiritually as a result of the work of these gifted teachers.