Connect : The Power Of One Sunday School Class

Target Audience: Adults

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Description:
A few years ago, LifeWay produced a small book outlining the three dimensions of a balanced Sunday School – Invite, Discover, Connect. The subsequent Invite book focused on getting people into the classroom. The Discover Triad: discussed interrelated aspects that contribute to a consistently excellent Bible study experience. The final book, Connect3: The Power of One Sunday School Class, describes the three levels of connection and challenges leaders to excel in each one. The book is included in this package and is also available as a free download at www.lifeway.com/sundayschool.

Features:

• Third book in the trilogy
• The final dimension of the 3D Sunday School: Invite, Discover, Connect
• Explains the three levels of Connect in a Sunday School class

Benefits:

• Challenges Sunday School leaders to excel in each of the three levels:
  1. foundational level of a "class" where the primary purpose is Bible study
  2. at this level the class is more of a "community" where each person can rely on the others, caring and sharing 24/7
  3. the class becomes intentional about helping each other obey the Great Commission, reaching out to those in the community

Author Info: David Francis is the director of Sunday school in LifeWay's church resources division. He assumed his current position in 2004, but has been with LifeWay since 1997. During his tenure with the organization he has filled several roles including director of regional operation for church resources and associate director of the church leadership group.

Prior to coming to LifeWay, Francis served as the associate pastor and minister of education for First Baptist Church, Garland, Texas, a position he held for 13 years.

Francis and his wife, Vicki, teach pre-K Sunday school at Long Hollow Baptist Church, Nashville, Tenn. They have three sons and four grandchildren.