Training & Development

Articles Is Intellect a Liability in Ministry?
- By Christopher P. Momany
- Posted on November 13th, 2012
Some years ago I served on a regional credentialing board of my denomination. Our primary task was interviewing candidates for ordained ministry, and I actually had the audacity…
Articles Fill-in Teacher Now Can't Be Dragged Away
- By Boyce Bowdon
- Posted on November 11th, 2012
The junior high Sunday school teacher was going to be away, so the youth director asked John if he would fill in the next Sunday. "Sure, no problem," John replied. "I'll be glad…
Video Live on Common Ground
- By Common English Bible
- Posted on November 9th, 2012
Live on Common Ground from Common English Bible on Vimeo.
Articles Learning to Tell Bible Stories
- By Michael Williams
- Posted on October 29th, 2012
A Self-Directed Workshop 1. Read the story aloud at least twice. You may choose to read the translation included here or the one you are accustomed to reading. I recommend that…
Articles Will Our Children Have Faith?
- By John H. Westerhoff III
- Posted on October 21st, 2012
Originally written in 1976, revised in 2000 and translated in six languages, this classic critique of Christian education has been newly revised and expanded and includes…
Articles We Are Our Stories
- By Sharon Ely Pearson
- Posted on October 21st, 2012
Several months ago, I wrote a re-cap of some of my learnings from John’s Westerhoff’s keynote, “Changing Times, Changing Responses,” from Children, Youth…