Central Baptist Church

Leader: Mack Goodman

What is the purpose of Sunday school?

Instead of being an agency that’s separate from the church, it’s a vital arm with four parts: reaching, teaching, winning and caring.

It remains functionally defined as reaching people so you can teach them, win them to Christ, and then care for them spiritually.

This Old Testament verse is often used to express the fourfold nature of Sunday school: “Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully observe all the words of this law” (Deuteronomy 31:12). This verse reflects the four distinct “arms” of Sunday school ministry.

Sunday school is the reaching arm of the church.

Sunday school is the teaching arm of the church.

Sunday school is the winning arm of the church.

Sunday school is the caring arm of the church.