What Every Sunday School Teacher Should Know by Elmer L Towns

What Every Sunday School Teacher Should Know by Elmer L Towns

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What Every Sunday School Teacher Should Know by Elmer L Towns

Great Sunday School Teachers Aren't Born--They're Taught

Few spiritual experiences are as satisfying as sharing God's Word with children, youth, and adults. But if the pastor suddenly asks you to teach next Sunday--and you've never taught before--the prospect can be terrifying

Let Elmer Towns put your fears to rest This down-to-earth, inspirational training book by one of America's leading experts on teaching Sunday School consists of 24 bite-sized topics covering everything from motivation to gifting to teaching methods.

This makes What Every Sunday School Teacher Should Know easy to follow and learner-friendly for both first-time and experienced teachers. Use it to inspire, educate, and change lives
Dr. Elmer Towns is a college and seminary professor, an author of popular and scholarly works (the editor of two encyclopedias), a popular seminar lecturer, and dedicated worker in Sunday school, and has developed over 20 resource packets for leadership education. He began teaching at Midwest Bible College, St. Louis, Missouri, for three years and was not satisfied with his textbooks so he began writing his own (he has published over 100 books listed in the Library of Congress, 7 listed in the Christian Booksellers Best Selling List; several becoming accepted as college textbooks. He is also the 1995 recipient of the coveted Gold Medallion Award awarded by the Christian Booksellers Association for writing the Book of the Year, i.e., The Names of the Holy Spirit.

He was President of Winnipeg Bible College for five years, leading it to receive American Accreditation and Provincial authority to offer degrees (1960-1965). He taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in greater Chicago, Illinois, in the field of Religious Education and Evangelism (1965-1971).

He is co-founder of Liberty University, with Jerry Falwell, in 1971, and was the only full-time teacher in the first year of Liberty's existence. Today, the University has over 11,400 students on campus with 39,000 in the Distance Learning Program (now Liberty University Online), and he is the Dean of the School of Religion.

Dr. Towns has given theological lectures and taught intensive seminars at over 50 theological seminaries in America and abroad. He holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. He has written over 2,000 reference and/or popular articles and received six honorary doctoral degrees. Four doctoral dissertations have analyzed his contribution to religious education and evangelism.

His personal education includes a B.S. from Northwestern College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a M.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary also in Dallas, a MRE from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, and a D.Min. from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.

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ISBN 13 9780830728749
ISBN 10 0830728740
Title What Every Sunday School Teacher Should Know
Author Elmer L Towns
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Regal Books,U.S.
Year published 2002-01-01
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.