organizations, Sunday even in g training groups, deputation teams, etc. The success or failure of the board of Christian education is largely in its own hands. This as sumes, however, that the board has been properly constituted, au thorized, empowered and respect ed by the governing body and the congregation of the local church.
prepare a Christian education budget to be submitted to the church and will administer this budget when adopted. 9. Schedule events. The board will plan with the long range view of a c com p lish in g educational goals. This function will prove vi tal in integrating each activity into the total program of the church. 10. Develop a balanced pro gram. The board will study regu larly the work o f the educational agencies of the church to assure that every needed emphasis is in cluded. 11. Study trends. The board will be alert to the trends in Chris tian education and to activities and programs, equipment and ma terials that can be profitably util ized in the local church. 12. Evaluate and report. The board constantly will evaluate all o f the educational work of the church to assure that it is scrip- turally sound and spiritually mo tivated. The Board of Christian Education at Work To function e f f e c t i v e l y the board should organize at its first meeting of the year by electing a chairman, vice-chairman, and sec retary. A regular time o f meeting should be established f o r the board. It is good to time the meet ing of the board sufficiently in ad vance of the workers’ conference and following the Sunday school cabinet meeting to enable the best flow of communications to the va rious groups. Committees of the Board The Christian education board is a work group. It will fail in its mission if it assumes an “ ivory tower” position and only issues orders. Every board member should be actively working in the field o f Christian education. The chart is not to be construed as representing the total program or o r g n a iz a t io n o f the local church. The chart diagrams the relationship o f the Board of Chris
tian Education to the program of the church. The term church board is used to indicate the gov erning body of the church (official board, deacons, sess ion , over seers). Consult your denomina tional manual. For purpose of simplification, cnly the basic organization of one agency, the Sunday school, is charted. The weekday activity program may include activities such as Boys’ Brigade, Pioneer Girls, Bible Clubs, weekday reli gious education, etc. Age-level training and service groups may include the Mens’ and Womens’
Condensed from a chapter in the book, An Introduction to Evangelical Chris tian Education, Edited by J. Edward Hakes, published by Moody Press, 1964. Used by permission.
CHART PATTERN OF EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION
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