Monthly Archives: February 2007

Handout: Learner Retention

A two-page graphics handout on learner retention. Can be used to stress the importance of using interactive methods. Free to use as long as copyright tag remains on handout. Share your stuff. (.pdf, two pages):

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Handout: Informal Education

These are the handouts from a presentation on “Informal Education” from Educational Consultants. Free to use as long as copyright tags remain on handouts. Share your stuff. (.pdf, three pages):

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Handout: Faith Journeys Map

This “faith journeys map” handout can be used to help people plot out their faith jouney then share their story with others. It can provide for a stand-alone exercise or as part of a group sharing activity. Free to use … Continue reading

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Handout: Expanding Your Teaching Repertoire

This is the handout packet from an older version of the Expanding Your Teaching Repertoire workshop from Educational Consultants. You can pull out and use portions of this packet for training or educational purposes. Free to use as long as … Continue reading

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Handout: Effectual Faith

A one-page handout of the Effectual Faith concept diagram found in The Craft of Christian Teaching, and How To be The Best … Study Group Leader…. by Israel Galindo. Free to use providing copyright tag remains on handout. Share your … Continue reading

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Handout: Characteristics of a good group member

A handout on the characteristics of a good group member. Free to use as long as copyright notice remains on the handout. Share your stuff. (.pdf, one page)

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Leadership education development for your church members

Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (BTSR) makes a splash in the latest issue of the Religious Herald, the state Baptist paper of Virginia (Feb 8, 2007, Vol. 180 No 3). The issue has a front page above-the-fold feature story about … Continue reading

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The medium is the message

One of the things I’m informally studying during my sabbatical is how “style” (forms, media) influence communication and learning. It’s related to “how the brain learns” and all that. I’ve been interested in this topic keenly since I read, and … Continue reading

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Church growth rant

I continue to find that students come to seminary with certain (misguided) assumptions about churches. A popular one is the assumption that the goal of ministry is to grow a congregation numerically, that is, to work at increasing the membership … Continue reading

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