Reaching Out through
Christian Education
by Steve Clapp and Jerry O. Cook
In this landmark book, Steve and Jerry draw on experiences in local churches across North America to give you the handles you need to revitalize your church's educational program and in the process the whole congregation. You'll discover:
• Why you should add leaders before adding students.
• Strategies to reactivate inactives and to KEEP people coming.
• The right and wrong ways to use attendance & participation awards.
• Reaching the divorced, disabled, and others the church often misses.
• How to teach people to share their faith and reach out.
$14 each. 10 or more copies, $9 each. Product Code: RO
Reaching Out Study Guide
$7 each, with photocopy permission. Product Code: ROSG
Contents:
Part One: Reaching Out With Intentionality
 | Everything Teaches Something |
| A False Tension: Evangelism Vs. Justice |
| What is it Like to Visit Your Church? |
| Evaluating and Dreaming |
| Curriculum in a Media Dominated Age |
| A Range of Methods |
Part Two: Reaching Out Through Leadership
| Add Leaders Before Adding Students |
| Recruiting Teachers and Group Leaders |
| Teacher Training, Support and Reinforcement |
| Job Descriptions Help Everyone with Outreach |
| Employed Staff and Christian Education |
Part Three: Reaching Out by Building Attendance
| Maintain Those Lists! |
| Keep Them Coming |
| Getting the Word Out |
| Attendance and Participation Awards |
| Vacation Bible School |
| Teaching People to Share Their Faith |
Part Four: Reaching Out to Particular Groups
| The Lesson of the Samaritan |
| Young Adults and The Push for Change |
| The Divorced and Others Needing Support |
| Those Facing Difficult Challenges |
| Reaching Teenagers |