Conditioning Your Adult Class for New Class Starts

Choose one or two ideas from the following and commit to use them to condition your class for birthing a new class.

Enlist an apprentice and begin training him or her as a teacher.

Set a growth limit for the class. This may vary based on space and other situations.

Consider the room size. Provide 12-15 square feet per person. Remember, a class is full when attendance reaches 80 percent capacity. If a classroom is 80 percent full, it is time to start a new unit. The teacher should have been conditioning the class in advance, and the apprentice should already be teaching to prepare him or her for the new class.

Consider the number of members attending. By the time a class has 15 in attendance, the apprentice should be teaching weekly or at least once a month. By the time a class reaches 20 in attendance, the class should enlist a core group to begin a new class immediately.

Continually invite members to pray about starting a new class.

Even if your class is small and the possibility seems remote, don’t limit the growth potential. Keep members focused on seeking God and looking for results beyond attendance. Keep them focused on prayer.

Remind leaders in every leadership meeting of the need to create a new unit.

Pray for new classes that have already begun.

Partner with another class and commit together to condition the class to the idea of starting a new unit.

Teach the class to measure success in a different way.

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