Teacher: Creating Conversational Community

Teacher: Creating Conversational Community is a 64-page e-book designed to help church leaders train volunteers who lead a Sunday School class or small Bible study group.

Teaching is one of the three roles every Bible study leader must assume. With the help of Michael Kelley and Ken Braddy, David Francis identifies elements of teaching that create a community built upon conversation around the Bible.  

The book explores the four “voices” of conversational community: Bible, Holy Spirit, Learners, and Teacher. It also guides the teacher on what to say, ask, and do. A free PDF download is available at Lifeway.com/davidfrancis

Features: 

• a lesson-planning framework called Say/Ask/Do that helps the teacher plan for the “four voices” to be heard
  
• tried-and-true approaches to teaching

Benefits:

• Discover the eight approaches to learning
  
• Start using proven ways to prepare for teaching
  
• Find out what to say when nobody answers your question
  
• Learn how to:
  
  • create good discussion questions
    
  • get some people talking and others to stop
    
  • use stories skillfully
    
  • know what to say (and what not to)
    and much more

Authors:
David Francis
Director of Sunday School at Lifeway. Member of the Minister of Education tribe. Preschool Sunday School teacher with wife Vickie. Dad to three sons. Grandaddy to five. Author of thirteen books.

Ken Braddy
Manager of Lifeway’s ongoing Bible studies for adults. Co-author of 3 Roles for Guiding Groups. Veteran Minister of Education. Blogger on the topics of Sunday School and groups. Conference leader and trainer of teachers. Shepherds a new Sunday School group for empty-nesters with wife Tammy.
 
Michael Kelley
Director of Groups Ministry at Lifeway. Father of three. Husband of one, Jana. Church elder. Blogger. Author of Wednesdays were Pretty Normal, Faith Limps, Holy Vocabulary, Hard Sayings of Jesus, and Boring.