View this Ed Stetzer video to challenge you and your group to move toward a missional mindset. 

Discover how a missional Sunday School class from Lexington, SC is on mission with God in the oil fields of North Dakota. 

How is your class connecting as you move toward a missional mindset? 

Sunday School is a great way for people of all ages to learn and develop through relationships. 

Network with other Ministers of Education around common topics of interest. 

Why wouldn't friends expect friends to say "yes" to an invitation to Sunday School? 

How often does your Sunday School class or small group pray for lost people by name? Recent discussions around the missional Sunday School seem to reveal a connection between a class’s prayer focus and how well it is impacting lostness. 

What does a multiplication mindset look like in Sunday School or other ongoing small groups? Do you have a multiplication mindset or a hoarding mindset? Compare the two and you be the judge. 

If you are going to be good at fishing, you have got to learn to think like a fish. If you are going to be an effective fisher of men, you have got to think like a lost person. Here is the problem. Unfortunately, the longer you are a Christian, the less you think like an unbeliever. 

Network with Bible study leaders across the country. 

How many times have you avoided making an evangelistic appeal to your class because you assumed all the persons present were already Christians? The most dangerous assumption any Bible study leader can make is that all persons present are Christians, yet it happens quite often. Acknowledging this is a dangerous assumption, check out the following safe assumptions. 

Many churches have enjoyed using the Sunday School fall launch materials Lifeway publishes each year. Check out this year's resources.