Before becoming a full-time pastor, I spent over a decade in education. I worked day-in and day-out to prepare understandable lessons for my students. I managed classroom conflicts. I worked alongside peers and parents. I stood up in front of people to instruct them. I walked alongside them in the ups and downs of a given school year. I pursued a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. In other words, I was preparing to be a pastor, and even to write this article.
God used that time to teach me a thing or two about how to both evaluate and implement curriculum effectively.
Here are five ways your church can fruitfully engage with the plethora of curricular options at our disposal.
1. Choose a theologically rich curriculum.
Don’t skimp on theology when it comes to your church’s curriculum for children. The ultimate goal is to help our children to know God. As Psalm 78:5–7 says:
He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should
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