1. Using Sunday School to Start New Churches Dennis R. Tate West Virginia Convention of Southern Baptists

2. Presuppositions  Using Sunday school to start a new work is a viable method  The sponsoring church will be proactive in the new work

3. Step 1: Commit to Start a New Sunday School  See the need  Pray for the vision  Formally adopt commitment  Set start date

4. Step 2: Elect a New Sunday School Director  Prayerfully select the new sunday school director  Train the new director

5. Step 3: Determine the General Area and Target Group  Do windshield probe  Study demographics of area  Identify unreached areas

6. Step 4: Provide Financial Support  Sunday School materials  Rent (if needed)  Miscellaneous expenses

7. Step 5: Conduct Prospect Discovery  Neighborhood survey  Special events  Block party  Backyard Bible Clubs  Vacation Bible Schools

8. Step 6: Select and Train Leaders  Teachers  Outreach leaders  Care group leaders  Support staff (as needed)

9. Step 7: Cultivate Selected Area  Prayer  Preliminary activities – home Bible studies, visitation, advertisements, mail-outs, and so on  Prayer walk  Block party

10. Step 8: Secure Teaching Location and Materials  Secure facilities/location  Order/secure materials

11. Step 9: Launch the New Sunday School  Be prepared  Be energized  Be christlike

12. Step 10: Encourage and Support the New Work  Don’t become frustrated  Don’t be negative  Don’t be slothful

13. Step 10: Encourage and Support the New Work  Support with attendance  Support with leaders  Support with finances  Support with training

14. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matt. 28:19-20, NASB).

15. “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest” (Matt. 9:7-38, NASB).