Equipping Adult Sunday School Teachers at First Baptist Church, Jackson, Tennessee to be Christ-centered Expositors of the Old Testament

Abstract

ABSTRACT

EQUIPPING ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS AT

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, JACKSON, TENNESSEE

TO BE CHRIST-CENTERED EXPOSITORS

OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

Michael Justin Wainscott, D.Min

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015

Faculty Supervisor: James M. Hamilton Jr.

The purpose of this project is to equip adult Sunday School teachers to exposit the Old Testament from a Christ-centered perspective. Chapter 1 presents the purpose, goals, context, rationale, definitions, limitations, and research methodology of the project.

Chapter 2 provides biblical and theological support for teaching the Old Testament from a Christ-centered perspective by arguing that the New Testament demands such an interpretive perspective.

Chapter 3 discusses theoretical support for teaching the Old Testament from a Christ-centered perspective. Specifically, four means of support are discussed: (1) literary (2) historical (3) cultural and (4) educational.

Chapter 4 describes the details of the actual ministry project, including a week-by-week synopsis of how the project was implemented.

Chapter 5 offers an evaluation of the purpose and goals of the project, including what I would do differently, along with theological and personal reflections.