DUTIES OF OUTREACH LEADERS
Morningside Baptist Church
The class
outreach leader's primary task is to lead the class to reach out to lost and
unchurched persons in their community. Each
Sunday School class is responsible for reaching all prospects within that class'
specified age range.
The outreach
leader will be a born again believer in Jesus Christ, and an active member of
Morningside Baptist Church. The
outreach leader should be regular in attendance and willing to be submissive to
the leadership of his teacher, department director, and church staff.
The specific
responsibilities of the outreach leader are as follows:
Outreach. The outreach leader should keep outreach (lovingly reaching out to lost and unchurched persons with the gospel message) constantly before the class. It is the outreach leader's job to encourage the class members to become actively involved in outreach. The outreach leader will do this through personal example (participating in visitation), verbal invitations, and constant encouragement.
On Sundays, the outreach leader should assign prospects to the members, so the members can visit, call, or write the prospects during the week. The outreach leader will also encourage class members to report their contacts each Sunday. A contact is any time an individual (member or prospect) is invited to Sunday School.
Organize. The outreach leader will help the teacher organize the class into groups for ministry and encouragement. The entire class shall be organized into groups of 4 - 7 members, and each group shall be under the care of a care group leader. The care group leader, then, is the primary minister to those 4 - 7 members. As new members join the class, the outreach leader will immediately assign them to a group. As the class grows, the teacher and outreach leader may need to enlist additional group leaders, and reorganize the groups.
Minister. The outreach leader fulfills the function of a care group leader in relation to the care group leaders. As such, the outreach leader will minister to the needs of the care group leaders. Also, he will be available to minister to other class members when called upon to do so.
Administer. The outreach leader serves as the teacher's assistant in the functioning of the class. As such, he will be available to help the teacher in any way the teacher may require. The outreach leader also oversees the work of the care group leaders, making sure that they do their jobs effectively.
Call. The outreach leader is to call each care group leader on Saturday, to make sure the care group leaders have contacted their group members. The outreach leader should then call the teacher to report on contacts made to class members, ministry needs, and anticipated attendance for Sunday.
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MODERN PARABLE
A certain chronic absentee, in the course of his drifting away from the
church fell among bad companions who robbed him of his interest in spiritual
things, persuaded him that the Lord’s Day should be devoted to pleasure, and
left him wounded in spirit and heart.
And by chance, there came to the
absentee’s door a certain perfunctory visitor, caring only to boost the
attendance of his class. So when
the visitor heard the rude words, “Please
let me alone,” he passed by,
declaring he would never visit that
place again.
And likewise there came to the absentee’s door a duty driven visitor
coming only to report an assignment carried out. But when there was no answer to the ringing doorbell, he
wrote “not at home” across the
report and excused himself from further responsibility.
But a certain concerned Christian with compassion in his heart came to
the door of the absentee. Again the
reception was rude, but the Christian perceived a loneliness in the man’s
heart and an estrangement that left the man without love and friends in the
neighborhood. The concerned
Christian determined to be a friend to the man and included him both in his
prayers and his social events.
And lo, the chronic absentee began to be drawn into the loving fellowship
of the church. Soon his family was
regular in attendance. Only the
concerned Christian knew much of the grief that the man had lost and the deep
joy that had blessed his life. Behold,
being a neighbor in this world requires much dedication and love.
- Copied
JY 9/13/91
Revised 7/8/99