This study investigated the relationship between curriculum design and children's learning in church. Participants in this study included 12 six-year-old children attending two different Sabbath school classes in the same Midwestern Seventh-day Adventist church. A traditional curriculum guided instruction in Class 1. "GraceLink," a new curriculum,…

This article reports on the adult education programs sponsored by various Protestant church denominations in Australia. (MF)

Briefly states beliefs guiding the educational practices of a church-related preschool. (RH)

The problems of maintaining its schools are only part of the Catholic diocesan mission. Along with the schools, all activities should be systematically explored--through evaluation, reflection, planning. The Center for Applied Research on the Apostolate experience suggests some guidelines. (Author)

Adult religious education is needed and the church is striving to help instruct and teach all who want their help. (MR)

Briefly describes the implementation of a special "development week" program by a network of churches and related bodies, such as youth organizations and missionary societies. (RH)

A disabled man recounts negative experiences in his church's Sunday school and confirmation class. (CL)

This article presents a formative evaluation of a CDC Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 2010 faith-based breast and cervical cancer early detection and prevention intervention for African American women living in urban communities. Focus groups were conducted with a sample of women (N = 94) recruited from each church…

This bibliography is a basic list of resources currently available to help librarians and library committees in churches and synagogues. Addresses for groups and other sources are given at the end of the bibliography. (NH)

Trinity Church in New York produces its own programs for showing on the Manhattan Cable public access channel. It also trains other religious groups in the use of video equipment.

Explores prevalent assumptions about what religious organizations are and do, how they fit into the independent or nonprofit sector, and what is reasonable to expect of or for them. Reviews basic facts about the nature, scope, operations, and support of religious organizations, examining their levels of independence. Focuses on the basic…

Background: This paper discusses a leadership model grounded in an investigation of the phenomenon of principal leadership in Hong Kong Protestant Christian secondary schools of one denomination, two years after the change of sovereignty to China (1st July, 1997). Focus of discussion and comments: Using a hermeneutic phenomenological methodology,…

The relationship between the Sunday school and the development of an American Civil religion in American history is discussed. The move from religious diversity to religious uniformity is emphasized. (DE)