The aim of this project is to present and propose a system to effectively pass on faith to the next generation as we face the prospect of declining Sunday Schools of up to 90% by 2030. In order to do so, 300 families who finished Tong Bible School along with members from the 21st Century Leader School were examined.
The methods emphasized in Tong Bible School and 21st Century Leader School reflect the ways in the Bible. When the Israelites entered the Promised Land, Moses stressed the importance of teaching children with God's laws, and likewise, Joshua also told the people to pass on their faith and teach their children that "God is love."
With this message at the core, this project conducted a study using three steps. The first was to theoretically examine what 'Tong Bible School with 300 households' and '21st Century Leader School' entails. The second was to explore how these programs were implemented in church. The third was to assess and review the outcome of the implementation.
The main theoretical framework is Dr. Byoungho Zoh's Tong Bible School which unravels the whole Bible as one story through the cross of Jesus Christ. Tong Bible school starts from the age of 5 in each household and parents are to teach their children about a Kingdom of Priests, the five empires in the Bible, and the Kingdom of God. With this layout, a child is to grow up and attends 21st Century Leader School to be comprehensively educated thereon.
Shin Hyung-Seop accounted failures in family worship and proposed others to find a method that works for each family for their family worship.
Located in the countryside, Seosan Church has a 76-year history. In recent years, through Tong Bible School and Tong Bible Reading, church members of all ages have been working collectively to educate the next generation by building an education center before building a chapel for passing on faith to the next generation.
The desired outcome is that Seosan Church's 300 Household Tong Bible School and 21st Century Leadership School will become a stepping stone for family worship, with the ultimate aim to ensure that faith is passed on to the next generation.
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