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

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.

Author dc:creator

• Wainscott, Michael Justin

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Hamilton, James M.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10392/5022

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