RCCG Sunday School Teacher Manual 20 April 2025 Lesson 34 – Missions Mindedness
RCCG Sunday School Teacher Manual 20 April 2025 TOPIC: Missions Mindedness
OPENING PRAYER: Dear Lord, let my burden for Your work increase in Jesus’ name. (Scroll down for RCCG Sunday School 20 April 2025 HYMN)
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: The teacher should review the previous week’s lesson.
BIBLE PASSAGE: Luke 10:1-9 (KJV)
1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
MEMORY VERSE: “How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?” – Romans 10:14 (KJV)
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RCCG YAYA Sunday School Teacher Manual 20 April 2025 – Missions Mindedness
LESSON INTRODUCTION: Every believer has a call to missions (2 Corinthians 5:18). Missions is the sending out of believers to proclaim the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Unreached People Group (UPG) as well as the Unchurched and Unaccessible People Group (UIPG). A people group can be considered unreached if evangelical Christians are less than 2% of the entire population. Missions is at the heart of what the church stands for (Acts 2:41). It is what Jesus commissioned us to do (Mark 16:15). Everyone has a role to play in missions (Acts 4:34-35).
LESSON AIM: To teach the students the rudiments of missions.
TEACHING OBJECTIVES: Through this study, students are expected to:
- Understand the call for missions.
- Learn the involvement of the Godhead in missions.
- Know the roles of believers in missions.
TEACHING PLAN: To achieve the above-stated objectives, the teacher should:
a. Allow the students to recite the memory verse, read the Bible passage, contribute to the discussion; do class activities and the assignment.
b. Allow the Assistant Teacher to see to the well-being of the class, and mark attendance and assignments.
c. Teach the lesson outline, summarise, conclude, evaluate the lesson and give an assignment.
TEXT REVIEW: Luke 10:1-9
A. According to the scripture above, the Lord Jesus Christ sent seventy (70) disciples in pairs to win souls into the kingdom of God. He told them.
i. Go your ways …………………………..V3.
ii. Carry neither purse, ………………V4.
iii. And into whatsoever house ye enter, ……V5.
iv. And if the son of peace be there, ………V6.
B. In addition to the instructions given to the disciples, Jesus told his disciples to heal those that are sick while on the mission field.
LESSON OUTLINES
- THE MISSIONARY GOD
- A MANDATE FOR ALL BELIEVERS
1. THE MISSIONARY GOD
God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit are all involved in missions.
A. God the Father initiated the process by sending His Son, Jesus Christ to the world to save humanity (John 3:17).
B. Jesus came in obedience to the Father’s instruction to redeem the world from eternal damnation (John 10:10). Jesus has now commissioned every believer to continue with the task (Matthew 28:19-20; John 20:21).
C. The Holy Spirit is always with us to lead us (Acts 8:29), guide us (Acts 16:6-7), strengthen us (Acts 4:8, 13), and help us to finish the task (2 Timothy 4:7).
God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are all involved in missions. God the Father initiated the process by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to the world to save humanity (John 3:17). Jesus came in obedience to the Father’s instruction to redeem the world from eternal damnation (John 10:10). Jesus has now commissioned every believer to continue with the task (Matthew 28:19-20; John 20:21). The Holy Spirit is always with us to lead us (Acts 8:29), guide us (Acts 16:6-7), strengthen us (Acts 4:8, 13), and help us to finish the task (2 Timothy 4:7).
CLASS ACTIVITY 1: Although believers have been commissioned for missions, some are yet to be involved. Why?
2. A MANDATE FOR ALL BELIEVERS
A. Every believer has been commissioned to do ‘missions’ (Matthew 28:19-20; John 20:21).
i. You have no choice if you are born again (John 15:16).
ii. The question is not whether or not you are called to do missions, but rather the question is whether or not you obey the call.
iii. Paul was not disobedient to the call (Acts 26:19-20).
B. However, one can get involved in any of these areas:
- Preaching: Some are called and set apart to go to different lands to preach the gospel (Acts 13:1-2). The work of missions demands that some people should go to those who have not heard the gospel. Jesus, our perfect example was going from place to place preaching the gospel (Matthew 4:23). Jesus commanded us to go to the entire world (Acts 1:8). Unless there are people who will go and preach there is no way missions can be done: we need men and women who will traverse lands to proclaim the gospel (Isaiah 6:8).
- Praying: Missions work thrives on prayer; the work will suffer without it. Paul enjoined the brethren in Ephesus to partner with him in prayers (Ephesians 6:18-20). Regular prayers must be offered to God for missionaries and missions’ work (Colossians 4:2-4). We ought to remember missionaries in our family altars and personal prayers (2 Thessalonians 3:1-2).
- Paying: Missions is a very expensive venture. This is why God has blessed His children so they can finance His project (2 Corinthians 12:15). Paul commended the Philippians for being exceptional in financing missions’ work (Philippians 4:14-19). As an individual, you can pay a missionary’s salary, children’s school fees, or help missionaries on training. You can adopt a mission field and finance their work.
CLASS ACTIVITY 2: How do you want to be involved in missions?
CONCLUSION: Missions is a vital assignment that God has given to every believer. Be involved.
QUESTIONS:
- Explain how God is a missionary.
- Explain three ways believers can be involved in missions.
EVALUATION: Teachers should ask the students to explain how God is a missionary and explain three ways believers can be involved in missions.
CLOSING PRAYER: Jesus, use me to draw lost souls to you.
ASSIGNMENT: State five things you will do (are doing) to support the missionary efforts of your church (2×5=10 Marks).
RCCG Sunday School HYMN
- O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
O how I love Thee well,
I am happy, it makes me glad
To rejoice at Thy birth. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Thy friendship suits me well,
Both young and old will sing Thy song,
We long for Sunday School. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Christ was Thy first teacher,
The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
Does manifest in thee. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
This testimony is sure,
That God, the Father Almighty,
Poured His blessing on Thee. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Though the sun be so bright,
Or if the clouds black with rain,
I’ll be in Sunday School. - O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
I rejoice to see Thee,
Will thou pass over me today?
Without my being blest?