Ecclesiology

Bennion Principles of Teaching

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Principles of Teaching

by Adam S. Bennion
Principles of Teaching
Superintendent of Church Schools
Designed for Quorum Instructors and Auxiliary Class Teachers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Published by THE GENERAL BOARDS OF THE AUXILIARY ORGANIZATIONS OF THE CHURCH
1921
1952 Reprint of the original




Summary

In this 24 chapter work, Bennion (Mormon) gives tips and pointers on teaching religion. I know this is a Mormon work, but the principles of education shouldn’t really change much from one group to another. There may be some good theory of how to teach within this work, and I would expect that Bennion had a secular education in education. Continue reading →

Goodell, C.L. – The Pastor His Own Evangelist

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The Pastor His Own Evangelist: 

Methods, texts, seed thoughts, and illustrations
By Charles LeRoy Goodell D.D.

With an introduction by J. Wilbur Chapman, D.D. and a Preliminary chapter on preparing for a revival.

This 18 chapter work by Goodell (Congregationalist) deals with the Pastor in his role as Evangelist. He looks at various aspects of how and why the pastor’s role is his own evangelist.

Copyright, 1910, by F. M. Barton Company,




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Miller, S. – Ruling Elder

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An Essay on the Warrant, Nature and Duties of the Office of the Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church
by Samuel Miller, D.D.
Professor of Ecclesiastical History and church Government in the Theological Seminary at Princeton, N.J.

In this work (15 chapters) by Miller (Presbyterian-Reformed), he examines the ministry of ruling elder first looking at the testimony of the OT church, the evidence in the NT, the testimony of the church fathers, of the witnesses in the dark ages, of the reformers and those since their time. He then looks at their need in the church, the nature nd duties of such an office, their distinction with deacons, their qualification for office, their election, their ordination, their resignation, and the conducting of discipline on them on the presbyterian plan.




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