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    Upstream Teaching in the Church: A Transformative Teaching Method
    Upstream Teaching in the Church: A Transformative Teaching Method
    Upstream Teaching in the Church: A Transformative Teaching Method
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    Upstream Teaching in the Church: A Transformative Teaching Method

    By Thomas T. Shields Sr. D Min

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    During my subsequent years as a pastor I discovered I was not alone in my awareness that teaching in the church can and should be proactive as well as a transformative aid. The question is, why are we so reluctant to acknowledge and employ it to help our hurting learners with this or some other equally effective method?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateNov 19, 2019
    ISBN9781973672029
    Upstream Teaching in the Church: A Transformative Teaching Method
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    Thomas T. Shields Sr. D Min

    While engaged in graduate studies my pastoral care load became overwhelming. I also realized some of the subjects I was studying and the issues I addressed during counseling were covered in my midweek Bible study sessions. Consequently, skills for intervention as well as theological rationale were acquired. When I shared this with my iconic Christian Education professor, Dr. Sarah Little. she said to me, “Tom I believe you have something here!”

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