My friend, David Bond serves as Adult Sunday School Strategist for the Evangelism and Church Growth Team of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. David wrote a recent great post for the Sunday School Leader blog that was entitled Simple Strategies for Building Community. In the post, David offered seven simple class efforts which can make a huge difference.

Here are the seven (but you will want to read his whole blog post):

• Get to know each other.
• Provide time for interaction in class.
• Name tags.
• Contact each other during the week.
• Come up big during crisis.
• Get together outside of class.
• Utilize groups within the group.

Deeper relationships increase trust which results in the potential for greater assimilation and disciple-making. Invest time in these seven actions. Organize to carry them out. Keep them in front of your class. Raise expectations. Make disciples. Be revolutionary!

For more ideas about building class community, check out these blog posts:

• 101 Ways for Sunday School to Be Evangelistic, Part 3 Fellowship
• Sunday School Fellowship: More Than Food and Fun
• Reach and Assimilate People into the Kingdom Through Sunday School Fellowships
• Ten Values of Monthly Sunday School Fellowships
• Sunday School at Work During the Other 167 Hours, Part 1
• A Simple Two-Part System for Getting Sunday School Class Ministry Done, Part 2
• Fellowships Can Help You Grow Your Sunday School
• Sunday School Carrying out the Purposes of the Church
• Planning Sunday School Fellowship Activities
• Sunday School Making Disciples Through Fellowships
• Grow Your Sunday School Class by Partying
• Giving Attention to the Two Doors of the Sunday School
• Christmas Invitation to Sunday School
• Sunday School Class Lunch