WHEREAS, The modern Sunday school will mark its 200th birthday on October 5, 1980; and

WHEREAS, The positive influence of the Sunday school has blessed the Christian world for two centuries; and

WHEREAS, This agency of the Church has done much to inf1uence, support and improve the spiritual life of our nation; and

WHEREAS, The Sunday school provides an essential Bible teaching ministry, internalizing the Christian way of living; and

WHEREAS, The Sunday school provides an evangelistic outreach extending love and concern to those who need Christ; and

WHEREAS, The Sunday school keeps the focus on the family and offers meaningful fellowship and nurture in a society which becomes increasingly nameless and faceless; and

WHEREAS, The Sunday school involved a larger number of people than any other department in the local church; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this 38th convention of the National Association of Evangelicals reaffirm its commitment to the ministry of the Sunday School; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the National Association of Evangelicals call upon the churches of our nation to celebrate this great work of the Church and recognize the ministry of those involved.