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Intro
Personal Introduction
Good morning everyone, and welcome to the first Sunday School class of 2019!
I'll just start by introducing myself and what the class is going to be about.
My name is Jason Friesen, and my parents are Diedrich and Nettie Friesen from Reinland, southeast of Winkler.
I have been attending this church since 2009 and have been a member here for the past several years as well.
Welcome
Good morning everyone, and welcome to the first Sunday School class of 2019!
I'll just start by introducing myself and what the class is going to be about.
I attended Steinbach Bible College for three years and graduated in April last year with my Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies with a focus in Bible/Theology.
I am married to my wife Teya, who I met in college and we live here in Winkler and are expecting to become parents in June!
I have never taught my own adult SS class before, so you guys are sort of my guinea pigs, although Pastor Dale and you all were gracious enough to let me get involved with his Romans class in the fall.
I am very excited for this class and I think there's lots to learn, for you and even more for me.
My name is Jason Friesen, and my parents are Diedrich and Nettie Friesen from Reinland, southeast of Winkler.
I have been attending this church since 2009 and have been a member here for the past several years as well.
My family has been involved in worship leading in this church for several years now, so many of you may recognize me from there.
I attended Steinbach Bible College for three years and graduated in April last year with my Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies with a focus in Bible/Theology.
I have never taught my own adult SS class before, so you guys are sort of my guinea pigs, although Pastor Dale and you all were gracious enough to let me get involved with his Romans class in the fall.
I am very excited for this class and I think there's lots to learn.
I'm the lucky one because I'm going to learn more than any of you (at least I think so)!
I hope that everything that is said in this class will be used to build each other up and to teach each other..
I should also add a disclaimer: As much as I enjoy the subject matter that we'll be going through, I don't know everything; in fact, there are probably at least several of you that know more about this than I do.
So if you want an answer that I don't know, you may have to ask someone smarter, or I will try to get an answer for you the next week of Sunday School.
This is the adult SS class and starting today we're starting a new class called CHURCH: History and Today.
Now I think the title of the class summarizes what we're going to be looking at but I'll give just a short introduction.
I should also add a disclaimer: As much as I enjoy the subject matter that we'll be going through, I don't know everything; in fact, there are probably at least several of you that know more about this than I do.
So if you want an answer that I don't know, you may have to ask someone smarter, or I will try to get an answer for you the next week of Sunday School.
When we think of the church, what do we think about?
Class Introduction
Very often the first idea to come into our head is our local church family, or the Winkler EMMC for us.
And that's where it should start!
But if we look around, even just in the Pembina Valley, there are lots of different churches, including but not limited to: a Catholic church, Lutheran church, Baptist church, and a host of Mennonite churches.
Some of these church bodies are more traditional in their services and lifestyles, others resemble Pentecostalism, or lean towards the other side of the spectrum.
Each of these churches is also, in some way, part of the universal church.
So, how did all of these different churches get here?
And we're not just talking about physically, but theologically as well?
What are the differences between Lutheran beliefs and Catholic beliefs, or Reformed theology and Anabaptist theology?
What do we have in common?
This is the adult SS class and today we're starting a new topic called CHURCH: History and Today.
If you’re here for Romans with Pastor Dale, sorry but that ended before Christmas.
Now I think the title of the class summarizes what we're going to be looking at but I'll give just a short introduction.
When we think of the church, what do we think about?
Very often the first idea to come into our head is our local church family, or the Winkler EMMC for us.
And that's where it should start!
But if we look around, even just in the Pembina Valley, there are lots of different churches, including but not limited to:
a Catholic church
a Lutheran church
a Baptist church
and a host of Mennonite churches.
Some of these church bodies are more traditional in their services and lifestyles, others resemble Pentecostalism, or lean towards the other side of the spectrum.
Each of these churches is also, in some way, part of the universal church.
So, how did all of these different churches get here?
And we're not just talking about physically, but theologically as well?
What are the differences between Lutheran beliefs and Catholic beliefs, or Reformed theology and Anabaptist theology?
What do we have in common?
- a Catholic church, Lutheran church, Baptist church, and a host of Mennonite churches.
Some of these church bodies are more traditional in their services and lifestyles, others resemble Pentecostalism, or lean towards the other side of the spectrum.
Each of these churches is also, in some way, part of the universal church.
So, how did all of these different churches get here?
And we're not just talking about physically, but theologically as well?
What are the differences between Lutheran beliefs and Catholic beliefs, or Reformed theology and Anabaptist theology?
What do we have in common?
Some of these church bodies are more traditional in their services and lifestyles, and others take on a more liberal approach.
Each of these churches is also, in some way, part of the universal church.*
So, how did all of these different churches get here?
And we're not just talking about physically, but theologically as well?
What are the differences between Lutheran beliefs and Catholic beliefs, or Reformed theology and Anabaptist theology?
What do we have in common?
We want to take a look at the diversity of believers in this area and go through history to find out how they got here today.
But not only that.
There is a LOT we can learn by going back in time.
So we're not just trying to find out about these different church bodies.
We want to see the journey we have been going on and find out what it can teach us about God and His Word, His people, and how to follow Him faithfully today.
What is Covered in this Class
Now there’s a lot of material that we could potentially cover, but we don’t have nearly enough time for that.
This class won’t be able to go into deep detail on everything, but rather it hopes to give us an overview sketch of what happened and how all these parts fit together.
What will be Covered
An overview of what the Catholic church was like before the Reformation began.
Some key figures that appeared BEFORE the Reformation.
The Reformation itself and the differences the Reformers had with the Catholic church
From there we will mostly move into Anabaptist history and trace their movements throughout Europe and into America
Some basic overviews of the Baptist movement, as well as Pentecostalism and Evangelicalism
What will not be Covered
The early church, by which I mean the church from the time right after Jesus’ resurrection and the first few centuries
The first 1500 years of church history.
We will look here just long enough to set the context of the Reformation
The Eastern Orthodox Church.
We'll just summarize by saying that there used to be one church, the Catholic Church.
But over time two halves began to emerge because of distance and different ideas.
Finally they disagreed so strongly on some theology that this became the last straw, and there was a split: The Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
There, that is as far as we are going in that direction!
The Reformation in England, as fascinating as it is.
Today’s German or Russian churches in the Pembina Valley, once again for the sake of time.
We want to take a look at the diversity of believers in this area and go through history to find out how they got here today.
But not only that.
There is a LOT we can learn by going back in time.
So we're not just trying to find out about these different church bodies.
We want to see the journey we have been going on and find out what it can teach us today about God and His Word, His people, and how to follow Him faithfully.
Resources used in class
Why Study Church History?
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