The Study of the effectiveness of African Inland Church Christian Education Curriculum in the local churches

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the overall effectiveness of Christian education curriculum in Africa Inland local churches and investigate whether or not Christian education is achieving the expected goals and objectives and to make important recommendations to the AlC Christian Education department on the basis of conclusions reached. These are the questions I wanted to ask about AlC Christian education curriculum. 1. What are the major objectives of the Christian education department of AlC Kenya? 2. What is the goal of the Christian education department of AlC Kenya? 3. What ways do the CE coordinators try to implement the Christian education provided for local churches? • 4. What are the factors that contribute/ hinder the implementation of Christian education in local churches From the research study the following answers were obtained. One, there is an acute limitation of the current personnel of the Christian education regional coordinators in trying to teach all levels of people due to their academic level. Secondly, the Christian education department at the national level doesn't involve the regional coordinators in the designing, implementing and evaluating the CE Programmes. This is a major drawback in the effectiveness of the Christian education curriculum. As conclusion the researcher has suggested the Christian education department should reorganise its functioning to involve the regional coordinators in the designing, implementing and evaluating the Christian education programme. This will help in making the content and materials appropriate and the teachings quite relevant to the nature of problems and the needs of the people. It will also help the regional coordinators to have a sound understanding of the goals and objectives of the Christian education curriculum.