Sunday School
Story★★★When Robert Raikes started the Sunday School Movement, the Archbishop of Canterbury called together the bishops to see what could be done to stop him, for, he said, it was a violation of Exodus 20:8. In the late 1700s, “Sabbath (Sunday) School Societies” were started here and there throughout the young United States of America. But at first, many members of the clergy were opposed to them, maintaining that it was a desecration of the Lord’s Day to hold school on Sunday. A pastor in Connecticut said of a class held in his church on Sunday, “You imps of Satan, doing the devil’s work. I’ll have you set in the street.”
The point
Early Sunday School founders like Robert Raikes faced fierce clergy opposition, some even branding the movement satanic.
Scripture
Exodus 20:8Proverbs 22:6Deuteronomy 6:6-7
Audience
Adults
Tone
Encouraging · Sobering
To tell aloud
under a minute · 112 words