The Key to Discipleship - Catechism

"We need to rediscover this ancient word, catechism. In a way, it is very straightforward. Its purpose is to help people become the body of Christ and be incorporated into the church. And I don't think that the modern church can improve very much on what has already been given: the creeds, the great commandments, the Lord's Prayer. Those are the basic things that help the church develop its identity as the church of Jesus Christ. We can certainly add other training programs, but I think the catechism should be central to any training of disciples." - Simon Chan

Few people realize that Sunday School was first intended to reach out to non-Christians and was never meant to be utilized as the educational ministry for discipling those who have already committed their lives to Christ.  The church already had something for that purpose - it's called catechism.  Unfortunately the church as a whole has largely replaced Catechism with Sunday School, but we'd do well to get back to the creeds, the great commandment, and the Lord's Prayer as the foundation of our discipleship efforts.