Before Class
Prepare the Theme
Review the corresponding workbook section, article, and visual theology graphic before teaching.
RC2 Teaching Resources
Leader Sheets
Teaching roadmaps for The Church Explored
These Leader Sheets are designed to help pastors, Sunday School teachers, small group leaders, and church educators teach through the major themes of Resource Cluster 2 clearly and sequentially.
Teach • Discuss • Apply • Pray
A Classroom Roadmap for RC2
Use these sheets alongside the workbook, articles, handouts, and visual theology resources.
How to Use These Sheets
Built for Teachers and Group Leaders
Each sheet provides a focused teaching path for one major theme in the cluster. Use them as presentation roadmaps, discussion guides, or weekly teaching outlines.
During Class
Guide the Discussion
Use the sheet to move through key ideas, Scripture emphasis, discussion, application, and prayer.
After Class
Reinforce the Lesson
Pair each Leader Sheet with the matching handout so participants can continue reflecting through the week.
Complete Sequence
RC2 Leader Sheet Library
Begin with Sheet 00 for orientation, then teach through the seventeen major adult sessions.
00. How to Teach This Resource Cluster
Orientation for using the workbook, articles, visuals, leader sheets, and handouts together.
01. The Gathered Church
The church as Christ’s gathered people rather than isolated spiritual individuals.
02. Christianity Cannot Be Lived Alone
Why embodied covenant life and gathered church community are essential to Christian discipleship.
03. One Another Christianity
The shared life of mutual care, encouragement, service, forgiveness, and burden-bearing.
04. Worship, Formation, and Mission
How worship shapes the church and sends the church outward in witness.
05. Embassy of the Kingdom
The church as a visible outpost of Christ’s Kingdom in the world.
06. Gifts and Shared Ministry
Why every believer matters in the body of Christ and participates in shared ministry.
07. Shepherds and Servants
Leadership, service, shepherding, and humility in the life of the church.
08. Holiness, Discipline, and Restoration
How the church pursues holiness, restoration, correction, and grace under Christ.
09. Online Christianity vs. the Gathered Church
Why digital teaching resources cannot replace embodied gathered church life.
10. Ordinances and Covenant Identity
Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and the visible covenant identity of the church.
11. The Church and the World
How the church lives faithfully within the world while belonging to Christ’s Kingdom.
12. Worship as Formation
How gathered worship shapes loves, desires, identity, and everyday discipleship.
13. The Church as a Covenant Family
The household life of the church as God’s family gathered under Christ.
14. Unity, Diversity, and the Body of Christ
How many members serve together as one body under Christ the Head.
15. The Church and the Mission of Christ
The church’s calling to proclaim the Gospel, make disciples, serve, and bear witness.
16. The Church and Future Hope
The church’s hope in Christ’s return, resurrection, renewal, and coming Kingdom.
17. The Church Until He Comes
A final synthesis of church identity, worship, mission, endurance, and hope until Christ returns.
Related Resources
Pair These Sheets with the Full Cluster
The Leader Sheets are designed to work alongside the workbook, adult handouts, visual theology graphics, articles, and youth resources.
Workbook
The Church Explored
The full RC2 study guide and doctrinal foundation for the teaching sequence.
Download WorkbookHandouts
Adult Handouts
Printable participant handouts corresponding to the adult Leader Sheets.
View HandoutsVisual Theology
Teaching Graphics
Charts and graphics that clarify the major themes of church life, worship, leadership, and mission.
View Visuals
Return to the Cluster
Teach the Church as Christ’s Gathered People
The Leader Sheets help teachers move from doctrine to discussion, application, and prayer while keeping the church centered upon Christ.