| dc.description.abstract | It is indicated that the emphasis of the Sunday-school as a mission field has reduced
across churches. The African Inland Church simply mentioned the Sunday-school as
one of its functions; however, it fails to show the progress of the Sunday-school and
how it presently functions as a mission field. It was of paramount importance to
examine the Sunday-school as a mission field in the AIC church as a representative of
all other churches that have this mission as part of their functions. The general objective
of the study was to have a critical review of mission work at A.I.C Bondeni in Nakuru
County, Kenya. Specifically, the study examined how budgetary allocation,
competence of Sunday-school teachers and also how administrative support influence
Sunday-school as a mission field in the aforementioned church. The study was guided
by the Bosch’s paradigm theory of mission. The population of 548 Sunday-school
instructors, youth, parents of Sunday-school children, pastors, and administrators at the
AIC Bondeni Local Church was studied using a descriptive survey design. Stratified
random sampling was used to select 85 congregants from the research population. To
obtain data, a detailed self-administered semi-structured questionnaire was used. The
questionnaire was pilot tested before being used to collect data for the main study, in
order to determine its validity and reliability. Prior to data collection, all necessary
permits and consents were obtained. The collected data was analysed qualitatively and
quantitatively with the aid of the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences software.
Results were presented using tables. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were
employed. Results revealed that budgetary allocation, teachers’ competence, and
administrative support have a positive and statistically significant influence on the
success of Sunday-school as a mission field. Teachers’ competence had the strongest
influence on Sunday-school success while administrative support had the least. From
the discoveries, the study recommends that AIC Bondeni and other churches should
create budgetary allocation for teachers’ stipends, assess the theological understanding
of Sunday-school teachers, create continual teachers’ training and development
programmes, and enhance church leaders’ involvement in the planning and
implementation of church activities. | en_US |
