Catechism: Official Ministry of the Church

Catechism instruction is part of the official ministry of the Church of Christ. That means that catechism is different from the instruction of children in Sunday School or Young People's Societies, which are part of the organic lifeof the church. Sunday School and Young People's I Society are not official functions of the church. That is, they are not aspects of the ministry of the church directly under the consistory. Parents decide whether or not they want to have a Sunday School for their...