Attitudes and perceptions of adults towards Sunday school in Badiangan Convention Baptist Churches

Abstract

This descriptive study determined the attitudes and perceptions of seventy-six adults towards Sunday school in Badiangan Convention Baptist Churches. The attendance of adults in Sunday school were assessed, also its importance and their feelings toward it. This is a descriptive study which aims to determine the level of adults' participation in Sunday school, describe adults' perception of Sunday school, explain adults' attitudes towards Sunday school and generate suggestions and recommendations from the eight churches in Badiangan. The tool in data gathering is survey.

The study validates the assumption that there is a decline in adults' participation in Sunday school. Only twenty-seven out of seventy six adults attend Sunday school regularly. Results of the study revealed that adults' in Badiangan have a positive perception of the importance of Sunday school and believe that learning is essential with a 100%, yet 38.0% only attend Sunday school regularly in a month. The result also shows that adults value Sunday school in their lives because they can learn more from their lessons. Therefore, Sunday School class is still relevant and needed by adults in Badiangan Convention Baptist Churches.