Three mission study themes for 2005 are:
1. India & Pakistan
2. Public Education
3. Children of the Bible

Presented by Adam Hamilton, this study is a video-based small-group study that covers some of the most controversial and divisive topics of our time.
1.Separation of the Church and State; 2.Creation and Evolution in the Public Schools; 3.The Death Penalty; 4.Euthanasia; 5.Prayer in Public Schools; 6.Abortion; 7.Homosexuality. Pastor's guide with CD-Rom gives you information and tools needed to expand the small-group study into a congregation-wide event that can reach out into the community, bringing new people into your church. * Resource center also has eight videotapes of his sermon on each of these topics (VT3126-3133)

Three themes are:
1. Concerning Prayer
2. Public Education
3. Cuba

Using Jonathan Kozol's book "Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools" as its starting point, this documentary illustrates the vast differences separating inner-city, rural and suburban educational environments.

Tape 7:
Introduction: A brief history lesson on religion and the public schools
1. Supreme Court decisions
2. Proponents of prayer and religion in public schools
3. The Bible on prayer
4. A bit of clarification on what can and cannot happen in public schools
Conclusions - Where will America's children meet God?

Tape 4:
Introduction: The origin of the current controversy; The questions everyone is trying to answer: How did we get here? What is the origin of life?
1. Four Approaches to the Genesis Account of Creation:
A. Young Earth Biblical Literalists
B. Old Earth Biblical Literalists
C. Biblical-Scientific Synthesis
D. Naturalistic - Mythological
2. Evolutionary Theory - What's All the Fuss About?
3. The State School Board and the Science Standards
4. Why This is Important - The Real Point of Genesis

This fast-paced video gives further perspective on the three mission study themes for 2005. The video can be used in conjunction with the mission study book or as a discussion starter on any of the three topics.
1. India & Parkistan: Church leaders from both countries describe social, political, and theological issues that impact these two countries and their churches. 2. Public Education: A look at programs through which local churches work to enrich the lives of public school children. 3. Children of the Bible: The stories of Joseph and his brothers and Jairus' daughter as told to us by children.