Slides: What Causes the Need for Coaching Part 1

Steve Elzinga

When did you first hear about coaching?

The rise of the “someone should do it for me” culture

Socialism versus Capitalism

Sunday school movement

The church

Socialism versus Capitalism

Capitalism is opportunity + responsibility = success i.e. CLI

Socialism is provision + equality = success 

i.e. Single mother support

i.e. Capitalism has lead to a sense of inadequacy 

The Sunday School Movement

"In the early days, what we now term religious education was primarily a function of the home. Parents were expected to train their children in a knowledge of the Scriptures and also of the doctrines ….  It was the pastor’s responsibility to see that this duty was not neglected." 

 - Ernest Trice Thompson, Presbyterians in the South, Volume One 1607-1861, p. 223.