As editor, Bernard M. Spooner shepherded this book into being by identifying areas of needed emphasis and finding qualified people to write its twenty-three chapters. He has a lifetime of experience in Christian education, including fifteen years as a local church minister and more than two decades as aseminary professor and denominational leader helping pastors, Christian education leaders, and lay leaders. He also served as the first dean of what is now the Cook Graduate School of Leadership of Dallas Baptist University. For the Baptist World Alliance, he has served as chair of a commission