History

Word Aflame Publications was created in 1968. In only one short year graded Sunday school literature was created for all ages. The literature reached the classrooms in the fall of 1969.

Word Aflame Publications produces eight levels of Sunday school literature each quarter: Toddler, Kindergarten, Beginner, Primary, PreTeen, Teen, Youth, and Adult. In addition to these levels of dated curriculum, there is also an undated elective series for youth and adult, an undated children's church curriculum, and several levels of literature in Spanish.

In 1973 a hardbound edition of the Word Aflame adult lessons was added to the line of Sunday school products. That year approximately 1,500 hardbound editions were sold. Since that time more than 400,000 hardbound editions of the Word Aflame Adult Teacher's Manual have been sold.

The undated Word Aflame Elective Series was begun in 1984. Ministering to specialized areas of need in the church, the Elective Series has had more than twenty studies in print, most of which are still in print today.

In 1994 another new item was added to the product line—the Word Aflame Adult Teacher's Manual on computer diskette. Available for either the IBM compatible or Apple Macintosh computers, the addition has enhanced the adult lessons.

In 1995 Word Aflame Publications introduced a brand new line of creative children's church literature—kids POWer hour. The undated material is ideal for children's church ministry in any size congregation and includes accompanying aids for the teachers.

In 1997 Word Aflame introduced a sing-along cassette, Kids Sing. A total of eight tapes were created, featuring various children's groups from across the nation.

In 1998 the Word Aflame Hardbound Adult Teacher's Manual was made available on CD-ROM. In addition to containing the contents of the current year's hardbound book, the CD contains all the previous years within the current study series of adult material, including transparencies and text files. The files are accessed through Adobe Acrobat (included on the CD). They are fully searchable and have cut-and-paste capabilities. The text files can be imported into any word processing program. The CD works with Apple Macintosh PowerPC or Microsoft Windows 3.1/95/98/NT.

One of the recent projects is the production of Spanish literature. As of fall 1999, the Word Aflame Beginner Teacher's Manual, Beginner Student Activity Book, Teen Teacher's Manual, and Teen Student Handbook are available in Spanish. The Adult Teacher's Manual will be available beginning fall 2000.