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Many churches have Sunday school classes before or after the main church service.
Many churches have Sunday school classes before or after the main church service.
== Origin ==
Sunday Schools originated in about 1780 in England. Their aim was to provide basic schooling to the working class, who could not afford education otherwise. The schools were held on Sundays as this was the only day that the prospective students were not required to go to work. As the schools were conducted by Christians, Scriptural texts were used as lessons; and the schools also served to give the Gospel to the unchurched poor.
Sunday Schools were the first time that education was provided to the general populace free of charge.
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