A learning community, living courageously
4 weeks of in-depth learning, discussion, and community
Our Vision:
We believe Gospel ministry and the Christian worldview can reshape society.
What would our communities look like if Christians cultivated the life-of-the-mind, lived courageously, and walked faithfully in this generation?
Christians are desperate for a place to discuss major issues and longing for healthy community. We are facing significant societal challenges. Our response to those challenges will shape the future for our children and generations to come. Are you ready to live boldly for Christ in your generation?
Cost: $99.95 per person [LIMITED SPACE]
COST INCLUDES (click)
Instructor fee
Resources
Refreshments
Room fee
Payment processing fees
Web platform fees
Please read discussion group details before applying:
– Cost: $99.95 per person (Price covers all four sessions)
– SPACE IS LIMITED
– In-person only
– Must be 21 years old (no childcare)
– Light snacks, water, and COFFEE provided
Meeting Dates: Wednesdays
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28
Location: Southwest Christian School Lakeside Campus – 6901 Altamesa Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76123
Meeting Time: 6:00 pm – 8:15 pm (Doors open at 5:30 pm for fellowship)
Instructor / Facilitator:
Lance Cashion
Local Outreach Pastor / Director Christ Chapel Bible Church
B.A. Rollins College – Anthropology
Colson Fellow 2020
Our purpose is to equip you to:
1. Think critically about tough issues.
2. Articulate a biblical worldview with confidence.
3. Reach others for Christ for His Glory.
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You will be assigned short articles, essays, and short videos each week in order to prepare for discussion.
No more than 3 hours of homework per week.
Week 1: Making Sense of Worldviews
Worldviews are the foundation of the beliefs, values, and behaviors of every person. The outworking of individual worldviews form the cultures of the world. Identifying and understanding various worldviews is essential for making sense of the world.*
Week 2: Understanding Culture
We are all children of our culture, yet we are usually unaware of how much our culture affects us. Having the insight to recognize the influence of culture and the many subcultures around us provides the vision to see areas where we can make a difference.*
Week 3: Flashpoints in Current Culture from a Worldview Perspective
Applying the understanding of worldview and culture, the current cultural “flashpoints” can be examined and interpreted. Current issues include: sexual identity, gay marriage, religious liberty, sanctity of life, issues of race (race-ethnicity), etc. Providing a Christian worldview perspective on contemporary society gives an all-embracing overview with solutions for cultural renewal.*
Week 4: Forming a Cultural Response
Training will equip participants to influence and witness for Christ in their work, ministry, church, or within their local community.*
*Course adaptations with permission of Colson Center for Christian worldview and Colson Fellows
– Connect with like-minded believers
– Provide opportunities to talk about major issues
– Learn to think critically
– Develop confidence in any conversation
– Grow in wisdom and discernment
– Share the Gospel through hard conversations
– Clearly articulate the Christian worldview
– Bible
– Print articles (optional)
– Notebook and pen
– A heart for redeeming our communities
Respect for others:
– Participants may disagree or have diverse points of view on occasion. Participants are expected to show respect and charity toward others.
STATEMENT OF FAITH (click)
We believe in one God, Creator and Lord of the Universe, the co-eternal Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe that Jesus Christ, God’s Son, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died a substitutionary death on the cross, rose bodily from the dead and ascended to heaven where, as truly God and truly man, He is the only mediator between God and man.
We believe God has created each human being, embodied as a male or a female, in His image, and that this gives sanctity to all human life from conception to natural death and moral significance to our conduct of our bodies.
We uphold the institution of marriage as the exclusive union of one man and one woman and as the sole relationship designed by God for sexual intimacy, as delineated in the Bible, which teaches that marriage is rooted in creation and points to the union of Christ and His Church.
We believe that all people are lost sinners and cannot see the Kingdom of God except through the new birth. Justification is by grace through faith in Christ alone.
We believe in the necessity of the work of the Holy Spirit for the individual’s new birth and growth to maturity, and for the Church’s constant renewal in truth, wisdom, faith, holiness, love, power, and mission.
We believe in one holy, universal, and apostolic church. Christians are called to gather as the church to worship God and witness concerning Jesus Christ, the Head of the church, preaching the gospel among all nations, demonstrating compassionate service to the needs of human beings, and promoting righteousness and justice.
We believe that Jesus Christ will personally and visibly return in glory to raise the dead and bring salvation and judgment to completion. God will fully manifest His kingdom when He establishes a new heaven and new earth, in which He will be glorified forever, and exclude all evil, suffering, and death.
(Source: Colson Fellows Statement of Faith)
A learning community, living courageously
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