Wesley Ministry Network to Offer Online Studies This Fall
BeADisciple.com will partner once again with Wesley Ministry Network to offer five online studies for Christian leaders this fall. Three of the studies are popular repeats from last spring and two of the studies are new to online. They are
A Life Worthy of the Gospel -- This eloquent, challenging and inspiring six-week introduction to Christian ethics avoids pat answers and simplistic lists of do's and don’t's. The course includes weekly video lectures.
In God's Time: The Bible and the Future -- This course encourages Christians both to take seriously and to think sensibly about the hope of God's ultimate victory. It is a relatively advanced course that will appeal most to people who have a background in biblical studies, such as completion of the first year of the Disciple Bible Study course.
Simply Christian -- This course offers a fresh presentation of the timeless truths of Christianity.
Devotion to Jesus: The Divinity of Christ in Early Christianity -- This course takes on revisionist accounts of how and when the first Christians came to believe in Jesus as the divine son of God.
Religion and Science: Pathways to Truth -- In this ground-breaking series, over a dozen leading scientists, theologians, and philosophers explore the contrasts and similarities between religion and science.
Bishop Richard Wilke says "I highly recommend Wesley Ministry Network courses as the perfect follow-up to DISCIPLE Bible study. The content is superb and the combination of print, video and Internet communication is dynamic."
Click the titles to read more or to enroll. All five courses will begin on September 12, 2010. Enrollment is now open. CEUs are available.
Disciple Online Groups Forming Now for Fall
Groups are beginning to take shape for the second year of online Disciple Bible Study, dubbed Disciple Online. Enrollment is now open at www.BeADisciple.com/discipleonlinecourses for individuals who wish to participate in Disciple I, Disciple II, and Youth Disciple in an online format with others from all over.
Participants follow the format of Disciple. They study the Bible on their own during the week then meet with their group members through the Internet with special software at a set day and time to review the week’s study.
Rev. Mark McDonald, pastor of FUMC of Jacksonville, Arkansas, led one of the first five groups which began a year ago. “Experiencing relationships without seeing one another in Disciple Online has removed many of the pretenses and assumptions that we make. When sitting with a person, we can judge their body language, but we aren't always correct in our judgment. Online, we have to be even more clear with our communication, so our group learned to be more expressive (LOL, jk, brb, etc.). But we also formed relationships without seeing a person, and that made us rely on who they are rather than how they appear to be!”
This will be the second year for Disciple Online, but the first year for Disciple Online II and Disciple Online Youth. Several churches are sponsoring groups for their own congregation which are open to participants from anywhere. Jacksonville FUMC will offer all three.
