To sojourn on spiritual pilgrimage is one of the most vivid and vibrant motifs of spiritual formation in Scripture for the people of God. This compact yet rich spiritual reader is a full knapsack for your daily journey in Christ As a special companion for the Sacred Roots Annual, A Sojourner's Quest is filled with prayers, resources, and insights that will refresh and nourish you greatly as you walk in the Living Way of Christ

La fe Cristiana se basa en la persona y la obra de Jesus de Nazaret, el Cristo, cuya encarnacion, crucifixion y resurreccion cambiaron para siempre al mundo. Entre los anos 100 y 500 d.C. los creyentes, siendo una pequena minoria perseguida, pasaron a ser un fuerte movimiento agresivo que llego mucho mas alla de los limites del imperio romano. Las raices que esta era produjo trajeron consigo nuestro canon (las Escrituras), nuestra adoracion y nuestra conviccion (los principales credos de la Iglesia y los dogmas centrales de la fe, especialmente con relacion a la doctrina de la Trinidad y de...

In this workshop, "Marking Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year," we explore the origins and meaning of the Christian year, and how it represents the profound yet simple remembrance and re-enactment of the life of Christ in real time during the calendar year. Beginning with an overview of the Bible's teaching in connection to time and history, we will examine the dominant view of the atonement, Christus Victor, which reigned in the ancient Church for a 1,000 years, and how this dynamic vision of Jesus' victory over sin and death was captured in the worship of the Church in...

This workshop on "Church Matters: Retrieving the Great Tradition" was designed to help you be renewed and revived as you rediscover the power of the living biblical tradition of the Church, anchored in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Throughout its history, the Church has proven that God's unique plan can unfold even in the face of schism and persecution. Such wisdom is critical to renew and revive the urban church today. Strengthen your faith by learning afresh the lessons of spiritual, worship, and mission from a study of the history of the Church

Is it possible to see God move in dramatic fashion in the inner city? This study considers the factors and forces connected to the amazing phenomenon of church planting movements taking place throughout the world today. We also explore the implications of these factors for multiplying churches in today's inner cities. At a time when our definitions of the Church have become more and more individualized, this study analyzes church plant and growth theories as they relate to the more communal Nicene-based marks of church life. Using these marks as the basis for a more biblical view of the...

This course's main purpose is to help each student better understand the themes, issues, and concepts associated with doing effective spiritual ministry in a multi-cultural and unchurched context. In a culturally diverse and increasingly neo-pagan religious context, the effective pastor and Christian worker must strive to become proficient in the truths and practices associated with making disciples in the 21st century.

In this workshop we will seek to understand, recognize and acknowledge the personal call of God, examining the dynamics of that call as we look at the gifting, authority and opportunities he provides. We will discuss issues and questions in living out the call of God and explore implications for doing ministry in the church in the city. This course is a must have resource for those considering the call of God in their and others's lives

Mastering the OT Witness to Christ-Jesus is the key to interpreting and understanding the Bible. In understanding the whole of the story of God, we need basic but key principles in interpreting the Scriptures. In this workshop we will examine the centrality of Christ in the OT, and how he is the complete fulfillment of every system, sacrifice, covenant and prophecy. We discuss the implications of this understanding for doing ministry in the church and city and how it can effectively help us preach and teach the OT with clarity and power.

Mastering the NT Witness to Christ-shows Jesus as the Scripture's theme and hermeneutical center. The heart of Christian leadership is growing in the knowledge of Jesus Christ, which includes mastering his life and teaching as witnessed in the Gospels. In this workshop we will look at the NT history of Jesus of Nazareth, from his pre-existent glory to his ascension recorded in Acts, and will concentrate on the importance of mastering the Gospels for the sake of communicating Christ clearly cross-culturally in the city. We examine how the apostles provide us in their Gospel writings a clear...

The essence of mission is to be engulfed with the flame, the love that our Father displayed for His lost world, Christ proved in His death on the cross, and the apostles demonstrated as they went to the ends of the earth with the Gospel. This course was designed to identify and explore the various dimensions of an apostolic vision that enables God's man or woman to invest strategically in winning souls to Christ, to make disciples of those who respond, and pioneer new fields for the Lord. This course examines those specific biblical insights, commitments, and values that enabled the apostles...