A growing number of people, both young and old, dislike the church but love Jesus. Yet we all long for transcendence – a sense of purpose, a group to belong to, as well as healing and wholeness. People long for mentors that will help them to become more like Jesus. But too often we have inherited a form of church where instead of making space for deep community, missional purposes, and intentional development to become more like Jesus, we have settled for a once-a-week event.

If we desire to see God’s reign become a greater reality in our neighborhoods and social networks, we need to move discipleship from the peripheral to the center of what we do.

Led by Eun Strawser

Centering Discipleship Learning Hui is offered on 3 INDEPENDENT topics, each topic offered as a 4-week virtual training: Choose any topic order you want to fit into your schedule!

Weekly video recordings of the live session will be made available to each Learning Hui:

Centering Discipleship Requires Redesigning Structure

Centering Discipleship and Constructing a Discipleship Pathway

Centering Discipleship Connects the Church to City Renewal

Required Course Material: Centering Discipleship

Centering Discipleship Requires Redesigning Structure:
from centering Sunday to centering discipleship.

• Wk 1: Structure matters: 4 Spaces + centering discipleship

• Wk 2: Structure affects behaviors: theory of transformation + centering discipleship

• Wk 3: Redesigning our current structures: from centering Sunday service to centering discipleship

• Wk 4: Scaffolding Structure: implementing centering discipleship

Centering Discipleship and Constructing a Discipleship Pathway: developing a pathway to transform spectators into missional disciples.

• Wk 1: Essential Ingredients of a Discipleship Pathway: knowing the difference between essentials, tools and marks

• Wk 2: Disguised as Discipleship: knowing the difference between programs and pathways

• Wk 3: Contextualized Pathway: balancing between a generalized universal discipleship and a uniquely local discipleship

• Wk 4: Building a Discipleship Pathway: knowing where to start and with whom

Centering Discipleship Connects the Church to City Renewal: moving disciples outside the church walls.

• Wk 1: Basics of movement: how movement theology helps us move from building to neighborhood

• Wk 2: Hurdles of movement: common hurdles to help our community overcome

• Wk 3: Movement needs discipleship: connecting disciples to mission

• Wk 4: Centering Discipleship moves the church into the city: discipleship + 7 arenas of culture

$125/participant per topic

Course Material:

Centering Discipleship: A Pathway for Multiplying Spectators into Mature Discipleship by E. K. Strawser

Fall 2024:

Centering Discipleship Connects the Church to City Renewal

• Dates: Mondays, Nov. 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th

• Time: 12 - 1pm EST

Winter 2025

Centering Discipleship Requires Redesigning Structure

• Dates: Mondays, Feb. 10th, 17th, 24th, Mar 3rd 2025

• Time: 12- 1pm EST

Spring 2025:

Centering Discipleship and Constructing a Discipleship Pathway

• Dates: Mondays, May 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th 2025

• Time: 12 - 1pm EST