Christianity Explored







Christianity Explored is an informal Christian evangelistic teaching course developed by Rico Tice and Barry Cooper at All Souls Church, Langham Place, a leading Anglican church,[1] and published by The Good Book Company. The course is considered to stand within the conservative evangelical tradition. Christianity Explored Ministries has also developed a second evangelistic course in 2016 Life Explored.




Contents






  • 1 Course outline and versions


  • 2 Use


  • 3 Comparison with other evangelistic courses


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Course outline and versions


The third edition of the course was published on 10 May 2011. The sessions are:



  1. Good News

  2. Identity

  3. Sin

  4. The Cross

  5. Resurrection

  6. Grace

  7. Come and Die


There is also a day away that features three bonus sessions: The Sower, James and John and Herod. Spin-offs include a youth version, revised in 2010 for two age groups: 11 to 14 years ("CY Nano") and 15 plus ("CY").[2] The seven session "Soul" DVD [3] is designed to work with CY, and can also be used as a stand-alone resource. There is a follow-on course entitled "Discipleship Explored", written and presented by Barry Cooper, and "English Made Easy" editions of both Christianity Explored and Discipleship Explored.[4] Christianity Explored publications are also available in Bulgarian, Dutch, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Luganda, Polish, Spanish, Swahili and Welsh. Translations in progress include French, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian and Swedish.[5] In 2011 the course, already being used in over 50 countries, was rolled out in the United States: it was endorsed by John Piper and Tim Keller.[6]



Use


The Church of England generally (e.g. in the 2003 publication "Evangelism - Which Way Now?") considers it, along with Alpha and the Emmaus Discipleship Course, as one of a "trinity" of courses covering all wings of the church. Other churches have also used the course: in 2006-7 the Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s board of youth and children's ministry used the youth version CY extensively with the Boys Brigades.[7] It has also been used in Asia, with leader training run by the Methodist Church in Singapore.[8]


The course is popular with conservative evangelical churches.[9]



Comparison with other evangelistic courses


Christianity Explored is distinguished from the Alpha Course by shorter videos in less formal settings, less charismatic emphasis on the Holy Spirit and by an expositional study of scripture – in this case Mark’s Gospel.[10]9 Marks comments that Christianity Explored is "plainly an answer to the Alpha course". It says that the course does a "fairly good job of explaining the gospel clearly" but finds it over-full of material, and holds the view that "the use of the sinners' prayer and immediate assurance is ... troubling."[11] It credits Christianity Explored with "the best treatment of sin, giving it a whole session", along with a good treatment of grace and the atonement.[12] This is in agreement with (or perhaps derivative from) a 2001 article in the British Evangelical Council magazine which commended Christianity Explored, in direct contrast to Alpha, for its teaching on grace, penal substitution and the Holy Spirit.[13][14] The coarse has been described as a conservative evangelical alternative to the charismatic leanings of the Alpha Course.[15]


The 2003 book 'Evangelism: Which Way Now?' offers a detailed examination of the benefits and drawbacks of Christianity Explored amongst other evangelistic courses and approaches to evangelism.[16]



See also




  • Life Explored

  • Alpha course

  • Emmaus Course

  • The Good Book Company



References




  1. ^ All Souls Church (2008), What is Christianity Explored?, retrieved 31 December 2008.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ CY is the evangelistic course for young people in the 21st century., 2007, retrieved 31 December 2008


  3. ^ CY / CY Nano / Soul DVD., 2010, retrieved 30 June 2010


  4. ^ Tice, Rico (2008), The Promo Movie: Rico Tice talks about the English Made Easy Edition of Christianity Explored., retrieved 31 December 2008


  5. ^ Christianity Explored translations, retrieved 30 June 2010


  6. ^ http://www.christiantoday.com/article/christianity.explored.expands.to.the.us/28156.htm


  7. ^ Presbyterian Church in Ireland: Board of Youth and Children's Ministry (2007), Annual Report


  8. ^ Methodist Church in Singapore (2007), Response Exceeds Expectations, retrieved August 2007 Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)


  9. ^ "idea: The evolution of Christianty Explored". Evangelical Alliance. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2017. The course has always proved incredibly popular with conservative evangelical churches.


  10. ^ Hobbs, Cedric (2007), Resource review: Christianity Explored, retrieved 31 December 2008


  11. ^ Gilbert, Greg (2001), Evangelism Course Comparison Guide, retrieved 31 December 2008


  12. ^ Gilbert, Greg (2001), Evangelistic Course Comparison Chart (PDF), retrieved 31 December 2008


  13. ^ Anon (Autumn 2001), "The 'Alpha' and the 'Christianity Explored' Courses", BEC Foundations (47): 36–44, archived from the original on 30 July 2012


  14. ^ The 'Alpha' and the 'Christianity Explored' Courses, 2001, archived from the original on 30 July 2012, retrieved 31 December 2008


  15. ^ Jackson, Bob; Fisher, George (2011). Everybody Welcome: The Course Leader's Manual: The Course Where Everybody Helps Grow Their Church. London: Church House Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 978-0715142844. Some courses are more catholic in tone (Knowing God Better), some are conservative evangelical (Christianity Explored), some are broad church (Emmaus) and some are charismatic (Alpha).


  16. ^ http://www.chpublishing.co.uk/feature.asp?id=68776



External links



  • Christianity Explored official website

  • Christianity Explored Ministries official website

  • Christianity Explored's "One Life" iOS app

  • Christianity Explored's "One Life" Android app




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