Useful courses to grow and support your church

Introductions to Christianity

• The Alpha Course with it's global success, this course seeks to introduce the basics of the Christian faith through a series of talks and discussions

• Christianity Explored helps people meet Jesus in the pages of Scripture so that they love, live and tell the good news

• The Y-course an eight week evangelism course helps people face life’s biggest questions and introduces them to Jesus

Introductions to the Bible and Prayer

• Christian Foundations encouraging discipleship in Small Groups, this is a Bible Course for Christian Growth with 16 Supported Topics covered

• The Bible Course an 8 week course from the Bible Society which will increase your confidence, equip you to read the Bible better and help you to see its relevance to daily life

• The Prayer Course a free 8 week course from best selling author Pete Greig the author of The 24/7 Prayer Manual

• The Prayer Course II - unanswered prayer  a 5 week course from Pete Greig, designed to explore some of the difficult  aspects of prayer

• The Bible Project a great way to look at individual books of the Bible and an overview of the Bible. The purpose of the Bible Project is to help people experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesus.

• The Romans Course from the Bible Society will take you on a deeper journey, helping you discover your place in God’s story

Courses to build relationships and families

• Care for the Family  provide popular community courses look to help build strong family relationships and support families in time of difficulty

• The Marriage Course is a series of seven sessions, designed to help couples invest in their relationship and build a strong marriage

• The Pre-Marriage Course is a series of five sessions to help engaged couples or those exploring the possibility of marriage, build strong foundations for their future together.

• Parenting for Faith from the Bible Reading Fellowship

Courses to grow your own individual and Church Mission and Outreach

• Fruitfulness on the Frontline how God works in and through Christians right where they are. From the London Institute of Contemporary Christianity (LICC)

• Talking Jesus is a course to train Christians to share their faith through 6 video sessions and a course-book

• Prompt 52 a great set of free resources (teaching video, sermon outline, PowerPoint and group discussion resources) from SJI helping establish where God might be prompting you to join in mission

• A practical handbook on evangelism from OutreachUK (free to view online)