Difference is a five-session course for you to run exploring following Jesus in a conflicted world. All the training and course materials are entirely FREE and for adults of any age. There is also special training for youth groups, secondary schools, and prison ministry.
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The Sessions
The sessions are designed for both large and small, new and existing church-based groups for online or in person.
- 1 God’s call.
- God can transform relationships in a conflicted world. God’s call and equipping make that possible.
- 2 Crossing Divides
- invites us to see where difference or prejudice divide us from others and offers us opportunities to see them as he does.
- 3 Navigating Disagreement
- God is with us as we face the challenge of disagreement, which can become an opportunity for stronger relationships if handled well.
- 4 Practising Forgiveness
- God is with us in the mess and complexity of trying to put forgiveness into practice in our relationships.
- 5 Risking Hope
- Doing relationships God’s way will sometimes be risky and resisted, but the hope it brings is transformative.
Video: What is it like running the course? Find out from some of our course hosts.
Habits
A transformed world starts with transformed relationships. In each session, we apply three habits that help us encounter others well, cross divides and see society transformed.
Be Curious_
Listen to others’ stories and see how the world looks through their eyes.
Every person is made in the image of God (Genesis 1:26-27)
Be Present_
Encounter others with authenticity and confidence.
Our encounters with others are inseparable from our relationship with Jesus (Matthew 25:31-46)
Reimagine_
Find hope and opportunity in the places where we long to see change.
God is making all things new (Revelation 21:5) and we are a new creation, the old has gone and the new has come (2 Corinthians 5: 16-21)
Equipping you to run the course
To access the course resources and find out everything you need to know to run the Difference course, create an account on our training and resources hub.
This training is completely free, includes films and articles and takes no longer than 30 minutes to complete. You can pause and resume training at any time and you can access information and materials for every course you run via your own unique dashboard.
Course resources
There are five sessions in the course and all of the course resources are free to download once you’ve been trained. Click below to preview one of the five sessions.
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