Resources

‘Voices from the Portal: Re-imagining our Post-Pandemic World’ dialogue series in video format.

This ambitious series invited people from diverse backgrounds to come together to reflect on some of the key issues that have been highlighted by the pandemic, looking at we’ve learned, what opportunities have arisen, and what changes we want to see as we move into a ‘new normal’. Events covered: food poverty, racism, community spirit and kindness, the climate crisis, mental health, and the future of religion.

Church Army – Faith Pictures

Helping Christians of all traditions talk about their own story of faith with confidence.

What kind of follower?

The Evangelical Alliance’s new resource ‘What kind of follower?’ offers an engaging set of short films and accessible questions to cause us to engage with the reality of following Jesus in these times. Everything is free to use here

The Work of the People

A treasure trove of films which will be conversation starters and help point us to Jesus in our communities and individual lives.

Some like ‘the four gospel journey’, very clearly direct us to the bible as the focus of our conversations.

Others like the series ‘called to community’ will stretch and renew us for the road ahead, thinking about who God calls us to be.

A subscription service applies, but the site is free to explore and trial.

The Wellbeing Journey

A set of quality films which examine various aspects of our emotional, physical, spiritual and mental health. The material is accessible enough to use with friends and neighbours who are not used to faith conversations, but reaches deep enough to bring transformation in all of us.

The introductory film is free to trial.

SPCK resources on discipleship…

These sets of material, with engaging video content, are all free to use.

• More Real explores our invitation to authenticity in all of our relationships.
• Living his story inspires and equips for sharing our faith with others.
• The Way: The Beatitudes enables nine sessions of engagement with these inspiringly beautiful and challenging words of Jesus.
• Living an authentic life engages with discipleship from a global perspective.
• What would Jesus do? looks to the life of Jesus and asks what it looks like for us to walk in his ways.

Holy Habits

Holy Habits is a library of resource for a life of Christian discipleship. Based on Luke’s picture of the early church in Acts 2:42-47, it explores and encourages the practice of ten disciplines, or ‘holy habits’, found there: biblical teaching, fellowship, breaking bread, prayer, sharing resources, serving, eating together, gladness and generosity, worship and making more disciples.

These resources envision and equip all ages. The way of life Luke encourages us toward is to be lived when we are together, gathered as church and dispersed in day-to-day life at home, at work and in engagement with the issues of the world. Mission and discipleship are woven together in these resources, as we long for them to be in the lives of our members and of our whole church.

The name reminds us that these are godly practices that form us, not just as followers of Jesus, but as wholesome human beings.

Bible study guides with a whole-life discipleship perspective

LICC have selected seven books of the Bible representing seven different genres:
• Proverbs (Wisdom)
• Exodus (Law)
• 1 Peter (Letters)
• Ezekiel (Prophecy)
• Ruth (Narrative)
• Mark (Gospel)
• Revelation (Apocalyptic)

The whole series brings a whole-life discipleship perspective.

Mini-features are sprinkled through the studies. Along with the questions and thoughts for discussion, these help you understand each book within its background and genre as well as the content of the book itself.

NT Wright – free ebooks and online courses