International Leadership Institute (ILI) Training
HISTORY MAKERS: A leadership training experience where you will learn the Eight Core Values of the most effective Christian leaders. Transform your leadership and discover how you can change history.
IMPORTANT: Module 1 must be completed prior to attending Module 2. Questions? Email Della Conner.
IMPORTANT: Module 1 must be completed prior to attending Module 2. Questions? Email Della Conner.
Catechism Study
Profoundly Christian, Distinctly Methodist
Get ready to journey into the heart of discipleship! Profoundly Christian, Distinctly Methodist is designed to deepen your understanding of our doctrinal and theological foundations. Your journey through this guide will be both personal and communal, where your own observations and questions help seed group discussion.
Daily: Enrich your spiritual journey with structured readings and reflections over the course of ten weeks.
Weekly: Dive into new topics each week, offering theological commentary, practical applications, and group discussion opportunities.
Community Focused: Best experienced with others, whether in a small group, discipleship band, Sunday school class, or informal gatherings with friends.
Join the Global Methodist community in laying claim to a faith that is both profoundly Christian and distinctly Methodist. Rooted in A Catechism of Christian Faith and Doctrine for the Global Methodist Church, this is more than another study book—it’s a transformative experience. Our prayer for you is that this workbook will leave you “lost in wonder, love, and praise.”
Daily: Enrich your spiritual journey with structured readings and reflections over the course of ten weeks.
Weekly: Dive into new topics each week, offering theological commentary, practical applications, and group discussion opportunities.
Community Focused: Best experienced with others, whether in a small group, discipleship band, Sunday school class, or informal gatherings with friends.
Join the Global Methodist community in laying claim to a faith that is both profoundly Christian and distinctly Methodist. Rooted in A Catechism of Christian Faith and Doctrine for the Global Methodist Church, this is more than another study book—it’s a transformative experience. Our prayer for you is that this workbook will leave you “lost in wonder, love, and praise.”
Week 1: God and Creation
Week 2: Jesus Christ, the Son of God
Week 3: God, the Holy Spirit
Week 4: The Church
Week 5: Future Hope
Week 6: The Word
Week 7: The Sacraments
Week 8: Sin
Week 9: Grace and Justification
Week 10: Sanctification and Christian Perfection
Week 2: Jesus Christ, the Son of God
Week 3: God, the Holy Spirit
Week 4: The Church
Week 5: Future Hope
Week 6: The Word
Week 7: The Sacraments
Week 8: Sin
Week 9: Grace and Justification
Week 10: Sanctification and Christian Perfection
Disciple Making Movement Training
Next set of trainings begin on Monday, May 12 at 11am or Tuesday, May 13 at 6pm
Learn and begin to practice the 7 elements of effective reproducing disciple making currently multiplying disciples all over the world.
This training is offered through eight weekly Zoom sessions with lunchtime or evening options. Follow up video and handouts will be available for missed sessions. There are weekly practice assignments outside of the zoom time.
To learn more about this training or other on-site Kingdom Builder Worshops, please contact Grace Lucas at grace.lucas330@gmail.com or directly at 254-722-7500.
This training is offered through eight weekly Zoom sessions with lunchtime or evening options. Follow up video and handouts will be available for missed sessions. There are weekly practice assignments outside of the zoom time.
To learn more about this training or other on-site Kingdom Builder Worshops, please contact Grace Lucas at grace.lucas330@gmail.com or directly at 254-722-7500.
Historic Wesleyan Practices
Spiritual Discipline Self-Examination
John Wesley's 22 Questions
Self-examination is a spiritual practice that challenges us to take an
objective look at our spiritual condition at any given moment. Many
times, we find it’s really much easier for us to focus on the character
flaws of another, rather than paying attention to and seeing our
own.
objective look at our spiritual condition at any given moment. Many
times, we find it’s really much easier for us to focus on the character
flaws of another, rather than paying attention to and seeing our
own.
Band Meetings
The band meeting, a proven discipleship model for growing in love through the accountability of small, same-gender groups, was one of the defining characteristics of the Methodist movement started by John Wesley in the mid-1700s. In reflection on Wesley’s class meeting and band meeting structure, George Whitfield once said, “My Brother Wesley acted wisely, the souls that were awakened under his ministry he joined in class, and thus preserved the fruits of his labor. This I neglected, and my people are a rope of sand.
In The Band Meeting, Kevin Watson and Scott Kisker give an overview of the richness of this early tradition and introduce a practical approach for growing toward an authentic, transformation-oriented small group experience.
In The Band Meeting, Kevin Watson and Scott Kisker give an overview of the richness of this early tradition and introduce a practical approach for growing toward an authentic, transformation-oriented small group experience.
In these pages you’ll:
- Discover a proven discipleship model for growing in love of God
- Learn a practical approach to accountability with same-gender groups
- Appreciate that richness of the early Methodist tradition of spiritual formation
Class Meetings
Though the early Methodists were a people of one book, they utilized the small group structure not to study the Bible, but rather to lovingly engage one another in conversations about their souls. They developed a language and vocabulary to talk at deep levels about what the Holy Spirit was doing in their lives. Class meetings were an active part of the Methodist movement up until the early 20th century. Kevin Watson’s book The Class Meeting is an excellent resource for congregations looking to start this method of Accountable Discipleship. Watson's book unfolds a vision and a practical strategy for developing small groups that are much simpler than the typical group, while being more productive and with greater spiritual depth. The Class Meeting is structured into an eight-week study resource designed for a small group to work through together. Along the way, your group will be progressively equipped with a shared language to talk about the work of the Holy Spirit in the inner person and a structure for holding these kinds of meetings. After eight weeks, the book is laid aside and the class meeting is born.
