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Community Resources

If you're planning on starting a Community, or are looking for new ideas for your current one, here are some resources we recommend. It's not an exhaustive list, and we'll keep updating it, but we hope you find it helpful.

Christianity and Climate Change

Tearfund

Sessions: Nine

Format: Film series and discussion guides

Do you want to take a closer look at the climate crisis and how Christians are called to respond? Christianity and climate change is a nine-part film series featuring Katharine Hayhoe, the internationally renowned Christian climate scientist.

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Missional Life

Jon Tyson and Tyler Prieb

Sessions: Twelve

Format: Film series and discussion guides

Join Jon Tyson and Tyler Prieb in this 12 week course on the basics of missional living, designed to help everyday followers of Jesus learn how to live and exercise a compelling faith in a secular age.

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Right Now Media

rightnowmedia.org

Format: Online videos

Right Now Media is a streaming service that has hundreds of different talks, courses and Bible study guides you can use in your Community. If you’d like to use these, please get in touch below and we will invite you to create a free account where you can access all the videos.

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New: The Everything Course

Christ Church London

Sessions: Seven

Format: Online videos and guide

This small group course is designed to give us both the biblical foundation and practical application for how we can all play our part in the renewal of culture. All the resources you need to run the course are on the website, including filmed talks from the Everything Conference, practical discussion questions and guided prayer.

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STEPS

Christ Church London

Sessions: Twelve
Format: Videos, leaders’ manual and textbook

A 12-week course designed to help break repetitive, destructive and damaging patterns. From insecurity and fear to anxiety, addiction, low self-esteem and anger issues, this course focuses on any thoughts and patterns of behaviour that stop us from living our lives to the full.

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The Prayer Course

Pete Greig

Sessions: Six
Format: Videos with leaders’ guides

This is a great, accessible introduction to prayer. The six sessions walk you through the Lord’s Prayer, giving all sorts of ideas about different ways you can pray.

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Planetwise

A Rocha UK

Sessions: Six
Format: Discussion guides

A great six-week course on how followers of Jesus should think about creation, and make practical lifestyle changes to care for our planet.

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The Reason for God

Tim Keller

Sessions: Six
Format: DVD and study guide

These videos look at six key questions about the Christian faith: How can there be only one true religion? Why does God allow suffering? How could a loving God punish people? Hasn’t science disproved Christianity? How can you take the Bible literally? What is Christianity all about?

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The Gospel in Life

Tim Keller

Sessions: Eight
Format: DVD and study guide

In this series of videos, Tim Keller looks at how the good news about Jesus affects our lives, and our communities, and what it means to live out the gospel in our world and work.

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God at Work

Ken Costa

Sessions: Six or Twelve
Format: Videos with leaders’ guides

These films look at how the Christian faith affects our approach to work, touching on topics like purpose, ambition, handling money, making decisions and dealing with stress. You can use either one or two films per week.

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A Life Worth Living

Nicky Gumbel

Sessions: Six or nine
Format: Discussion guides

This series looks at the book of Philippians and considers how we can live life to the full. It’s an especially good course for those who have recently completed an Alpha Course or are new to faith.

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Fruitfulness on the Frontline

The London Institute of Contemporary Christianity

Sessions: Eight
Format: DVDs, transcripts and study guides

A great series on faith and work, covering topics like having a vision for work, modelling character, shaping culture, and being a mouthpiece for truth and justice. You can watch the DVDs or lead the sessions yourself using the transcripts.

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Soul Keeping

John Ortberg

Sessions: Six
Format: DVD and study guide

These films look at the theme of the soul: What is it? Why did God create us to have souls? And how can you care for your soul and have a healthy spiritual life?

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The Me I Want to Be

John Ortberg

Sessions: 5
Format: DVD and study guide

A great series of films, helping you to grow in your spiritual life and become the person God intended you to be. Covering topics like: discovering the Spirit, renewing my mind, and deepening my relationships.

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'For You' series

Tim Keller

Sessions: Various
Format: Book and Study Guide

This series is great for studying different sections of the Bible. Each one is a slightly different length, but they currently include: Romans 1-7; Romans 8-16; Judges and Galatians.

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The Praxis Course

Sessions: Six
Format: Videos with discussion guides

This is a brilliant course for creators, innovators and entrepreneurs, helping you to explore how to work in a way that is restorative, redemptive, innovative, and faithful.

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Practicing the Way

Bridgetown Church

Sessions: TBC
Format: Videos, discussion guides, recommended resources

This is a brilliant collection of resources on what it means to follow the way of Jesus, with new elements being added regularly. There are plenty of materials to help you develop practices like silence and solitude, prayer, fasting, forgiving, and dealing with your past.

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Alpha

Alpha International

Sessions: Eleven
Format: Film series or transcripts

Alpha is a series of sessions designed to help people explore the Christian faith, and can last from eight to eleven weeks. There is a series of films designed to spark discussion, or you can use the transcripts and deliver the talks yourself. There are also training videos available to prepare you to run the course.

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