Registration is Open Now for This Course!
Class Starts Jan. 29th - Ends Apr. 2nd [10 Weeks]
Meeting Weekly on Wednesday evenings, 7:00 - 8:30 PM Central Time
Hosted online on the ReWire Hub
Character of a Change Agent: Finding the Strength to Love
Martin Luther King Jr.’s life serves as a template for putting God’s love into action for causes of justice and peace. As a community, we will look at the life and teachings of MLK to find the kind of character one needs to be transformative in the world for God. MLK embodied the love, truth, and courage needed to do what was right as an advocate for social change; we will explore how we too can find the strength to love.
Martin Luther King Jr. inspired millions during the 1960s civil rights movement to transform the culture of race discrimination in the United States to one that affirmed the dignity of all human beings. His tireless advocacy for social justice and the non-violent manner he used to bring about that change won him international recognition culminating in the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
MLK’s life and teaching give us a model for how to creatively use the way of the Cross to transform and redeem conditions of injustice and violence in our time and place. In this course, we will explore these timeless principles and values as we discover how to find the strength to put God’s transformative love into action in our world.
Character of a Change Agent is a 10-week, cohort based course. Each week will consist of one group class session (1.5 hrs.) and daily rhythms of prayer, learning, and action. Like all ReWire formation, the structure and dynamic of this course is built to reflect our Inward, Outward, Together discipleship process.
Facilitator: This course will be facilitated by an experienced ReWire team member
Location: This entire course and cohort will be hosted virtually, live in the ReWire Hub (Unless otherwise pre-arranged as an in-person cohort)
*curious about in-person options for your community? Contact us, let’s talk about it
Course Outline:
Week 1: A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart
Week 2: Transformed Nonconformist
Week 3: On Being a Good Neighbor
Week 4: Love in Action
Week 5: Loving Your Enemies
Week 6: A Knock at Midnight
Week 7: Our God is Able
Week 8: The Answer to a Perplexing Question
Week 9: Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Week 10: Becoming the Beloved Community
What is ReWireU?
ReWireU is ReWire's online center for missional living and offers a variety of easily accessible spiritual formation courses and cohorts. Our virtual formation courses are facilitated live, by experienced ReWire directors. Each course space is private to those participating in each cohort and our environments are intended to be dynamic, offering true spiritual formation online.
Why ReWire?
ReWire trains people, pastors, and communities to be contemplatives in action. Over the past 15 years we developed and honed a discipleship process for a new era that addresses our deepest need for intimacy with God, impact on our generation, and walking together in love. We team with individuals and church leaders to create highly committed missional communities who bring the hope of Jesus and serve as a healing force in the broken places of the world. Learn more about our story and how we engage our generation.
Questions?
Feel free to reach out to us to learn more, we're always happy to connect.