What is Disciple U?
Discipleship University is a topical and relevant collection of courses that are designed to mature believers through life transforming content, small group interactions and weekly accountability. The ultimate goal of Discipleship University is to transform our world through God’s word…one life at a time.
When is Disciple U?
Discipleship University will run in two semesters of 8-12 weeks depending on the course content. The Spring semester will begin on January 13. The Fall semester will begin on September 1.
Disciple U Courses
Available online and in-person
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Pastor’s Class – “Verse By Verse”
Class Description: This little but powerful book of 25 verses gives us and in-depth look at the Christians responsibility to be forgiving as we journey through life.
Teacher Bio: Ed Ethridge, Associate Pastor of Preaching and Pastoral Care. Called by God to serve His church as pastor/teacher. “Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:12).
Course Topics:
Week 1 – Introduction to Author, Date, Purpose of Writing
Week 2 – Life is a Testimony
Week 3 – The Church and Fellowship
Week 4 – The Prisoner
Week 5 – The Apostles Appeal and Approach
Week 6 – The Apostles Attitude
Week 7 – The Apostles Anticipation and Salutation
Week 8 – Overview and Q&A
Note: (Adult Registration for this class is not required)
REGISTRATION FOR CHILDCARE IS REQUIRED.
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Genesis to Revelation: How the Whole Bible Fits Together
Class Description: We will overview Genesis to Revelation in 8-weeks to see how the Bible fits together as a whole. This gives a better understanding of God’s plans and purposes on earth and in the Kingdom of God.
Teacher Bio: Brent Johnson is the Associate Pastor of Senior Adults and Prayer Ministry at CFBC. He desires to equip the saints for the work of service (Ephesians 4). Understanding the Bible is the key to life and the revelation of God. The better we know God, the better we can serve Him and our fellow man.
Course Topics:
Week 1 – The Torah/Law (Genesis – Deuteronomy)
Week 2 – The Rulers of Isreal and their covenants (Joshua-Chronicles)
Week 3 – Wisdom Literature (Job-Song of Soloman)
Week 4 – The Prophets (Isaiah-Malachi)
Week 5 – The Gospels (Matthew-John)
Week 6 – The Gospel History (Acts)
Week 7 – The Letters (Romans-Jude)
Week 8 – The Apocrypha (Revelation)
REGISTRATION FOR CHILDCARE IS REQUIRED.
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Intro to Theology
Class Description: The study of Theology is an effort to make definitive statements about God and who His is, in an accurate and relevant way, based on God’s self-revelations. The word “theology” comes from two Greek words, theos (God) and logos (word).
Teacher Bio: Chris Smartt serves as a Minister on the Pastoral Care Team and is preparing to become an active-duty Military Chaplain. He is currently a Master of Divinity student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he hopes to graduate in May. He has a heart for discipleship and loves telling people about Jesus.
Course Topics:
Week 1 – What is Theology? Prolegomena
Week 2 – The Doctrine of God
Week 3 – Attributes of God
Week 4 – The Idea of Revelation
Week 5 – Christology: The Person of Christ
Week 6 – Soteriology: Justification, Sanctification
Week 7 – Pneumatology: Doctrine of the Holy Spirit
Week 8 – Trinitarian Theology
REGISTRATION FOR CHILDCARE IS REQUIRED.
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Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (based on Donald S. Whitney’s book)
Class Description: 1 Tim 4:7 Discipline yourself for the purpose of Godliness This class explores practices found in Scripture that promote spiritual growth. The purpose of spiritual disciplines is Christlikeness/Godliness.
Teacher Bio: Paul Calcote serves as the Young Adult Pastor on the Adult Discipleship Team at Champion Forest Baptist Church. He has served at CFBC since 2016. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Paul is married to wife, Arielle, since 2018.
Course Topics:
Week 1 – Prayer
Week 2 – Bible Study
Week 3 – Worship
Week 4 – Evangelism
Week 5 – Serving
Week 6 – Stewardship
Week 7 – Fasting
Week 8 – Silence & Solitude
REGISTRATION FOR CHILDCARE IS REQUIRED.
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Parenting on a Mission
Class Description: Parenting on Mission is an ONLINE ONLY parenting course designed as a series of interactive and engaging sessions for parents and prospective parents. The objective of the course is to proactively provide in-depth knowledge, strategies, support and encouragement for parents and the challenges and dynamics parents face at various stages of parenting. The course provides a blend of biblical, theoretical, and practical approaches to Christ-centered parenting. Parenting is a bit easier when it is done on mission.
Teacher Bio: Oscar and Suni Combs are long time members and Life Group Leaders at Champion Forest Baptist Church. Oscar and Suni have been married for 20 years. Oscar is a father, adult trainer, speaker and consultant with over 27 years of experience in parenting, with 3 boys and 1 girl, ranging in ages from 12 – 27. Suni is a mother of 2 boys and 1 girl, ranging in age from 12 – 18. Suni has taught and served as a licensed professional counselor, speaker, trainer and aspiring author of various children’s books. Oscar and Suni believe that there is no more important role in a child’s life than a parent and the role the parent plays in forming the next generation of adults.
Course Topics:
Week 1 – Calling: Nothing is more important than accepting God’s call as a parent
Week 2 – Grace: Giving ourselves grace as we parent
Week 3 – Law: Children need God’s law and parents’ grace
Week 4 – Inability: Recognizing what we can and cannot do as parents
Week 5 – Identity: Finding our identity in God and not in our children
Week 6 – Process: Parents must be committed as a parent to the long-view parenting because parenting is a process and not an event
Week 7 – Lost: Our children’s bad behavior is due to the condition that we all face that causes bad behavior
Week 8 – Authority: Teaching and modeling the very important behavior of respecting authority
REGISTRATION FOR CHILDCARE IS REQUIRED.
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The Missional Call of the Local Church
Class Description: Join us as we explore the Missional heart of God in the Old and New Testaments, His Missional purpose for His people, and His unique Missional placement of our church and lives.
Teacher Bio: Owen Barr has served on CFBC Missions Staff at the Champions and Jersey Village campuses and has most recently been on-field as a missionary in Brazil. Lezlie Armour is the Missions Minister at CFBC where she loves to connect members to missions and service opportunities with our local and overseas partners.
Course Topics:
Week 1 – God’s missional purpose from the beginning
Week 2 – God’s inclusive heart for all mankind
Week 3 – Displaying God’s character through loving and serving the nations
Week 4 – Modeling Christ to the nations through personal holiness
Week 5 – Historical Missions through a Biblical lens
Week 6 – Guest Expert on Missions in Houston
Week 7 – Guest Expert on Global Missions
Week 8 – Our local and global reality – How your church and you are answering God’s call
REGISTRATION FOR CHILDCARE IS REQUIRED.
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Gospels and the Kingdom of God
Class Description: In Mark 1.15, we are told that Jesus went out from his baptism proclaiming good news; Mark sets up his whole gospel with Jesus announcing that the kingdom of God had come near. Do we know how to read the gospels and recognize what they’re telling us about the kingdom which has come near? Reading all the gospels together – that is, the books themselves together and us together with one another – gives us the chance to examine familiar Jesus stories and better understand what Jesus was up to, why he made people so angry, and what good news he has in store for us.
Teacher Bio: I’m Leasha! I love to learn, and I love participating in other people’s learning. Once I discovered that you could study the Bible – really study it – I never looked back. I first taught adults at CFBC as a newly minted graduate of Ouachita Baptist University. My undergraduate work in Biblical Studies, and Greek later led me to Wheaton College Graduate School for a master’s degree in Christian Formation and Ministry with extra work in biblical languages.
Weekly Topics:
Week 1 –What is a gospel, why do we have four of them, and how do we read them?
Week 2 –The Kingdom of God: What is it, and where does it fit in the story
Week 3 –Miracles and the Kingdom of God Part 1: Casting out demons and controlling nature
Week 4 –Miracles and the Kingdom of God Part 2: Healing people and raising the dead
Week 5 –Teachings and Parables of the Kingdom: Placement of teaching discourses, reading parables
Week 6 –Responses to Jesus and the Kingdom of God: How are different groups of people shown responding to Jesus, and what role do they play?
Week 7 –Transfiguration: What it teaches about the Kingdom in the present and moving forward (Maybe a Jesus, Moses, and the Prophets instead?)
Week 8 –Temple, Fig Tree, Moving to the End
REGISTRATION FOR CHILDCARE IS REQUIRED.
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If you need assistance connecting to a class, please contact Cyndee Rose at crose@cfbc.org.
