Learning Objectives

Jesus brings wholeness and justice at a personal, communal, and systemic level. We’ll show you how to join his work.

  • Learn how the gospel empowers communities to seek wholeness and justice on campus, utilizing the issues of race and sexuality as case studies

  • Encounter God and experience Jesus’ heart for wholeness and justice, so that you are better equipped to lead others

  • Develop a plan for growing your ministry in communal practices of wholeness and justice, addressing common barriers and concerns

Play Your Way

Engage with the material in your context!

  • ~45 minutes (self-paced)

    All your progress will be saved so you can resume where you left off.

  • Course Quicksheet (pdf)

    This is a quick summary of the material that you can use as a preview of the course or as a refresher once you've taken it.

  • Resource Toolbox

    See a list of the resources referenced in this course, all collected in one spot for your convenience.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1: Introduction

    • Introduction

    • Before we begin . . .

  • 2

    Chapter 2: What Does Wholeness and Justice Mean?

    • Lesson 1: Start and Stay with the Gospel

    • Lesson 2: Jesus' Thesis Statement

    • Lesson 3: But What Does It Mean To Seek Wholeness and Justice?

    • Lesson 4: Personal, Communal, Systemic

  • 3

    Chapter 3: A Healthy Culture

    • Lesson 1: Seeking Wholeness and Justice on Campus

    • Lesson 2: A Healthy Culture of Seeking Wholeness and Justice

    • Lesson 3: General Justice Pathway

  • 4

    Chapter 4: Getting Practical

    • Lesson 1: Engaging the Issues of Sexuality and Race

    • Lesson 2: Seeking Wholeness and Justice Around Sexuality

    • Lesson 3: Seeking Wholeness and Justice around Race

  • 5

    Chapter 5: Barriers to Seeking Wholeness and Justice Together

    • Lesson 1: Barriers are Inevitable

    • Lesson 2: Personal Experience

    • Lesson 3: Pushback

    • Lesson 4: Fear of...

  • 6

    Conclusion

    • Closing Remarks

    • Before you go . . .

Resource Toolbox

All resources referenced from this course will be linked below for your convenience to view and download. Please use/adapt these resources to what works for you in your ministry context.

Worksheets

Seek Wholeness and Justice Quicksheet

This is a quick summary of the material that you can use as a preview of the course or as a refresher once you've taken it!

PDF

Seek Wholeness and Justice Debrief Guide

(For Leader of Leaders) This is an outline for a debrief meeting when doing this course with a group.

PDF

Seek Wholeness and Justice Assessment

This is a self-assessment to help you evaluate your proficiency in seeking wholeness and justice.

PDF

Articles

Building Trust with LGBTQ+ Students

This article contains tips to help you take the next step in making your community more welcoming and inclusive towards the LGBTQ+/SSA community.

Ministry Library Page

How to Create a Justice Pilgrimage of Your Campus

This resource will provide you a step-by-step guide that you can use to create a justice pilgrimage unique to your campus.

Ministry Library Page

Bible Studies

Beyond Colorblind Small Group Series

This four-week Bible study will help you explore your ethnic identity in light of the gospel.

Ministry Library Page

Flourishing Communities Bible Study Series

This seven-week Bible study will help you to create the kind of community that goes beyond just being known —how we live and love each other changes the world around us.

Ministry Library Page

Justice Bible Studies

This series is intended to be a foundational resource that propels participants towards a life-long pursuit of justice that is grounded in Jesus.

Ministry Library Page

Books

7 Practices of Effective Ministry

This insightful book speaks to every church leader who yearns for a simpler, more effective approach to ministry.

Book by Andy Stanley, Reggie Joyner, and Lane Jones

Beyond Colorblind

Ethnicity and evangelism specialist Sarah Shin reveals how our brokenness around ethnicity can be restored and redeemed, for our own wholeness and also for the good of others.

Book by Sarah Shin

Ethnic Identity LifeGuide Bible Study

In this eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Steve Tamayo takes us through passages that open us up to difficult yet important conversations about race, culture, and ethnicity.

Book by Steve Tamayo

Generous Justice

This book offers readers a new understanding of modern justice and human rights that will resonate with both the faithful and the skeptical.

Book by Timothy Keller

One Blood

Dr. Perkins invites us to a deeper love for God and for neighbor—including and especially those that don’t look like us, think like us, or feel like us.

Book by John M. Perkins

Redeeming Sex

Discover a holistic, biblical vision of sex and gender that honors God and offers good news to the world.

Book by Debra Hirsch

The Next Worship

Van Opstal provides biblical foundations for multiethnic worship, with practical tools and resources for planning services that reflect God's invitation for all peoples to praise him.

Book by Sandra Maria Van Opstal

Programs

Global Programs

Learn more about Global Programs —short-term, international mission experiences.

Website

Global Urban Trek

Learn more about this seven-week immersive experience in megacities across the globe.

Website

Justice Programs

Check out this immersion experience in communities and lives of people most affected by issues of injustice in the US where you'll get to listen, learn, and be empowered as a participant in God's Kingdom.

Website

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