Location:  1520 Old Henderson Rd., Columbus, OH 43220

The Crescent Project BRIDGES study is designed to provide Christians with a basic concept of Islam, its beliefs and rituals. It's designed to encourage them to connect with Muslims and overcome misunderstandings and stereotypes that come from the media and other biased sources in our culture. This is a six-part course that is video led by Fouad Masri, an experienced teacher in the field and president of Crescent Project. There is a personal exercise booklet that each student will use during the session to reinforce foundational concepts being taught.

The course also offers a interactive time to explore and enable a basic conversation about the Muslim faith as well as starting a basic conversation with a Muslim as a first step to start genuine friendships.

Love Your Neighbor is a practical training on discussing Jesus with your Hindu neighbors.

Features of the Love Your Neighbor training include:

• Lively interactive teaching, videos, and group discussions
• Practical strategies, tools and action points for continued application
• A workbook packed with resources
• Principals applicable to people from a variety of background

A $30/per person registration fee is required for this training. This fee will cover: 1) a Notebook of extensive training materials and 2) Refreshments, a continental breakfast and an Indian lunch on Saturday.  No dinner meal will be served on either evening.

Do you know that 8 out of 10 Chinese returnee believers in North America left their faith after they move back to their home country?

This seminar will talk about the importance of the returnee ministry, give you an overview about how to prepare your friends to return home and follow up with them after they go.

Also, since persecution is hard in China now, how do we understand about the Chinese government’s crackdown on religious entities outside of the five official religious organizations (especially the unofficial house churches)? How can we prepare our students for it? What safety issues shall we pay attention to? Come to this seminar to find out.