The Colson Fellows Program was designed for men and women with busy, complex lives, who want to learn how to respond to the current culture as a faithful Christian by developing an understanding of the worldviews and thought processes behind the current moral and cultural flashpoints we are facing and thoughtfully defend a biblical worldview through a daily curriculum that is carefully curated and updated each year.
You will read 12-14 books and attend two live webinars each month with leading Christian thinkers in a lively, free-flowing exchange of ideas. This, combined with a monthly meeting with your peers, provides for an intense and rewarding experience. You can expect that this program will require a minimum of approximately 6-7 hours per week to stay on top of the workload.
Further Details
- Cohort meeting (3 hours) will be the last Thursday of each month at the church (6-9pm)
- Attendance at these monthly meetings are a requirement of the course, no more than 2 may be missed. (The orientation is not considered a “Required Meeting”)
- If you happen to be out of town you can connect to your group through video (WhatsApp within your group.)
- Registration process: Deadline for applying is June 15th
- Cost of the program is $650CAD plus your required books (estimated cost $200)
- Colson Fellows will be billing Southland church directly for this fee (you will reimburse Southland by September 15th)
- You also have until September 15th to withdraw from the program without cost
- Orientation meeting with Colson is in the beginning of July at program launch
- Program runs for 10 months
- Curriculum: 25-26 Curriculum PDF
- Co-Hort meeting dates:
- Location for the meeting at Southland will be in the Chapel (may change based on the number of participants we will have)
- July 3rd – Orientation, thereafter, last Thursday of the month,
- July – Apr (are our monthly meetings)
- Signing up:
- If you are not already a Southland member, you will need to sign-off on the Statement of Beliefs as that establishes the foundation & Biblical Worldview that undergirds this program.
- Submit the Colson application
- Note:
- There are 2 Southland Churches in the list, we’re the one in Canada
Other Features of the Program Include:
24/7/365 access to the Colson Fellows Online Learning Platform;
Monthly Meetings facilitated by Name & Title, a commissioned Colson Fellow;
Twice-Monthly Video Webinars in which you are able to interact with authors from the reading list and other leading worldview scholars;
Interactive daily devotionals that weave together all course components;
Assistance developing a teaching practicum in which you will teach on a topic you’ve learned;
StrengthsFinder assessment;
Lifetime access to Colson Center resources and ongoing worldview education;
Inclusion into a network of over 2000 Colson Fellows working across the globe in various spheres of Christian ministry.