NOVEMBER 13, 2025
Oil Belt Christian Service Camp
Main Session 1 - Beyond… Sunday Morning
SESSION ONE MATERIALS
SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS
By which approach did you come to faith in Christ and become a disciple/apprentice in his Kingdom?
To what degree were you motivated by avoiding hell?
What picture of God did you or do you have?
How different is this idea of the gospel from what you grew up with or currently hold?
What questions do you have about King Jesus Gospel?
What does it mean to you to live in the kingdom of God, living your eternal life NOW?
Self-Reflection: In what ways are you living your new covenant relationship with God in Old Covenant ways?
FOR FURTHER STUDY *
Extra Readings/handouts
Salvation is Life by Richard Foster
King Jesus, chapters 2-3 by Scot McKnight
Benefit of the Doubt: Breaking the Idol of Certainty by Greg Boyd
The Day the Revolution Began: Reconsidering the Meaning of Jesus's Crucifixion by NT Wright
The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited by McKnight
Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ - 20th Anniversary Edition by Dallas Willard
What If Jesus Was Serious?: A Visual Guide to the Teachings of Jesus We Love to Ignore by Skye Jethani
Main Session 2 - Beyond … the Walls
SESSION MATERIALS
Readings/handouts
Here is a sample of great questions to ask to get to know someone on a deeper level
Threshold 1
Threshold 2
Threshold 3
Threshold 4
Threshold 5
SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS
How hard would it be for you to say, “I’m a 21st-century HUMAN making sense of my reality using the Christian faith” instead of CHRISTIAN?
What questions do you have the hardest time responding to? Why?
What barriers might you erect that prevent people from coming to Jesus as King?
In what ways do you demonstrate wisdom in relating to outsiders (nonbelievers)?
Since your “walk talks louder than your talk talks,” what messages would preChristian people get from your “walk”?
How willing are you to “pour the gospel” into containers that you wouldn’t be willing to drink from?
How can you better build trust buckets with neighbors, work associates, and other unbelieving people?
How often do you pop others’ balloons? In what ways?
What 3 questions might you ask to get to know another person on a human level?
Which boat best describes your relationship with culture?
Develop a list of “innocent as doves” practices or ideas that you, personally, and y’all, as a church community, need to
Keep doing (things that are working)
Improve actions that aren’t working but need to
Stop doing (things that are not helping or working)
Start doing? Brainstorm this list. Come up with at least 5 ideas.
FOR FURTHER STUDY *
I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus by Everts and Schaupp
Evangelism in a Skeptical World: How to Make the Unbelievable News about Jesus More Believable by Sam Chan
Faith Formation in a Secular Age: Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness (Ministry in a Secular Age) by Andrew Root
Meet Generation Z: Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World by James Emery White
The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? Davis, Graham, and Burge
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NOTE: * I don’t agree with everything in these resources. They are to spur your thinking deeper in these subjects.
