Education


Adult Christian Education

is 9am every Sunday from September through May when we are able to meet in person.

YouTube videos of past classes can be found below.

 

 

 

Being Christian in a Secular Age

The Summer 2021 Adult Christian Education Program is an exploration of Discipleship amid Secularism.

 

I

Mapping the Secular

 

 

 

II

Stories of the Secular

 

 

 

III

Our-narrating the Secular Stories

 

 

 

IV

Dispelling Disenchantment

 

 

 

V

Glimpses of Transcendence

 

 

 

 

 

How Did We Get the New Testament?

The Fall 2020 Adult Christian Education Program is a survey of the New Testament.

 

I

The New Testament and Its World

 

 

 

II

Oral Tradition and First Writings

 

 

 

III

Paul and the Undisputed Letters

 

 

 

IV

The Disputed Letters of Paul

 

 

 

V

The Catholic Epistles: James, Jude, and I & II Peter

 

 

 

VI

The Gospel according to Mark

 

 

 

VII

The Q Source and the Didache

 

 

 

VIII

The Gospel according to Matthew

 

 

 

IX

Luke-Acts

 

 

 

X

The Gospel & Epistles of John

 

 

 

 

Religions of the World

The 2019-2020 Adult Christian Education Program is a study of the Religions of the World.

Video Recordings of that study can be found below.

 

HINDUISM

 

Hinduism—Part 1

Hinduism—Part 2

Hinduism—Part 3

Hinduism—Part 4

Hinduism—Part 5

Hinduism—Part 6

 

Interlude:

JAINISM

 

BUDDHISM

 

Buddhism—Part 1

Buddhism—Part 2

Buddhism—Part 3

Buddhism—Part 4

Buddhism—Part 5

Buddhism—Part 6

Buddhism—Part 7

Buddhism—Part 8

Buddhism—Part 9

 

Buddhism—Part 10

 

Interlude:

CONFUCIANISM & TAOISM

 

ISLAM

Islam—Part 1

 

Islam—Part 2

 

Islam—Part 3

 

 

500 Years of Reformation

In  2017, the Fork Church joined other Episcopal and Lutheran Churches in Hanover, VA in commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation with a lecture series.

The videos for three of those lectures can be found here.

 

David Holmes

“High Church, Low Church: Virginia Churchmanship and the Reformation”

 

Bob Pritchard

“What Luther Taught Us: Martin Luther’s Influence on the English Reformation”

 

David Zahl

“Law and Grace, 500 Years Later: A Fresh Look at the Reformation”