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Essentials Pathway

by Cru Staff

The Essentials Pathway organizes the first 15 Collaborative Discipleship lessons to help new or young believers become grounded in their faith before preparing to start their own disciple groups. With this pathway students can be prepared to start new discipleship groups by the middle of their second semester.

A list of these first 15 lessons is below. To see the first 15 lessons and how all 50 lessons are organized visually, click on this image to view the interactive PDF.

The Essentials Pathway:

  1. Assurance of Salvation
  2. God’s Love and Forgiveness
  3. How to be Filled with the Spirit
  4. The Great Commission
  5. How to Use the KGP Conversationally
  6. How to Confess and Breathe Spiritually
  7. The Bible 101
  8. How to Pray and Worship
  9. Christian Fellowship
  10. Sexual Purity
  11. Our Identity in Christ
  12. Spiritual Multiplication and Stages of Discipleship
  13. How and Who to Invite into Discipleship
  14. How to Use Collaborative Discipleship
  15. How to Make Disciples

Since 1951, Cru has helped individuals who grapple with integrating faith into daily life by offering practical steps and community support. As a result, countless people in over 190 countries have been empowered to move from passive belief to active faith.

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