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Alison Morgan

 

Rooted in Jesus

Rooted in Jesus is a group course in Christian discipleship written for use in Africa by a team of clergy and teachers from Leicester, working in partnership with the diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. It is the only material of its kind written especially for the use of ordinary African Christians, rather than translated from material developed for the West - where people face different problems and challenges in their Christian lives.

Rooted in Jesus is edited by Alison Morgan and Stanley Hotay and published by ReSource. It is is normally introduced in a diocese at the invitation of the bishop, by a team travelling under the auspices of SOMA UK. Because Rooted in Jesus is as much a method as a course, this has proved the best way of establishing it in new areas. Originally piloted in 2002 in Tanzania, it is now in use in 7 African countries and has been translated into 14 languages. We estimate there are over 30,000 people meeting in some 3,000 Rooted in Jesus groups in these countries.

Groups are led by pastors, evangelists and newly commissioned lay leaders, both men and women. Many of these groups have seen people becoming Christians, experiencing answered prayer, and deepening their commitment to one another and to the church.

Rooted in Jesus is used for:

bulletSmall discipleship groups
bulletConfirmation classes
bulletTraining of catechists, evangelists and lay readers
bulletSunday school groups
bulletEvangelism and church planting
bulletFollow-up for evangelistic crusades and Jesus film showings

Immediate aims:

bulletTo equip leaders and potential leaders with teaching, inspiration and a living encounter with the Holy Spirit
bulletTo provide them with Rooted in Jesus as a tool with which they can teach others
bulletTo help build a local programme of support in each diocese for the new group leaders
bulletTo keep in touch so that we can offer future support where needed

Long term aims:

bulletChanged lives, changed churches, changed communities
bulletOrdinary lay Christians equipped for ministry as disciples of Jesus
bulletKey people raised and trained for future leadership within the Church
bulletPolitical and social stability in a developing but suffering continent, through the growth of informed and committed Christian discipleship

Rooted in Jesus is a practical and interactive course. The emphasis is on the active participation of each member of the group through the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit, so that together they may be built up into the body of Christ and equipped for ministry to others. The material is absorbed and practised orally, and it is not necessary for group members to be able to read or write. Each lesson is summarised by a memory verse, and members receive certificates when the group completes each of the four books of the course.

For more details on the course contents please click here

For feedback on the course and our conferences click here

For up to date reports on each diocese click here

For personal testimonies click here

For a diocesan information pack please click here (English)           

Des informations sur le cours se trouvent ici (français)

To purchase a sample pack click here.

For an article giving an overview of the use and development of the course click here

For a Times article on why Africa needs Christian discipleship click here