Resource Experience: Believe

PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS – Believe is Transformational

“What’s your favorite chapter?” Discover some of your future favorites from the answers to that question. Believe is a powerful discipleship journey where participants experience actual spiritual transformation.

PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS – Believe is Foundational

Believe is a 30-week theological series that is vertically integrated with all ages in your church, to help you understand how it is that God wants us to think, and to act, and to be.

VISION CASTING – Why Memorization Matters

Randy Frazee and his wife Rozanne share how they raised their children to recite the 30 Key Ideas of Believe, and why the practice of memorization has proven important in their lives.

VISION CASTING – How to Evaluate the Believe Church Kit

BELIEVE is a whole-church, all-ages Bible engagement experience that transforms individuals, families, churches, and communities. Shelley Leith, Director of Church Relations for HarperCollins Christian Publishing, explains how to divide all the materials in the kit amongst your ministry leaders to determine if BELIEVE is right for your church.

VISION CASTING – What Pastors Want to Know About Believe

Pastors talk to pastors about common issues that arise when deciding whether or not to lead your church through Believe: 1. How effective is Believe at actually driving people to the Bible? 2. Can I stay true to my preaching style and convictions? 3. How will a pre-packaged theology program work with our theology? 4. How well does the curriculum work for a broad spectrum of needs? 5. What’s the real story about church growth during Believe?

Training Videos

These training sessions were filmed at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, for a group of leaders from 12 San Antonio churches who were preparing to do BELIEVE together as a city-wide, cross-denominational, bi-lingual venture in 2015-2016.

PASSWORD: If a password is required to watch the training videos, enter WEBELIEVE

NOTE: There are a couple of discrepancies between what was shown in training and the actual product. One notable example in Sessions 1 & 2 is a graphic on the screen behind the trainers that shows the word “VALUES,” but it should read “VIRTUES.”

DOWNLOAD: If you need to download these videos to show to a group, they are available for download from this private Vimeo album.  To access the download feature, you need to join Vimeo, then sign in, come back and click on this direct link to go to the Training Videos Album, enter the password WEBELIEVE, and the download options appear under the playback screen.

Training Session 1 – VISION

Who should watch: Your entire church team (pastor, ministry leaders for adults, children and students, worship, communications, administrative staff)

Training Session 2 – PREACHING

Who should watch: Pastors, ministers, and laity responsible for preaching sermons

Training Session 3 – COMMUNICATIONS

Who should watch: Communications and administrative leaders, responsible for written, video, and graphic communications pieces for promotion, newsletters, social media, weekend services visuals, etc.

Training Session 4 – WORSHIP

Who should watch: Worship leaders responsible for planning the singing component of the worship service

Training Session 5 – MEMORIZATION

Who should watch: Pastors and leaders responsible for discipleship, spiritual formation, Christian education; leaders of adult ministries, student ministries and children’s ministries

Training Session 6 – ADULT MINISTRIES

Who should watch: Leaders of Adult Ministries, responsible for adult education, adult Sunday school, Bible studies, small groups, home groups, women’s ministries, men’s ministries

Training Session 7 – STUDENT MINISTRIES

Who should watch: Leaders of Student Ministries for middle school and high school students

Training Session 8 – CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES

Who should watch: Leaders of Children’s Ministries for children from age 2 to Grade 6