Christian Formation Curriculum: Year 1 - Foundations

By Justin K

Foundations introduces participants to the core truths that shape the rest of the four-year curriculum: the Gospel, the character of God, basic theology in practice, and the Old Testament foundations of creation, covenant, redemption, worship, and Scripture reliability. The year is designed to help participants understand their need for grace, rest in Christ's finished work, grow in worshipful knowledge of God, practice ordinary means of grace, and read Genesis and Exodus as part of the unified redemptive storyline fulfilled in Christ.Quarter 1 - Gospel Essentials: sin, judgment, atonement, redemption, justification, identity in Christ, testimony, and daily Gospel living.Quarter 2 - Attributes of God: God's incommunicable attributes, including aseity, eternity, immutability, omniscience, omnipresence, sovereignty, holiness, and omnipotence.Quarter 3 - Basic Theology in Practice: prayer, worship, Scripture reading, the means of grace, and Christian theism in daily life.Quarter 4 - Old Testament Foundations: Genesis and Exodus, creation and fall, covenant promise, providence, Passover, Sinai, tabernacle, and the reliability of Scripture.Year 1 aim: Participants should finish the year able to explain the Gospel clearly, describe key attributes of God with worshipful understanding, practice prayer and Scripture reading with dependence on Christ, and trace the opening movements of the Bible's storyline from creation and fall to covenant, redemption, and God's presence with His people.

Series Overview
This four-year Christian formation series is designed to build a progressive foundation for worship, doctrine, Scripture confidence, discipleship, and faithful witness. The series may be used in church classes, home groups, discipleship groups, family settings, adult studies, youth studies, or other group-study venues. Each year combines Bible overview, doctrinal formation, worldview awareness, practical theology, and Gospel-centered application so participants grow in knowing God, trusting Scripture, understanding redemption in Christ, and living faithfully in ordinary life.Year 1 - Foundations: Establishes Gospel essentials, God's incommunicable attributes, basic theology in practice, and Old Testament foundations in Genesis and Exodus.Year 2 - Scripture and Wisdom: Deepens biblical understanding through Old Testament history, wisdom, prophets, communicable attributes, and key questions of faith and life.Year 3 - Worldview and Witness: Develops apologetic and worldview discernment while grounding participants in the Gospels, Acts, and the truthfulness of God.Year 4 - Living and Sending: Integrates New Testament teaching, mature discipleship, cultural engagement, vocation, ordinances, assurance, witness, and final synthesis.Series aim: Participants should grow in Gospel clarity, theological stability, love for Scripture, worshipful dependence on God, discernment in the world, and faithful service in the church and everyday life.4-Year Christian Formation Curriculum
This curriculum is designed as a four-year Christian formation sequence for use in church, home, discipleship, or group-study settings. While it may be used with youth, it is also suitable for home groups, adult studies, family discipleship, and other venues. It is written for a Baptistic church context with Reformed convictions and emphasizes God's sovereignty, the authority of Scripture, salvation by grace through faith alone, believer's baptism, and congregational life.
The program integrates the requested elements-Attributes of God, Worldviews, Bible book overviews, key questions Christians face, the Gospel, and basic theology in practice-across four years to build a progressive foundation for worship, doctrine, discipleship, and faithful witness in everyday life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HCCH6KN2
• ISBN13: 9798189907463
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"