Advanced Programs

ReWire Formation

Our resources have been curated by experienced church and ministry leaders, ensuring that they are relevant, practical, and effective. We understand the unique challenges that churches and contemplative missionaries face, and our resources are designed to help you develop and grow as a leader, a congregation, or a community trying to be the church in your city.

We invite you to explore our collection of resources and discover how they can better equip you and your church in fulfilling your mission.

Advanced ReWire Formation Pathways

ReWire Formation Pathways offer unique opportunities to individuals and communities looking for deeper, more intensive formation experiences. Formation Pathways are designed to more fully engage ReWire’s entire Missional Spiritual Formation process.

Woven

Spirituality for Missional Communities

  • Woven is a 12-week intensive designed for mission/justice focused micro-communities - or, small community groups beginning the process of committing to authentic community, contemplative formation, and missional work together. For these micro-communities, Woven is an introduction to ReWire’s missional formation process, intended to provide formation and guidance to both the community and the individuals within that community.

    The outline and content for Woven are reimagined from three of ReWire's most popular Beyond classes: Centered Living, Life in the Kingdom, and Call.

  • Woven was developed with small, missionally focused groups in mind: micro-churches, justice and mission organizations and teams, intentional communities, etc.

    Woven is accessible for groups that are established as well as groups that are just forming and looking for direction.

  • As a ReWire Formation Pathway, starting a Woven group starts with you! We can host Woven online or in-person - all we need is for you to reach out and tell us about your group!

Deep Waters

Covenant Community Intensive

  • Deep Waters is a 1-year covenant community formation intensive. The Deep Waters process is designed for missionally centered micro-communities in order to establish sustainability in formation, community, and mission. This community focused intensive builds a formational framework for deep commitments to authentic kingdom community, contemplative rhythms, and missional/justice work amongst the marginalized and oppressed.

    At its core, the Deep Waters Program guides a small community of believers who surrender themselves to be part of God’s restoration project for the world; a Kingdom Outpost that reflects God’s character and love in our neighborhoods.

    The Deep Waters Curriculum equips a missional heart to live in an intentional community and model solidarity with the poor. For one year, you will journey inward to explore how God is moving in you, your community and your neighborhood. You will also move outward with your community to share God’s love with the poor and marginalized.

  • Deep Waters is a covenant community formation pathway - meaning, this process is for small community groups who are ready and able to covenant together for this full year process.

    Deep Waters is accessible to both established communities as well as new church and micro-church planting communities.

  • As a ReWire Formation Pathway, starting a Deep Waters intensive starts with you! We can host Deep Waters online or in-person - all we need is for you to reach out and tell us about your community!

Missional Leader Cohort

  • Missional Leader Cohorts (MLC) are a set of 5 retreats over two years that are designed to provide direction for you to rethink, retool, and renew your leadership. This is done in a community of pastors/leaders who are on the same missional journey.

    You will be given tools for your journey:

    Beyond: A weekly curriculum designed to help members discover and live out their life calling in a community of committed Christians. Classes in the Beyond series can be customized to the needs of each church.

    Deep Waters: A monthly course that will train your leaders over a 10 month period. This is done through a guided spiritual direction process. It will equip your congregational leaders to implement our Beyond process.

    After the first two retreats, MLC members will have access to Deep Waters and Beyond curriculum and can start teaching it in their congregations. After the full 24-month program, MLC participants will have access to all Deep Waters curriculum, Beyond curriculum, and all ReWire programs. This process will yield a small group of activated agents that will fuel missional change in your congregation.

    Outcomes

    Training basic skills as a missional spiritual director

    Tried and tested material and methods for mission discipleship

    Establishment of a network of pastors for mutual learning and support

  • Missional Leader Cohorts are for church pastors, faith-based organization leaders, and spiritual teachers who are interested in learning ReWire formation and pedagogy for the purpose of facilitating ReWire spiritual development in their own spaces.

  • We are always looking for new opportunities to start another local Missional Leader Cohort. We prefer to host these retreats in-person and on-site at a retreat space.

    If you would like to help us assemble a local group of pastors and leaders in your area, please reach out to us!

Missional Spiritual Direction

Certificate Program

  • The Missional Spiritual Direction Certification Program is a two-year cohort program through Bakke Graduate University in partnership with ReWire.

    Missional spiritual direction is a form of spiritual direction that emphasizes the connection between personal spiritual growth (inward journey) and the mission of God in the world (outward journey). It is a process in which a spiritual director guides an individual to discern how their spiritual journey intersects with God's mission, and how they can participate in that mission through their unique gifts and calling.

    This type of spiritual direction seeks to help individuals deepen their relationship with God, discern their purpose, and engage in mission-oriented activities that align with their spiritual journey. Missional spiritual direction focuses on helping individuals to see how their faith intersects with their daily life and work, in order to use their talents and passions to make a positive impact in the world around them.

  • The Missional Spiritual Direction Program provides Spiritual Director training with missional group direction. During the two year BGU certified program, you will be trained in spiritual formation on a personal level and as a director.

  • For More Information or to Apply

    Email Dr. Bruce Jackson (Director of the Missional Spiritual Direction Center) for an application, directions to register, or further questions.

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