The base of the Colson Fellows Program is structured, online self-study through carefully curated and thought-provoking reading assignments. You’ll discuss what you’ve studied in regular monthly meetings with fellow students, and Cohort leaders. You’ll further enhance your biblical knowledge and understanding through focused daily devotionals and discipleship activities.

You will participate in online webinars with Christians who are at the forefront of cultural engagement. Twice each month, leading practitioners, authors, scholars, and opinion leaders will bring you thought-provoking lectures and discussions that will help you become a stronger leader for Christ. These regular gatherings will connect you with Colson Fellows-in-training from across the United States, and around the world.

Each month, Colson Fellows-in-Training gather either in their Regional or Online Cohorts. This unique feature offers fellowship with like-minded Christ followers and opportunity for learners to wrestle with some of the most challenging issues facing Christians today. 

Participants will read 12-14 books over the course of the program. Each year the reading list is carefully reviewed and updated to capture some of the more pressing issues of the cultural moment.

While you will be putting your training into practice throughout the program, the Teaching Practicum is an important opportunity to practice the teaching skills and principles you are acquiring in the program by actually instructing your peers on a relevant topic in the course. This is a valuable experience where you will receive feedback and encouragement in a safe environment.

During the final quarter of the program, with support from their Cohort leadership, Colson Fellows-in-Training will develop a “Personal Mission Plan.” Participants will receive guidance in the discovery of their unique giftedness and calling, consider their particular sphere of influence, and draft a plan that helps them live out their faith in this cultural moment with courage, clarity, and confidence. 

In May of 2023, students can choose to attend The Colson Center National Conference, our annual event, featuring world-class speakers and the national commissioning ceremony.

Upon completion of the program, students don’t graduate, they are commissioned as Colson Fellows, further equipped for service in God’s kingdom. Each Regional Cohort may host its own commissioning ceremony, however many students from both Regional and Online Cohorts choose to attend the national commissioning ceremony at The Colson Center National Conference, our culminating event of the year, which features a stunning line-up of renowned speakers.