Creation-Fall-Redemption (CFR) Study

Linda Leon
developed fall 1995

This study was evangelistic in nature, and was used to identify the level of faith of freshman women students on my residence hall floor. Other purposes of the study were to help these women get to know each other better and to set the stage for longer-term relationships between me and these women. In this case, all of the women turned out to have some sort of Christian faith commitment.

What developed from this study is now a three-year-long discipleship group with most of these same women. I have found that the “basics” taught here were a good foundation for future studies of The Transforming Vision, Out of the Saltshaker and Into the World, semester-long studies on doing evangelism and other topics.

Please keep in mind that this study was given several years ago; my teaching style and level of learning have changed, and so if used again I would update the studies as well as the handouts. The participatory exercises vary according to your audience: I was working with ten freshman women, and so these exercises worked with them—and they remember many of the exercises due to their often silly nature. Use this information only as a guide to help you in condensing CFR information into a six-week format. Let me know if I can fill in the details for you.

Finally, you should know that the major “visual” that I used was an old, ugly, crusty chair that I found in the trash. Throughout the study, we used this chair to demonstrate CFR. You could also re-do a rocking chair or some other item, showing how value can be found where no value was seen before. You will note references to this chair throughout the study.

Week One: Introduction

Week Two: Worldviews

Week Three: Creation

Week Four: Fall

Week Five: Redemption

Week Six: Putting it all Together