Across ten online seminars, the EGroup teaches from Scripture, history, and the lived testimony of a Church that has already learned to endure. You'll find identity in Christ, leadership under pressure, and what it costs to stay faithful when the culture, or the state, presses in.
Right now, EGroup is teaching in person at partner churches and organizations. Starting in 2027, seminars will also be available online.
10 Seminars on Christian Endurance
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All Ten Seminars
All seminars taught by Drs. Carl and Karen Ellis, unless otherwise noted.
Union with Christ: Your Primary Identity in Hostile Spaces
Identity is contested everywhere today: who defines it, and by what? Union with Christ is the one worldview large enough to cover every human identity question, and the anchor that tells the Christian who they are and how to navigate anti-Christian sentiment.
Leadership Under Extremes: Esther, Daniel & Nehemiah
Three unlikely leaders, raised to the halls of power by God's plan. Learn the leadership principles of Daniel, Nehemiah and Esther, and how they still guide God's people navigating a hostile culture today.
Not a Counterculture, but an Other-Culture
Anyone can go against the status quo, but what does it mean for God's people to be a truly "other" culture? Rooted in the life, death, resurrection and glorification of Christ, this session asks what witness has come from living under an Other-politic, under a King whose kingdom has no end.
Presence Without Compromise
How does the church shape a culture that finds it irrelevant, without compromise? Drawing on case studies from China to Cuba to America's hardest neighborhoods, this session traces how Christian communities have reshaped public opinion of Christ, often at great cost, simply by "being the Church."
True or False: Which Story Are You Living?
Where does persecution come from, and why doesn't it go away? Drawing on the biblical houses of wisdom and folly, this session names the recognizable hallmarks of false narratives, and how to spot them by the wreckage they leave behind.
The Origins of Persecution: Where Are Cain and Abel Today?
Persecution has an origin story older than any modern conflict. This session traces the pattern set by Cain and Abel forward to today, revealing why hostility toward God's people is not new, and what it teaches us about facing it now.
Living Faithfully With and Without Religious Freedom
Can God use both religious freedom and its absence to advance his mission? This session examines how Christians live faithfully under legal protection and under its denial alike, and what each reveals about the church's calling.
Human Rights and the Problem of Evil
Why does oppression exist at all, and where is God when it does? This session traces the origins of injustice and man's inhumanity to man, and makes the case that the cross itself is where God has always been balancing the scales.
From Movement to Monument: Why Kingdom Work Dies,
and Why It Doesn't Stay Dead
Every movement (Israel, the New Testament Church, your own ministry) follows the same arc: seed, blossom, flower, decline, death, and a new seed. The Ellises trace why movements ossify into self-serving institutions once they lose sight of their founding vision, and why decline, seen rightly, is never the end of the story. Learn to read where your own church or organization sits in the cycle, and lead without despair.
Discipleship Under Pressure
The New Testament church made disciples face to face, body to body, a pattern rooted in a God who draws near in the flesh. This session tracks the promised Presence of God in the Old and New Testaments, traces what's been preserved and lost since the early church, reveals the power of presence in disciple-making movements in Iran and Cuba, and explores what the virtual age's substitutes for presence will never be able to replace.
