TRANSFORM YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY!
Bring the power of personal discipleship into your home and watch what God will do!
We are committed to helping build your family strong in Christ. Let us prove it to you! Enroll your whole family in our Bravehearted Discipleship Program for an incredibly affordable price!
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*If you are interested in On-Campus housing, please see the FAQ Section below for additional details
What is the Definition of a Family?
When we say family, we mean “immediate nuclear family” and not “extended family.” But for the sake of clarity, just in case you are wanting to stick Cousin Joe, Uncle Fred, “Sister" Judy (from your small group Bible study), and Neighbor Natalie from next door into your family application - the definition of a family is a group of individuals connected through common parents. Technically, it doesn’t need to be a biological connection, or even a legal adoption connection, but if the individual in question looks to your family as the primary means by which they receive practical, monetary, emotional, and spiritual care - then that’s good enough for us - you can certainly include them. However, Cousin Joe, Uncle Fred, “Sister” Judy, and Neighbor Natalie will need to apply separately.
Is a Family expected to stay On-Campus in the Dorms, or Off-Campus?
Families are able to join at our family rate, but will be expected to stay off-campus while here in Windsor. If family desires to stay on-campus, the initial price of $1950 would cover 1 on-campus family member. Every additional family member that desires to stay on campus would cost $200/ea. So, a family of 3 would cost $2350, a family of 6 $2950, a family of 10 $3750. Note - infants and very young children (under the age of 4) who are sleeping in a portable crib and not eating regular meals on campus will not be charged. If there are any additional questions about whether a young child can qualify as a “free” person, please contact us.
If a Family chooses to stay On-Campus, can they all stay together in the Dorms?
Unfortunately not, since we do not have family housing available on our campus. However, the men/boys could stay together in the guys' dorm while the women/girls could stay together in the girls' dorm.
Are there Host Families that a Family can stay with while in Windsor?
That’s very possible. Our home church, The Church at Ellerslie, loves families and loves sharing their homes with hungry Christians. Of course, there is no guarantee that there will be a family with a home available during your stay, but, we would certainly be willing to check for you. If you are interested in exploring this possibility, please contact us.
How do I decide which of my children should participate in the sessions (what age is the material geared for)?
We believe that the truths shared through this program can impact your entire family! While the material is spiritually deep and Biblically rich, we have had students as young as eleven or twelve participate in the sessions with great success. It all depends on where your child is at in their ability to focus and absorb spiritual truth. Younger children are also welcome to sit in on the sessions and do other activities if they are not quite old enough to take in what is being taught. (We do ask that any children who are crying or being a distraction be taken out for the sake of all the students participating.) In short, all ages are welcome to attend the sessions, and it is up to you as the parent as to the level of participation you would like your children to have. The 90 days of follow-up sessions online is another great way to involve your entire family in these life-changing messages; whether you watch the online sessions together, or simply use the truths you are learning to disciple your children in a way that works for your family. During the 90 days of follow up training, each family will have a designated mentor who can help guide them through the material, answer questions, and be a spiritual support to them during the program.
Are meals included if a family stays off-campus?
Lunch is included with a family registration for families who are staying off campus. For other meals, off-campus families will be on their own. (Note: We do offer gluten and dairy free options with every meal on campus, but are unable to accommodate additional dietary restrictions, so please plan accordingly. You are welcome to bring your own food to campus if you have special dietary restrictions or preferences.)
What is the difference between a family registration and an individual registration?
The registration process is the same for both families and individuals. Once you register as a family, you will be contacted by our staff and sent an additional form to fill out so that we can get the details necessary to register your entire family for the training (ie. number of family members participating, genders, ages, and whether these family members are intending to stay on-campus or off-campus).
Still have questions?
We would love to answer them! Please feel free to contact us at info@bravehearted.com and a member of our team will respond within 1-2 business days.
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Ellerslie Discipleship Training is now
BRAVEHEARTED PERSONAL DISCIPLESHIP
This program has gone through over two decades of refinement. The material is deep, the method of delivery amazing, and the possibilities of its implementation endless. We are thrilled to now present to you the most efficient, accessible, and powerful training model for gaining and utilizing the practical tools of Gospel-powered living that has maybe ever existed!
So go for it! Dive in. Have a look through the below sections and we'll do our best to answer all your questions.
BE DISCIPLED
Change Your Life in 100 Days!
be spiritually mentored by Eric, Leslie and their team
spend 10 life-changing days at the Ellerslie campus in Colorado!
plus 90 days of ongoing training at home with weekly personal mentoring online!
bring your entire family to be trained at the Ellerslie campus for one amazing low price!
Over 1700 people have experienced the life-changing impact of Ellerslie Discipleship Training in Colorado. Now you can too! We would count it a privilege to personally train you in Gospel-powered living!
THE VISION
In the videos above, you discovered the thrilling secret to personal discipleship and were introduced to the training model of Bravehearted Personal Discipleship.
Bravehearted Personal Discipleship is a 100 day discipleship training program built to maximize your understanding of the Bible and increase your love for and relationship with Jesus Christ. Each day of the training is purposely set up to have you encounter more and more and more of Him.
THE METHOD
From Registration to Graduation: 30 Life-Changing Steps To Discipleship
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Desire Discipleship
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Check it out
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Pray about it
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Get counsel
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Pick your 100 days
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Invite your family to join you
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Apply
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Pick your payment plan
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Eagerly await
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Kick it off with the 3-day orientation
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Make the trip to Windsor, Colorado
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Get settled in for the week of your life
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Let the truth change you
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Build friendships with likeminded Christians from all over the world
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Meet your mentor
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Learn how to use the app
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Travel back home with a newfound spring in your spiritual step
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Receive your first online daily lesson
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Exercise your soul
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Receive and accept an invite to your first group-mentoring meeting
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Be challenged with, be equipped through, and be reminded by your mentor
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Daily learn, daily exercise
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Venture through the seven key discipleship themes
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Periodically receive invites for special bonus sessions
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Join us for the weekend event in Windsor (optional)
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Transition from being fed to feeding yourself
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Graduate from the 100 days
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Hear about the Alumni App
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Thank Jesus for all He has done in your life over the previous 100 days
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Go and change the world
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Overview — We specialize in stoking the fire of the soul and acquainting Christians with the enormity of our God and His ability to bring about a very real triumph in their everyday living.
Catch a vision for the boundless depth of Christ! Get a detailed description of our core curriculum by using the arrows to scroll!
The Word of God — We take the Bible seriously. And we want our students to trust the Scriptures implicitly, come under its authority, and learn to properly receive and study the Word of God. It is our hope each student will:
- Understand and submit to the authority of Scripture
- Be committed to faithfully obeying Christ’s commands
- Understand Jesus is the fulfillment and focal point of the entire Bible
- Understand how to properly study and reason through the Scriptures
- Understand how to read and have a global perspective of the Word of God
During the training, students will gain an unshakable Biblical framework, develop a deep passion for the changeless Word of God, learn to recognize and resist the error of the post-modern gospel, and gain a strong personal grasp of how to study and apply Scripture to every facet of their lives.
The Gospel — All of Scripture is focused on the Person of Jesus Christ and His salvific action upon the Cross—and we desire our students to not only understand the extraordinary news of the life and work of Jesus Christ, but to also personally walk in the victory and triumph that the Gospel has provided. We believe that freedom from the bondage of sin, and the life-defining attributes of love, joy, and peace are not meant to merely be nice-sounding Scriptural concepts, but rather the daily experience and outflow of the Christian’s life. During the 100 days of training, students will explore the key components of the Gospel; study the pattern for historic, Biblical Christianity; and gain a clear understanding for how to not just esteem Truth, but live it out daily through the enabling power of God.
Christ In Us — The Bible emphasizes that we are not only to be “In Christ” but Christ is to be in us, through the indwelling of His Holy Spirit—which is the “engine” that propels a Christian life forward into God’s endless frontier. His enabling grace and power, via the Holy Spirit transforms a human life from the inside out—refining, purifying, and consecrating every thought, attitude, decision, and action into an expression of His character. Bravehearted Personal Discipleship interjects God’s Truth into the nitty-gritty areas of life—the way we treat others, the way we conduct ourselves, the way we govern our thought-lives, the way we make decisions, the way we handle our sexuality, and the way we spend our free time. We want students to understand how to exchange worldly behavior patterns for God’s glorifying ones, and showcase a heavenly conduct that brings renown to the Name of Christ. And it is His Spirit within us that supernaturally equips us to live a life that would be impossible in our own strength.
Victorious Faith — We want our students to live victorious and triumphant lives in Christ, rather than be harassed by the enemy and continually under the bondage of sin. We train our students in a basic Biblical framework to understand that Scripture reveals we are in the midst of a spiritual battle and can live in the victory Christ provided. He has given us “weapons of warfare” and spiritual armor—all contained in Christ—with which we experience refuge, strength, fortification, victory, triumph, peace, and abundant life as we exercise our faith in Him.
Bold Confession — Our modern age is aggressively becoming anti-Christian and every believer must make a choice of where to stand. Will you grow silent and sign upon the dotted line of the culture? Or will you stand for truth, becoming a part of the praying, confessing Church? Throughout the 100 days of training, students are taught the Good News of Jesus Christ and how to boldly go into all the world in pursuit of lost souls. They will hear the call to be God’s hands and feet to the lost, the weak, the poor, the destitute, and the orphan. Students will learn how to build mighty personal faith and overcome spiritual weakness in order to be truly ready and able to make a godly impact upon the world.
Wrestling Prayer — Prayer can’t be baked down into a step-by-step recipe or cookie-cutter formula. But there are some Biblical principles that, when applied to your personal prayer life, can revolutionize your experience with a God who hears and answers prayer. We believe that prayer is powerful and is essential in the Christian life. As Leonard Ravenhill once said: "If weak in prayer we are weak everywhere.” Throughout the discipleship training, students will learn how to find vibrant success in their prayer life, not just through academic training, but through spending time on bended knees.
STARTING FALL 2017
Fall (Option One): Sep 20 – Dec 30
Fall (Option Two): Nov 29 – Mar 10
STARTING WINTER/SPRING 2018
Winter: Feb 7 – May 19
Spring: Apr 25 – Aug 4
SUMMER 2018
Summer 2018: Jul 11 - Oct 20
Tuition includes the week-long training and weekend conference in Colorado, and all online training. Plus, a printed Discipleship Curriculum Notebook for on-site training, and downloadable Discipleship Curriculum Notes for online training. Tuition rates vary upon whether you want to stay on-campus in the dorms during the week-long on-site training and weekend conference, or find your own housing during the on-site portions of training.
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*If you are interested in On-Campus housing, please see the FAQ Section below for additional details
INSTRUCTORS
Eric Ludy
Director and President, Bravehearted Christian
Lead Instructor, Bravehearted Personal Discipleship
Eric Ludy has been laboring in front-lines Christian leadership for more than two decades. His current ministry role is multi-faceted. He serves as the President of Ellerslie Mission Society, the senior pastor of the Church at Ellerslie, and the lead instructor in the Bravehearted Personal Discipleship training.
Together with his wife Leslie, Eric is a bestselling author of twenty-six books and is a highly respected voice in Christianity on issues such as prayer, faith, godly masculinity, Christian relationships, and Christ-centered rescue work.
Leslie Ludy
Director, Set Apart Girl Ministries
Adjunct Instructor, Bravehearted Personal Discipleship
Leslie Ludy is a bestselling author and speaker with a passion for pointing women to Christ. She is the director of Set Apart Girl® and Set Apart Motherhood, which equip women around the world in Christ-centered femininity. Her annual Set Apart conference reaches over 10,000 women each year who either attend in person or via simulcast around the world. Leslie is also the founder and director of Set Apart Girl® Magazine, a bi-montly resource that equips women in Christ-centered femininity.
Nathan Johnson
Director of Communications, Bravehearted Christian
Instructor, Bravehearted Personal Discipleship
Nathan Johnson serves as the Director of Communications and is an instructor in the Bravehearted Personal Discipleship training. He has a driving passion for the deeper Christian life and finds great joy in sharing about Jesus and the victorious reality of the Gospel.
Nathan received his Masters of Divinity in 2008 and has been in full-time Christian ministry for over fifteen years. He has spent many years “in the trenches” of inner city work, ministering to the homeless, the elderly, and underprivileged children. Nathan has a passion for Biblical training and discipleship, and has been a guest speaker at many churches, youth retreats, and Christian conferences around the country over the past decade. He has taught college-level classes on various books of the Bible, Biblical concepts and themes, and how to study the Bible. Nathan has a love for missions and has also mentored many young men in the areas of godly masculinity, purity, Biblical truth, victory and freedom over sin, and daily Christian living.
Dan Mcconnaughey
Pastor of Biblical Studies, Church at Ellerslie
Instructor, Bravehearted Personal Discipleship
Pastor McConnaughey has taught and discipled Christians for over forty years, and has an extensive background in military training as well. His widely diversified background in both ministry and military roles make him uniquely qualified to train and equip this generation of up-and-coming leaders and missionaries for effective front-lines service on the field.
Pastor McConnaughey has served a wide variety of ministry positions, including five years as a youth pastor, ten years as a church planter and Bible teacher, and a speaker at churches and missions events. He has served with the Navigators, the Truth Project, and completed Prison Fellowship’s Centurion Program in 2007.
Sandi Mcconnaughey
Director of Women's Ministry, Bravehearted Personal Discipleship
Executive Assistant, to the President
Instructor, Bravehearted Personal Discipleship
Sandi McConnaughey has served in a wide variety of ministry positions for more than forty years—leading women’s Bible studies, counseling and starting a Bible study in a crisis pregnancy center, doing youth ministry along with her husband Dan, and working in many other mentoring and discipleship positions. Mrs. McConnaughey also spent several years working as a registered nurse, as well as serving in hospital ministry as a counselor.
For the past six years, Mrs. McConnaughey has served as the Director of Women’s Ministry as well as teaches courses on evangelism, provides spiritual leadership to female students, and serves alongside Eric Ludy as his executive assistant.
Mrs. McConnaughey has been happily married to her husband Dan for over forty years. They have five grown children, one adopted daughter from Haiti, and twenty grandchildren.
Philip Hartman
Program Director and Instructor, Bravehearted Personal Discipleship
Philip Hartman has been a part of our team since 2011. Philip is deeply passionate about prayer, discipleship, and the advancement of the Kingdom of God through the proclamation of the Gospel. He has a strong call for international missions, has spent considerable time in evangelism, and has poured his life into mentoring and pointing young men toward Jesus Christ. Philip is married to his wonderful wife Emily, serves as the director of Bravehearted Personal Discipleship, and hopes to serve in India as a full-time missionary in the near future.
Elijah Robertson
Instructor, Bravehearted Personal Discipleship
Ever since the Lord apprehended Elijah as a teenager, he has committed himself to working in and training for ministry. Right out of high school, he attended a Bible school in Pennsylvania and after several years of hands on ministry, attended Moody Bible Institute where he majored in biblical Studies and elementary education. Some of the various ministries Elijah has led or served in "include": youth ministry, after-school programs, juvenile detention ministry, jail ministry, street evangelism, and active discipleship of young people. He has taught a variety of subjects as an educator for students third grade through senior high school and cares deeply about teaching from a Christian perspective.
Elijah is passionate about the glory and nature of God, and works to see the church of Jesus Christ established in the Word of God. He delights in teaching and preaching God’s Word to this end.
Elijah is happily married to his wife Lauren and they have two children. He considers his family his greatest ministry.
What is Bravehearted Christian?
To read an overview of Bravehearted Christian, including its history and team, please visit our About page.
What is the difference between Bravehearted personal discipleship and the other online courses?
Bravehearted Christian offers two distinctly different types of training: online courses and personal discipleship. Online courses are just that—courses on a variety of subjects you can take on your own, at your own pace, online. Bravehearted Personal Discipleship is our premier 100 day discipleship training program that combines both on-site training in Windsor, Colorado and personal interactive discipleship online.
What type of student attend the Bravehearted personal discipleship?
The quintessential attribute of the students that attend the Bravehearted Personal Discipleship program is raw spiritual hunger for more of God. Students come because they believe there is more to the Christian faith than what they have personally seen and experienced. And they want more. They dare to ask for more. Though most of our students fall into the collegiate demographic, every semester also has married couples, families, pastors, and elder Christians in a season of transition. We have students of all ages, representing nearly every conservative evangelical denomination from all across the U.S. and Canada, as well as from many other countries around the world.
What is the main focus of the 100 day Bravehearted personal discipleship program?
During the 100 days of training, we desire our students to encounter the majesty, loveliness, and worthiness of Jesus Christ, personally behold the efficacy of His amazing Cross-work, be wholly set free from the cyclical patterns of defeat that have encumbered their lives, and powerfully begin a dynamic spiritual growth process that turns them outward from their previous self-centered and fleshly existence, to pour out their strength in bringing life to the weak and dying around them. We want our students to know how to pray, read and study the Bible, share the Gospel, and live a triumphant Christian life with Jesus Christ at the center. Please see the Bravehearted Personal Discipleship section of our website for more information.