St. John's MCC

After more than 8 years since the last time, Tuesday Night Bible Study will take on The Gospel of Inclusion. This groundbreaking and controversial book was offered in 2009. It radically transformed the spirituality of dozens of St. John’s folk who took that class.

Read Jim's book review from 2009

This time, Cindy Norton and Jim Manchester will co-facilitate the 12-week study that begins on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 6:30 pm in the William Stokes Friendship Hall in the St. John’s MCC Ministry Center.

Sign Up for the Gospel of Inclusion Study

We’ll read a chapter or two of Bishop Carlton Pearson’s book in preparation for each class and then discuss what we find. Because of that, it will be important for each participant to have a copy of the book.

The Gospel of Inclusion: Reaching Beyond Religious Fundamentalism to the True Love of God and Self by Carlton Pearson is available from the publisher and other booksellers:

From Simon and Schuster, the publisher: Trade Paperback • Abridged Audio Download • eBook
From Amazon.com: Five different formats
From Google Play: play.google.com  

For the first week, please read the Introduction to the book, Part One Introduction, and Chapter One: What is Inclusion? When you sign up, we will email you the course materials for the first session so you can prepare for the first class. A printed copy of each week's course materials will be available the week before the class.

Sign Up for the Gospel of Inclusion Study

We ask that you NOT read ahead until we are ready to begin preparation for the next chapter. This course builds from week to week. If you read ahead without preparation from the previous chapters, you may find hurdles that are extremely difficult to overcome.

Our schedule for the Course: