The Ridley Institute

What would it be like to live in a world where one rash action could lead to a wasteland for all? What if we live in just such a world? What might the old tales tell us about how to live in such a world by the hope of the Gospel?
Join Sam Fornecker for a chat, on the latest episode of the Ridley Podcast, with priest and poet ​M​alcolm Guite, about the first of his four-volume Arthuriad, Merlin's Isle, entitled, Galahad and the Grail.
Listen here - https://bit.ly/4cXfJvC
To keep abreast of what's going on at The Ridley Institute, or to learn more about opportunities to grow and train for Christian discipleship and mission, connect with us online: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ridleyinstitute.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To learn about training for Anglican gospel work, check out Ridley's ⁠⁠⁠⁠Certificate in Anglican Studies⁠⁠⁠⁠, and other ⁠⁠⁠⁠lay theological formation offerings⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The Ridley Institute invites you to a two-day intensive (April 17-18) on Genesis 1–11 with Old Testament scholar Dr. Cathy McDowell, exploring the Bible’s foundational stories of creation, the fall, the flood, and the tower of Babel. With accessible teaching and space for thoughtful engagement, this course will help you see how these opening chapters shape the whole story of Scripture. For more information and to register visit:

Genesis for Everyone Friday, April 17 - Saturday, April 18 Friday, 6:00-8:30 PM, dinner included Saturday, 9:00AM-12:00PM Ministry Center Sanctuary Speaker: Dr.

Join us for a new Ridley class beginning on Februaury 17, Practicing Simplicity In The Way Of Jesus. Sam Fornecker will lead this course to explore the countercultural practice of simplicity. For more information and to register, click on this link:

Practicing Simplicity in the Way of Jesus Tuesdays, February 17- March 24, 2026 Dinner 6:15pm, Lecture 6:55-8:30pm

There is still time to register for our Ridley class next weekend, Equipped for Evangelism. Every follower of Jesus has a desire to share the good news but often hesitates to do so. One of the reasons is they don’t have a proven evangelism method that they’re comfortable with. Step Up To Life provides just that!
Join us in the Ministry Center as Lincoln Murdoch trains attendees in using this method giving them a tool that has been proven immeasurably effective for the last 70 years on five continents.
January 9-10, 2026
Friday, 6:00-8:30PM (dinner included)
Saturday, 9:00AM-12:00PM (breakfast refreshments 8:30AM)
Cost is $35. For more information and to register visit: https://bit.ly/3LiH93Y

On the latest episode of the Ridley Podcast, join Sam Fornecker for a chat with Oxford University's Cosima Clara Gillhammer. Drawing on her book, ⁠Light on Darkness: The Untold Story of the Liturgy⁠, this chat explores how Christian liturgy — the soil of the Western imagination — invites us to renew our participation in the story of Christ. Listen at https://bit.ly/4pQIqhx

Join Sam Fornecker for a chat with Stephen Presley on his recent book, ⁠Biblical Theology in the Life of the Early Church⁠ (Baker Academic, 2025). For centuries, the scriptures have been treated as dead butterflies — pinned, probed and prodded, occasionally a source of delight but rarely a habitation. Stephen helps us learn from the Church Fathers how to approach the Bible as the habitat within which a Christian common life can emerge.
Listen at https://bit.ly/4oTuT7Y

The Fall Ridley class, Lord's Prayer in the Lord's Prayer Life, begins tomorrow, Tuesday September 30. There is still time to register. More information can be found at http://bit.ly/4gMHZRV
To register, go to this link http://bit.ly/45HpI3f

The Lord's Prayer in the Lord's Prayer Life Tuesdays, September 30 - November 4, 2025 Dinner 6:15pm, Lecture 6:55-8:30pm Ministry Center Sanctuary Instructor: The Rev'd Dr. Sam

The Lord's Prayer in the Lord's Prayer Life
Because the life, power, and Spirit that fills Jesus is given to us, we can talk to God just as Jesus did. Beginning at 6:15 on September 30 in the Ministry Center, join Sam Fornecker for a six-week course on the Lord Prayer—fifty-seven simple words that catch us up into Jesus' movement of love toward his Father in heaven.

Tuesdays, September 30-November 4; 6:15PM dinner; 6:55-8:00PM lecture.

Cost: Early bird registration: $90-dinner and lecture, $15-lecture only. After September 22: $100-dinner and lecture, $25-lecture only.

Register at http://bit.ly/45HpI3f