Preview Materials
Want to see and know more about Confirm not Conform as you consider it for your church?
Two helpful and free downloads are available here for your review and are only a click away. These make great handouts for committees, potential leaders, and church staff.
We hope you find these helpful in your examination of Confirm not Conform.
Information Booklet
This short (12 pages) but detailed booklet answers many of the questions you may have about Confirm not Conform and includes a program overview, list of persons needed, lesson outline, and frequently asked questions.
Lesson One
Download a sample of the actual leader’s guide to CnC Lesson One: The Gospel According to Whom? to get a feel for the lesson content, design, and leader material available for all 16 Confirm not Conform lessons.
Student Essay
In one CnC pilot parish, a student questioned whether Jesus was ever truly human. The seminarian teaching the class that evening told her about the ancient heresy of Docetism. Jokingly, he told her that if she wrote a 10 page essay on the subject, he’d make her a Bishop. The next week she handed him this reflection.
We share it because we believe it captures the CnC experience with immediacy and honesty. We’re not out to create heretics, but we’re proud to play a role in challenging young people to think seriously about their faith. And, we’re happy to report that at the end of the program, the author emphatically chose to be confirmed. As she told her very startled, but delighted, Bishop, "my Christology is suspect, but I believe."