NEW HOLLAND, Pa. — Garden Spot Village ALIVE (Active Lifelong Learners in Vital Engagements) invites the community to learn about “Discipleship: Following Christ Here and Around the World.” The six-session class will meet on Mondays from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29 and Nov. 5 and 12 in the Garden Towers classroom at Garden Spot Village at 433 S. Kinzer Ave. in New Holland.

“The basis of Christian discipleship is Christ’s call for his disciples to be with him and follow him—but fellowships of believers must work out what it means to follow Christ in their own local contexts,” said Chet Yoder, director of pastoral services at Garden Spot Village. “This course examines Christian discipleship throughout history and in different cultures.”

The text for the course will be Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream by David Platt. Topics will include the context of discipleship in the New Testament, discipleship from the time of Constantine, the Reformation, the variety of forms of discipleship around the world, discipleship in western culture today and the blur between State and Church, and discipleship as a personal and communal choice.