The Creating a New Community

Help your congregation experience the life-changing relevance of the Old TestamentThe Old Testament Challenge (OTC) is a turn-key program to help everyone in your church understand and apply the Old Testament. Participants experience the content in multiple contexts: through sermons, group discussions, and personal devotions. This 32-week series is designed for churches to teach, study, and discuss the entire Old Testament over a 9-month period. The goal of OTC is to discover the life-changing truths of the Old Testament and how they can be applied to daily life. Based on Pastor John Ortberg’s OTC series at the New Community services of Willow Creek Community Church, this resource enables churches to raise the level of biblical literacy and understanding among their congregations. Your congregation will fall in love with the Old Testament! The OTC curriculum is made up of 4 kits of 7-9 lessons each. This first kit covers the Pentateuch and includes everything you need to preach 9 sermons (that’s less than $25 per week!):• Teaching Guide containing material from Ortberg’s weekly teachings for pastors and/or teachers • Group Discussion Guide focusing on specific passages from the Old Testament designed for weekly or bi-weekly use and including leader’s notes • DVD and VHS Video presenting an OTC “vision-casting” message from Ortberg, a promotional piece for churches, and 4 creative video elements for each kit to use during the OTC message • CD-ROM providing 7-9 PowerPoint® presentations for use with each of the OTC messages. It also contains 40 FAQ sheets answering tough questions from the Old Testament for use on your web site or to be printed in hard copy. • Sets of slides for each teaching session for pastors and teachers. • Sermon Audio CD set containing all 9 messages preached by John Ortberg • Implementation Guide • 40 Weeks With God reading guide