The Discipleship “Game Changer”!
OnDeck is a “game/activity” that helps prepare you to live out or get “on deck” with your Christian Faith and encourages you to: wrestle with truth more deeply, develop practical life skills, and grow in community! Whether as part of a Church Small Group or Bible Study, Home School Group, Youth Group, Family, or even as a Personal Daily Devotional, get On Deck today!
Learn More Below!
OnDeck vs. Bible Study Guides
OnDeck is a discipleship tool specifically designed for use in small groups. Below are some advantages of OnDeck compared to traditional Bible Study Guides.
Builds Relationships.
OnDeck forces you to interact not only with content, but also with others. By wrestling together through important life principles and disciplines, your small group will form lasting friendships.
Deeper Engagement.
Bible Studies often use books or study guides which tend to do a lot of the thinking for you. Instead of providing you with most of the answers, OnDeck forces you to wrestle through the Bible yourself!
Enables Practice.
Most Bible studies only engage with the content from an intellectual perspective. Instead of just gaining information, OnDeck enables you to practice skills for life with the encouragement of your small group.
Cost Effective.
With traditional Bible studies, every member buys a $12-$20 study guide to go through. With OnDeck you get a similar amount of content for the same price, but only need one deck for the entire group!
Lifestyle.
Most Bible study guides are used only once and then forgotten. OnDeck not only helps you learn, but also has a game play mode for continuing to practice and grow in the content, until it becomes a lifestyle!
Daily Devotional.
In addition to being a great Small Group or Bible Study activity, you can use OnDeck as a regular or daily devotional, whether as a family, home school group, roommates, or even as a solo or personal study!
OnDeck Overview
Game Play.
Game play is simple. Flip a card and complete the activity listed. Typically played with 2-12 people and ideally with 4 or more, but can also be played individually. Consider the following different game play variations:
Learning Mode - Play through the entire deck, in order, as a weekly study with the same group of people.
Lifestyle Mode - After completing “Learning Mode”, replay a few cards each week until principles become lifestyle.
Solo Devotional Mode - Play through the deck with a special set of instructions for completing the cards for personal growth.
Activity Ideas - Use the activities on the cards as ideas for ice breakers or object lessons for large gatherings.
Subject Matter.
No matter what subject or spiritual practice, we have decks on a variety of different topics.
Difficulty Levels.
There are three different difficulty levels for people of all ages and spiritual maturity levels.
Card/Activity Types.
There are 14 different cards/activity types, each with a different way of engaging with your faith.
Learn more about each aspect below!
Available Decks!
The Revive Deck is specifically meant to jumpstart your faith! With 14 different activity types, covering six different subjects, we believe this deck will equip, challenge, and revive you into living out several different aspects of your faith including: prayer, evangelism, worship, biblical study, stewardship, and more! A perfect starter deck!
Future Decks!
Evangelism
Prayer
Generosity & Stewardship
Worship Lifestyle
Biblical Study
Relationships & Community
Difficulty Levels.
Foundation.
Foundation Decks are designed to build the foundation of your faith through core truths and practices. We recommend ALL people start here to build a solid foundation!
Formation.
Formation Decks are meant to build upon your foundation and help further form your faith. We recommend doing this level after completing the Foundation Level!
Expertise.
Expertise Decks are advanced and meant to challenge and push believers to wrestle deeply with their faith. Think of this as a seminary-level experience in a deck of cards!
Card Types.
OnDeck has 14 different card/activity types in four categories that encourage and challenge you in your faith!
Action Cards
Perform a faith building action or activity!
Do Now: Perform the faith-related action right now.
Do Later: Schedule a time to do the faith-related later.
Reflect: Personally reflect on an important faith-related topic.
Testify: Share a story or “testify” on a faith-related subject.
Practice Cards
Practice or develop a skill that you can use as part of living out your faith!
Memorize: Practice memorizing key Bible verses.
Your Words: Practice putting Biblical truths in your own words.
Roleplay: Practice roleplaying a faith-based life scenario.
Application Cards
Actively engage with and apply Biblical truths and concepts!
Debate: Apply challenging faith topics through debate.
Culture: Apply Biblical principles to culture norms and practices.
Exegete: Engage with key Biblical texts leading to application.
Quotable: Analyze and apply famous Christian quotes.
Knowledge Cards
Learn and think critically about Biblical truths and concepts!
Answer: Answer important faith-related questions using the Bible.
Justify: Justify and ground important Truths using the Bible.
Find Flaw: Find Flaws in “almost true” statements using the Bible.