Be more like Jesus…

Christformation Discipleship Experience Course

Enter into a challenging encounter with God who desires to make you more like Jesus so you can enjoy more oneness with God. This is your highest calling, your highest happiness, and the blessings apply now and forever. (Scroll down for more info and the list of lessons.)

With Coaching $195

Without Coaching $50

[Note: if you have problems paying and checking out please contact me at prehberg@christformationencounters.com.]

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What You Will Experience

  • Find more peace, fulfillment, joy and victory in your walk with Christ.
  • Discipleship training that focuses on becoming more like Christ, especially as described in the Christlike Creed on the home page of this site.
  • Receive feedback, encouragement and coaching for your Christformation.
  • Embrace the truths and habits essential for making you more like Jesus.
  • Overcome the barriers that have been blocking your Christformation.

  • Receive a copy of the unpublished book Christformation Exercises by Phil Rehberg, which includes exercises in the course and more.
  • Confidently recommend this course to others who have a desire to be more like Jesus and overcome barriers. Churches and groups can use this for discipleship.

Click to watch the whole Welcome and Introduction video.


Course Info

  • You may talk with me about the course before enrolling by making an appointment on my calendar.
  • 24 Video Lessons – Each one is 10 to 45 minutes long. The list of lessons and assignments is below.
  • For Christians age 20 and older who are beyond the beginning stage of growth (following Jesus for at least 2 years).
  • Cost is $195 ($50 without coaching). It is fully refundable if the course does not have a significant impact on you.
  • It will take at least 4 months to complete the course. You must wait 5 days between lessons so they sink in.
  • This course is not appropriate if you are in a very distressed condition; for example, due to a recent trauma or you have a serious psychological disorder.
  • You will have a coach who will answer questions, review each assignment, give you a brief response and have two 45-minute video meetings with you.
  • You will have access to course and videos after you complete the course.
  • You may become a coach for this course for others after further training. Leaders can use this course to disciple others and receive income.
  • You may read the statement of faith and statement of values and let us know which statements you disgree with.
  • You will receive a certificate of completion.
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Phil Rehberg

Creator and Coach

  • I will be your coach. I am committed to helping you mature. It is my mission and my joy.
  • You may read my bio on this site.
  • In order to know me better, you may watch this video of me introducing the Christformation Discipleship online course.
  • I have a deep love for the teachings of Jesus and his Apostles and believe that transformation comes from immersing oneself in them and applying them.
  • I have been through three long periods of suffering and disability which influenced me to design the program to apply to real-life challenges and avoid simplistic ideas about transformation. I can empathize with your challenges.
  • The program is based on methods proven successful with students and people I have coached/directed.
  • You will receive the benefit of my extensive study and practice of the biblical approach to maturity, and of the great Christian teachers in history.
  • This program is orthodox and biblically sound and avoids sectarianism and harmful approaches such as prosperity gospel, culture warring and anti-supernaturalism.
  • It is appropriate for believers in different denominations and traditions.

With Coaching $195

Without Coaching $50

LIST OF LESSONS (for longer descriptions go to the List of Christformation Discipleship Lessons page.

  1. Welcome and Introduction. Greetings! Becoming like Christ and displaying his attributes to the people around us is the most important thing you can do in this life.
  2. Initial conversation with your coach. This will help you get to know each other.
  3. God’s Supreme Mission in You. What is the supreme goal, or mission, that God wants you and all believers to pursue in this life?
  4. Security in God’s Love. You will go through the “God Loves Me Declaration” in order to affirm God’s love for you and discern where you have doubts or reservations about God’s love for you.
  5. Following the Christlike Creed. We are going to do an exercise with this Creed (see home page) so you can understand Christlikeness better and affirm various commitments to following Christ.
  6. The Story of Human Maturity. The story of the way humans become mature and fulfill God’s original purposes for them. We will look at the story of the entire bible.
  7. Embracing a Destiny Perspective. You will understand, and devote yourself to, your destiny. If you set your hope fully on the next age, you will be free from your present circumstances.
  8. Embracing Your Life on the New Earth. We are going to do an extended meditation on your future life on the New Earth. This will strengthen your hope and joy by boosting your desire for the New Earth.
  9. Motives for Christformation. You will embrace spiritually healthy motives for Christformation and reject unhealthy ones. Following Jesus will make much more sense and you will be more fruitful.
  10. What Should Your Christlikeness Look Like? We are going to describe Christlikeness in some detail and do an exercise to help you evaluate your Christlikeness. 
  11. Your Patterns of Christformation. You will understand phases of growth so you can understand where the Lord is leading you, consider what experiences are normal for your current phase, and be an effective spiritual counselor for others.
  12. First coaching meeting with your coach.
  13. Living from Your New Self. You will understand your new self so you can habitually live from it. You will do an exercise to help you live from your new self. 
  14. Gazing on Christ. You are going to learn a practice to help you abide in Christ more consistently, which will lead you to bearing more fruit
  15. Walking in the Spirit. How can you consistently walk in the Spirit? You are going to learn a practice that helps you to grow in walking in the Spirit.
  16. Living from Your Threefold Living Power Supply. How can you center selyourf in God in a few minutes? The short answer is by connecting to your threefold living power supply from God: your new self, the Holy Spirit and Christ.
  17. Activational Meditation. How do you maximize the transforming impact of Scripture? In this session you are going to learn an effective method for meditation and practice it on a passage.
  18. Embracing Possible Faith. One way to expand your faith in God in specific areas is by the “possible faith” exercise. By imagining the faith you could have, you should be able to embrace deeper faith.
  19. Overcoming Anxiety. In this session we are going to do an extended meditation on overcoming anxiety, which will include identifying anxieties and dealing with underlying issues.
  20. Practicing Self-Examination. How can you keep yourself accountable for consistently abiding in God? We are going to talk about self-examination and guarding your heart.
  21. Christformation Community.  We will learn what biblical fellowship is and how we can practice that in a small group. This will give us a taste of our future New Eden community.
  22. Mature Holiness. This will challenge you to deeper holiness, and you will go through a guide for developing holiness. If you uproot corruption, you will experience more peace and harmony with God.
  23. How to Suffer. How can you manage your suffering so you receive as many of the benefits of suffering as possible? We will present guidelines for helping you walk through any suffering.
  24. Practicing Mercy and Forgiveness. This session will convict you to be more merciful and forgiving, and give you tools to be effective in these areas. 
  25. Healing Self-Rejction. You are going to go through an extended exercise for overcoming self-rejection and restoring a godly view of yourself so you can more easily receive love and encouragement from God and others.
  26. Spiritual Diseases 1. What are the major pitfalls on the road to Christian maturity? This session looks at triumphalism, prosperity gospel, spiritual hedonism and spiritual pride.
  27. Spiritual Diseases 2. We will go through more of the major pitfalls. This includes unbelief, dishonesty, people-pleasing, traditionalism, perfectionism and others.
  28. Second coaching session with your coach. Rejoice in the changes God has made in you!

With Coaching $195

Without Coaching $50