confirmation classes
Faith preparation courses
Confirmation classes are religious instruction courses preparing young people for confirmation—the rite in which they affirm their faith and become full members of their church.
Most common in Catholic, Lutheran, Episcopal, and other liturgical traditions, these classes typically cover church doctrine, sacraments, and expectations of membership: She spent a year in confirmation classes before being confirmed.
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- catechismReligious teaching guide
- religious educationInstruction in spiritual traditions
- sponsorFunder of activities
- Bible studyExamination of Christian scripture
prayer · laying on of hands · congregation · church membership · discipleship · rite of passage · coming of age · retreats · mentorship · lesson · youth group · doctrine · theology · blessing · sacraments · Eucharist · pastoral care · parish
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- church activitiesSunday school, Bible study, church camp, church socials, church picnic
- Catholic youthyouth ministry, youth group, youth groups, youth minister, youth leaders
- Christian educationSunday school, Sunday schools, Bible stories, Bible college, Christian school
- church ministriesyouth ministry, women's ministry, homeless ministry, prison ministry, campus ministry
- religious educationreligious education, Bible college, Bible stories, religious instruction, Sunday school
confirmation classesapostasy
Renunciation of former beliefs
deconversion · excommunication · lapsing · losing faith · disfellowshipping
confirmation classessecular education
Instruction without religious doctrine