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Discover how discipleship is changing lives in the capital region
Year One Fellows Program Offered Across These Locations:
Fairfax (NoVA), Downtown DC, Silver Spring, MD, and Richmond, VA
Fellows Program Applications Open on February 1, 2026!
Are you interested in the Year One Fellows Program?
Please RSVP if you would like to join one of our upcoming Saturday lectures.
The C.S. Lewis Institute in Washington D.C. is designed to develop disciples who can articulate, defend, share and live faith in Christ in public and personal life. The Institute works in partnership with local churches and ministries to help believers glorify God by becoming mature disciples of Jesus Christ who impact the spheres of influence to which God has called them. This discipleship occurs through:
Fellows Program Important Dates
The Fellows Program
The CSLI Fellows Program offers a year of intensive training that leads to significant life-change. Unlike many discipleship programs, the Fellows program focuses on discipleship of both heart and mind. It involves Bible study, classic readings, lectures, group processing, personal spiritual mentoring and accountability — all in the context of a small group of like-minded believers. This year-long program is designed for those who want to live as fully committed disciples of Jesus Christ and make an impact for him in the world.
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IMPORTANT DATES:
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0 All Booked 0.00 All Booked 0.00 All Booked 25508 STUDY TOUR: 2026 Tour of C.S. Lewis’s Belfast & Oxford https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/?event=study-tour-2026-tour-of-c-s-lewiss-belfast-oxford&event_date=2026-06-20®=1 https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr 2026-06-2020 Jun, 2026June 20, 2026 12:00 pm - June 28, 2026 10:00 am UpcomingBelfast, Northern Ireland & Oxford, England
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0 All Booked 0.00 All Booked 0.00 All Booked 25547 STUDY PROGRAM: In the Footsteps of the Apostles (Turkey & Greece) https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/?event=biblical-study-program-in-the-footsteps-of-the-apostles-turkey-greece&event_date=2026-09-12®=1 https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr 2026-09-1212 Sep, 2026September 12, 2026 3:00 pm - September 26, 2026 9:00 am Upcomingİstanbul, Türkiye
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Broadcast Talks
A quarterly publication that presents ideas to cultivate Christ-like thinking and living.
Challenging Questions
Each month an important question about faith is addressed by a key scholar or leader.
Knowing & Doing
Featuring teaching articles from nationally recognized leaders in discipleship, spirituality, theology, apologetics, and cultural analysis.
Spiritual Check-Up
A tool for assessing one's growth in Christ
Bible Reading Plan
Read through the whole Bible using a plan that has been helpful to many people connected with the Institute.
Our free Resource Library
Offers a variety of recordings from nationally recognized speakers, and our growing audio, video and print library. Featuring free content from past seminars, including names like John Stott, Greg Ogden, J.I. Packer and Chuck Colson.
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Washington D.C. Staff
Chip Wedan
CSLI City Director, Washington DCChip Wedan earned his law degree from the University of Florida, whereafter, he accepted an officer’s commission in the…
Team Members
Chip Wedan
CSLI City Director, Washington DCChip Wedan earned his law degree from the University of Florida, whereafter, he accepted an officer’s commission in the U.S. Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps. For the next 28 years, he served as a trial defense counsel and advisor to military commanders in international law, ethics, and military criminal justice. After retirement from the Navy, he served in the Department of Defense Office of General Counsel in the Pentagon. Today, in his role as City Director, his desire is to encourage followers of Jesus Christ to know Him better as Lord of their lives and to live effectively for Him.
Barbara Ramey
Fellows Program Coordinator, Washington DCBarbara Ramey seeks to live her life devoted to faithfully following Christ as described in God’s word. Her…
Team Members
Barbara Ramey
Fellows Program Coordinator, Washington DCBarbara Ramey seeks to live her life devoted to faithfully following Christ as described in God’s word. Her husband Rob’s career in the Air Force allowed Barbara and her three grown daughters to explore three continents for roughly twenty-five years, before she and Rob settled in Western Pennsylvania in 2021. The Lord strengthened Barbara’s witness thru the C.S. Lewis Institute’s Fellows Program, from which she graduated in 2019. A former librarian and teacher, Barbara has homeschooled and has taught and supported teachers in various subjects from kindergarten through 12th grade at classical Christian schools in Alexandria, and Herndon, VA. Following a year volunteering at the C.S. Lewis Institute in Northern Virginia, Barbara now enjoys supporting the team by working with the administration staff as well as the website team.
Ayo Lynn
Fellows Program Facilitator, Capitol Hill, Washington, DCAyo Lynn has served in several leadership positions throughout his 25 years of experience in the U.S. Department of…
Team Members
Ayo Lynn
Fellows Program Facilitator, Capitol Hill, Washington, DCAyo Lynn has served in several leadership positions throughout his 25 years of experience in the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Air Force, private business sector, and Christian ministries – mostly doing discipleship ministry with the Navigators organization and with local churches. He co-leads a ministry called Faith & Fitness Arlington that reaches out to DC area young adults, and he spends time meeting with local church pastors and ministry leaders to encourage their men’s ministry and young adult ministry efforts. As the Fellows Program campus facilitator in Capitol Hill, Ayo’s passion is to help others deepen their knowledge of God and grow as mature Christ-followers who serve in their local churches and reflect the transformational love of Jesus to others.
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C.S. Lewis Institute
Washington DC
8001 Braddock Rd,
Suite 301
Springfield, VA 22151
Email: fellows@cslewisinstitute.org
Phone: (703) 914-5602 ext. 5113
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The C.S. Lewis Institute offers life-changing discipleship for those who are ready to be intentional about spiritual growth in Christ, and who desire for God to use them in powerful ways for His Kingdom. Read more. . .
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