What is FORE?

The Mission of "Friends of Religious Education" is to discover and provide critically needed funds to Religious Education for the purpose of:

• Enhancing religious instruction in the classroom.
• Encouraging and facilitating faith-based gospel scholarship and research.
• Promoting an outreach program that effectively uses the resources and talents of both Religious Education faculty and FORE members for the benefit of the worldwide membership of the Church.

Projects Sponsored by FORE

Reconstruction of Capernaum The Reconstruction of Capernaum is one of the media helps found on a resource CD created specifically for professors teaching New Testament courses at Brigham Young University. These resources are used to help students better understand the world of the New Testament. Religious Education Online Library The online Religious Education faculty library allows professors to conduct needed research by providing a myriad of searchable documents in one location. The linked example contains a small sample of some of the works contained in the Religious Education faculty library. Documentaries: Bertel Thorvaldsen's Christus Some of the most common images of Christ associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are those by the Danish artist who likely never had contact with Church members: Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen. The linked clip is one example of the many docmentaries that have been produced in conjunction with professors associated with Religious Education. Roundtable Discussion on the Resurrection Faculty members from BYU Religious Education discuss the writings and teachings of the New Testament. Hundreds of half-hour episodes have been produced that cover topics from the Old Testament, New Testament, Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price, and Doctrine and Covenants. Sperry Symposium: The Book of Mormon The Sidney B. Sperry Symposium is sponsored by Brigham Young University Religious Education and the Church Educational System. Virtual Tours Hallowed Ground, Sacred Journeys allows viewers to take "virtual" tours of Church history sites. Religious Education professors introduce sites with video commentary followed by historical and modern photographs that highlight facets of each site. QuickTime virtual reality images allow viewers to move around sites.

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