Discipleship is for all

Every Christian is a disciple and every disciple is a minister. We are all called to follow Jesus and serve him by bringing his blessing to the world.

We are all wired up differently, with different gifts, experience, personalities and at different stages of life.

So how do we grow as disciples?

Discipleship is for all

Every Christian is a disciple. Every disciple is a minister. We are all called to follow Jesus and serve him by bringing his blessing to the world.

We are all wired up differently, with different gifts, experience, personalities and at different stages of life.

So how do we grow as disciples?

Our principles:

  • The Bible is our textbook. Everything we teach at SfD is based on understanding the Biblical text. Though we have other textbooks to helps us in specific areas of study, we really want to encourage you to deepen and widen your reading of the Word of God.

    While our main course requires use of scholarly translations such as the NIV or ESV we have been keen to promote accessible translations that help us in reading the Bible and sharing it with our friends. Take a look at our Easy Read Bible and our new NIrV Bible. These help us to share our faith with our friends or grow in our reading of the Bible if this is new to us.

    During the course of studies, whether online or in person, we will direct you in some study of Church history, Biblical background and Doctrine but we will always come back to the study of the Bible as our authority and foundation.

  • The School for Discipleship was created by a local church in Bournemouth that wanted to provide accessible training. We are accountable to the local church and funded by them. Part of our training centre at Woodbury Avenue is also used for local ministry and community outreach. This helps us to keep focused on the importance of Bible teaching for real ministry.

    Our vision is to make accessible, Bible based, local church training available much more widely. The development of online resources helps us to offer teaching that can be flexibly accessed by Churches anywhere in the world.

  • Our core text books are from some of the great scholars of the present and past generation. Bible based, inspiring and encouraging. The content of the Bible College in a Box shares the values of our classic, orthodox theology.

  • You can buy the box and study online without hidden fees or paywalls. You could create a hub for learning in your church or community. We provide video content for each textbook and are in the process of creating additional media. The new Bible commentary series provides a basis to study the entire Bible book by book.

  • Study from anywhere in the world. You could form a local hub to study with others or study at your own pace whether it takes one year or three. We believe in life long learning. New content and subscriber content will help you feel part of the School for Discipleship community including our weekly emails and Facebook group.

  • New content is being developed all the time and fresh opportunities are being explored to make discipleship training accessible to everyone. The core textbooks will always remain part of the box but other content will develop over time.