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?

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 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 a church plant and community outreach. This helps us to keep focused on the importance of theological teaching for practice ministry in the area.

    Our vision is to make accessible, Bible based, local church training available much more widely. The development on 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 will share the values of our mainstream evangelical faith.

  • You can buy the box and study online. No hidden fees or paywalls. 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.

  • Study from anywhere in the world. 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.

  • 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.on