Bible studies
Religious text analysis
Bible studies are organized sessions where people read and discuss passages from the Bible, typically in small groups at churches, homes, or schools.
The term covers both the activity itself and academic courses examining biblical texts: She leads a Wednesday night Bible study, He majored in Bible studies at the seminary.
- parablesDidactic allegorical tales
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- New TestamentSecond biblical division
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
- discipleshipState of following a teacher
faith journey · hermeneutics · Dead Sea Scrolls · prayer meetings · exegesis · scripture · chapter and verse · doctrine · ancient Israel · prayer · spiritual growth · altar calls · small groups · verse by verse · Septuagint · worship · congregation · prophecy
- church ministriesyouth ministry, women's ministry, homeless ministry, prison ministry, campus ministry
- religious educationreligious education, religious instruction, Sunday school, church teachings, Sunday school teachers
- missionsmissionary work, foreign missions, mission trips, mission work, mission stations
- Protestant missionsmissionary work, mission churches, mission schools, missionary societies, missionary schools
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
- church supplieshymnal, hymnals, prayer books, prayer book, communion cups
religious vs. secular academic focus
Bible studiesscience education
Teaching empirical inquiry methods