Field Based School of Biblical Studies(fbSBS)

Course content:

The prerequisites for the fbSBS are:
The successful completion of a DTS.
Active involvement in a YWAM base or team community.
Active participation in the base or team worship and intercession times.
The agreement of the base or team leader to release you for a day a week for the study.
Access to the internet and email.

It is estimated that about 10 hours a week will be needed to complete the work required; for some this might be more. It is expected that if the base or team leader releases the student for a day a week, any more time for the course would need to be found by the student from their own time.

Module One;
Philemon
Titus
Galatians
Mark
Luke

Module Two;
Acts
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians

Module Three;
Romans
Ephesians
Colossians
Philippians
1 and 2 Timothy
Matthew

Successful completion of modules 1-3 is the equivalent to completion of CCM311 (first term of the residential SBS) and earns 12 credits with the University of the Nations.

Modules 4-6 (completing the New Testament and beginning the Old Testament) will be offered in 2009-10.

Modules 7-9 (completing the Old Testament) will be offered in 2010-11.

More on Inductive Bible Study

- - What is Inductive Bible Study?
The inductive approach to Bible study seeks to enable you to study the Bible in context, letting the Bible speak for itself. The questions asked are what is the human author (inspired by the Holy Spirit) actually saying? How does the genre of literature used and the historical setting inform our understanding?  What the Bible MEANT to the original reader becomes the foundation for what it MEANS for us today. Inductive Bible study involves learning to read effectively, observe carefully and interpret correctly. This then becomes the basis for meaningful application for the 21st century.

- - What method of applying the inductive approach to Bible Study does the School of Biblical Studies use?
Firstly each book is read out loud from beginning to end in one sitting, (well, maybe two or three sittings with a book like Jeremiah!) to get the initial "big picture" of the book.

It is then read again with special emphasis on observing certain elements that will open up the book.

It is then read a third time. This time each paragraph is given a short title that sums up the content of that paragraph.

By now you are really getting a handle on the "big picture" of the book.

Using the titles you then determine the structure of the book. This is recorded in a visual form for future reference.

Each portion is then studied, using the same inductive skills with your findings recorded on appropriate charts. The act of doing these encourages the inductive approach and is a visual reminder of what you have discovered.

At the end of the course you will have an enviable grasp of the whole of scripture, being able to see each part on the light of the whole.

At times during the course some books are studied in a different way, adding variety and creativity.