Bible Study
The resources listed here are suitable for leading a small group or Sunday School class or for studying on your own. Click on the title for either a downloadable document or a link.
Bible study methods
These are convenient, downloadable one- to two-page documents that can be printed, folded and kept in your Bible or journal. Use them in your personal Bible study or with a Sunday School class, Bible study, or discipleship group.
Confessional Bible Study on one page
Professor Mary Schertz developed this method and Michelle Curtis summarizes it in this one-page leader's guide
Swedish method
a simple method to use individually or with a group
Swedish method blank template
Missional Bible Study
Missiologist Lois Barrett designed this 4-step method
Dwelling in the Word
a practice of listening to the Word with other believers
A Basic Critical-Historical Approach
Six practical steps using a simplified inductive approach from In Dialogue with Scripture by Linda L. Grenz.
Food for Body & Soul
Cedar Falls Mennonite hosted this twice-monthly lunch-hour Bible study
The Five Rs
inductive Bible study using interpretive tools, from The Art of Teaching the Bible: A Practical Guide for Adults by Christine Eaton Blair
Confessional Bible Study on one page
Professor Mary Schertz developed this method and Michelle Curtis summarizes it in this one-page leader's guide
Swedish method
a simple method to use individually or with a group
Swedish method blank template
Missional Bible Study
Missiologist Lois Barrett designed this 4-step method
Dwelling in the Word
a practice of listening to the Word with other believers
A Basic Critical-Historical Approach
Six practical steps using a simplified inductive approach from In Dialogue with Scripture by Linda L. Grenz.
Food for Body & Soul
Cedar Falls Mennonite hosted this twice-monthly lunch-hour Bible study
The Five Rs
inductive Bible study using interpretive tools, from The Art of Teaching the Bible: A Practical Guide for Adults by Christine Eaton Blair
Bible study tools
Interpreting the Bible
ten tips on interpreting the Bible with an Anabaptist method
Article 4 Scripture
from Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective 1995
Bible reading record
a free guide for reading through the Bible
Believers Church Bible Commentaries
a series of commentaries from Anabaptist writers
Scriptures that call us to spiritual practices
summarized from a Dallas Willard book
For those leading adult Bible study
check out these short, simple, accessible resources
The Bible Project
free videos, podcasts, classes and curricula that present the Bible as “a unified story that leads to Jesus.” Do not miss this resource!
ten tips on interpreting the Bible with an Anabaptist method
Article 4 Scripture
from Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective 1995
Bible reading record
a free guide for reading through the Bible
Believers Church Bible Commentaries
a series of commentaries from Anabaptist writers
Scriptures that call us to spiritual practices
summarized from a Dallas Willard book
For those leading adult Bible study
check out these short, simple, accessible resources
The Bible Project
free videos, podcasts, classes and curricula that present the Bible as “a unified story that leads to Jesus.” Do not miss this resource!