Links and Free Resources for Bible training, online seminaries, free bible schools and books.
Do you feel called to become a preacher, evangelist or bible teacher? Do you want to learn more about the Bible and Theology? Besides IFEBS there are many other free courses in Bible and Theology available that will help you in your studies of the Bible and Theology. Some churches accept you as a pastor or teacher if you studied at an institute like Christian Leaders Institute, Birmingham Theological Seminary or others like the Online Bible Institute (Vineyard) and, if you’re willing to pay for it, Third Mill Seminary.
Disclaimer: listing a resource here doesn’t mean we endorse all the teachings found in the study material or videos. Be like the Bereans and examine the Scriptures!
— “Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.” (Acts 17:11, NIV)
Affordable and Free Bible Colleges and training
Listed below are online seminaries, bible schools and online training. We have tried to include only those institutes that have a good reputation.
- Bible Broadcasting Network Bible Institute
Free Diploma of Biblical Studies, audio based lessons. - Biblical eLearning
Biblicalelearning.org is committed to developing and offering free access to biblically-based online learning resources for the global Christian community. - Biblical Training
BiblicalTraining is a team of Christian educators, pastors, and authors who have come together to provide high-quality comprehensive biblical training for Christians worldwide. - Birmingham Theological Seminary (BTS)
- Christian Leaders Institute *
CLI offers Awards, Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees, and Minister Credentials. Many of these certificates and diplomas are tuition-free. - Cornerstone Bible Courses
Extensive studies in the Old Testament, the Wisdom Literature of the Old Testament and the Gospels. An online, free, exam per section is available. After successfully completing the test you will receive a certificate. - Dallas Theological Seminary
Free Online Bible Courses available - Emmaus Worldwide
- EvanTell – Online Evangelism Training
- Foundation Academy of Amsterdam *
Foundation Academy of Amsterdam offers alternative higher education, which is tuition-free or in some cases very low budget academic education. - Freelandia Bible College & Seminary
- Freely Given Online Bible College (audio, no exams)
- Global Baptist Bible College *
Global Baptist Bible College offers a Bachelor of Biblical Studies for free! Please note: Only students based outside the USA can earn a Bachelor of Biblical Studies degree through Global Baptist Bible College. Students based in the USA can study to further their spiritual growth, but are not eligible to earn a degree. - Gulf Coast Bible Institute
Strictly King James Bible (AV1611). GCBI is a local church ministry - MINTS International Seminary
MINTS equips pastors, Christian workers, church planters, and professors through their theological degree programs. They use Google Drive to store their course materials and this makes it less easy to use. It doesn’t come across as very structured. That doesn’t mean the content is substandard! - Mt Zion Bible Institute (MZBI)
a ministry of Mt Zion Bible Church in Pensacola, Florida, USA, and is a sister ministry of Chapel Library. The doctrinal standard of Mt Zion is the Second London Baptist Confession of 1689. - Moody Bible Institute (very good “Personal Enrichment” courses)
- Nations University (NationsU).
Affordable, accredited, online seminary. - Online Bible Institute (Vineyard).*
Free Associates Degree in Ministry, Bachelors Degree in Ministry, Master of Arts Degree in Ministry and Master of Divinity Degree in Ministry. - ThirdMill Online Courses
- Udemy – high quality online courses including theology and religion
- World Bible School
- World Video Bible School (WVBS)*. Free, includes Graduation Diploma for formal students.
There are many, many more tools for Bible research available online as well as offline. Do you have link suggestions? Please contact us.
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*) Institutes who are tuition free and/or offer huge discounts for migrants, minorities, people living in the developing world.
Bible Study en Research
- Bible Gateway
Bible Gateway is a searchable online Bible in more than 200 versions and 70 languages that you can freely read, research, and reference anywhere. With a library of audio Bibles, a mobile app, devotionals, email newsletters, and other free resources, Bible Gateway equips you not only to read the Bible, but to understand it. - Bible.org
Bible.org is a broadly evangelical website with free access to the NET Bible with over 60,000 translators’ notes and a collection of thousands of biblically based articles, Bible studies, sermons, and various other trustworthy Bible study resources. - BiblesNET.com
Bibles Net. com is giving people access to everything from A to Z about Christianity and to be a follower of Jesus. - Bible Study Tools
BibleStudyTools.com is the largest free online Bible website for verse search and in-depth studies. The online library includes well known and trusted commentaries including the popular Matthew Henry Commentary, concordances like Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance and Naves Topical Concordance, Bible dictionaries, Biblical encyclopedias and historical Christian and church books including Fox’s Book of Martyrs. - BibleRef’s Online Bible Commentary.
BibleRef.com publishes new content twice a month, or about every two weeks. Here, you can find book-by-book, chapter-by-chapter, and verse-by-verse commentary on the entire Bible - BibleTruth
Thousands of books, commentaries, charts, magazines, tracts and articles. - Blue Letter Bible
Blue Letter Bible provides powerful tools for an in-depth study of God’s Word through their free online reference library, with study tools that are grounded in the historical, conservative Christian faith. - Christian Bible Reference Site
The Christian Bible Reference Site is devoted to better understanding the Bible and its messages for the modern world. - KingComments
Free online Bible Commentary in Dutch, English and German by Dutch bible-teacher and writer Ger de Koning together with Tony Jonathan and Ron Vellekoop. A very comprehensive, complete and free online Bible commentary that we highly recommend. - NET.Bible
A very good online study bible – the Classic version is available here. See also Bible.org. Highly recommended for serious Bible research! - Study Bible
Read and Search the Bible in Greek, Hebrew, English, Latin, and other parallel versions. Study online Hebrew and Greek interlinear translations and Bibles with Strong’s Greek and Hebrew Lexicon numbers attached. - StudyLight
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Concordances, Language tools, Historical writings and more. - YouVersion
Free online Bibles in many translations, also offers apps for smartphones.
Christian resources
- Asbury Theological Seminar ePlace
ePlace is designed to promote the open access of material from the Wesleyan and Holiness traditions to be shared with a global audience. It also serves as a place to preserve rare and difficult to locate material and encourage academic research and ongoing dialog between scholars in the field. - Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS)
- BibleMapper
Create Bible Maps online and for free! - BibleServer
Tools for webmasters, compare translations, create personal notes, images, video’s. - Chapel Library
Chapel Library’s mission is sending Christ-centered literature worldwide without charge. Chapel Library offers almost 1000 titles in English, 200 in Spanish, and dozens in other languages. We use textbooks from Chapel Library, amongst others, for our program. - Christian Bible Reference
The Christian Bible Reference Site is devoted to better understanding the Bible and its messages for the modern world. - Christian Classic Ethereal Library
A huge collection of classic christian books and electronic edition of the Early Church Fathers series. - Christian History Institute
Christian History is a non-profit organization that provides Christian history resources and self-study material at low or no cost. Christian History Institute seeks to bring the story of the church to the people of the church, to see the best in every Christian tradition, and to acknowledge the full and honest story of the church universal. - Founders Ministries
Founders Ministries exists for the recovery of the gospel and the reformation of churches. - GotQuestions
Hundreds of thousands Bible Questions Answered. - Monergism
Articles, MP3s & Resources on the Historic (Reformed) Christian Faith, a curated link directory that captures and categorizes the best free theological content on the internet. - RookiePreacher.com – “preach and lead better”
- Theology on the Web.
A massive online collection of books and studymaterials! Purpose of this website is to “make high quality theological material available freely throughout the world, thus providing Bible teachers and pastors with the resources they need to spread the Gospel in their countries.”
Downloads
Must have downloads for your library!
- The Bible Atlas (File size: 21 MB)
- Christian Workers’ Commentary On The Old And New Testament (JAMES M. GRAY, D.D.)
Free online libraries
Thousands of books have been legally made available online, for free. Read or download at the below websites:
- ATLA – Digital Library – Religion & Theology Collections
- Internet Archive Books – Religion
Video
Bible School
- World Video Bible School (WVBS).
The WVBS is tuition free and is designed to provide students with an online, comprehensive, in-depth study of the Bible. The courses cover every book in the Bible, plus four additional subjects which help you in your understanding of the scriptures (Christian Evidences, Hermeneutics, Greek and How We Got the Bible).
– Formal students can be issued a graduation diploma
– includes » WVBS Videos – Thousands of faith-building, Bible-based videos.
Old Testament
- Survey of the Old Testament by GotQuestions Bible Survey
- Old Testament Summary: A Complete Animated Overview by Bible Project
New Testament
- Survey of the New Testament by GotQuestions Bible Survey
- New Testament Summary: A Complete Animated Overview by Bible Project
Theology
- Systematic Theology by Marin Bible Church
- Systematic Theology Bible Study at Cursa (Free course from Thirdmill, Free Certificate of course completion!)
“This is an extensive and immersive journey into the depths of Christian theology. Spanning a total duration of 164 hours and 47 minutes, this comprehensive course delves into various pivotal aspects of theological studies. [..] This multifaceted course is designed to equip learners with a thorough grounding in systematic theology, ensuring they emerge well-versed in foundational and advanced theological concepts. It promises a transformative educational experience for anyone eager to deepen their understanding of Christian theology.” - Introduction to Biblical Theology at Cursa (Free course from The Master’s Seminary, Free Certificate of course completion!)
“Introduction to Biblical Theology is a comprehensive and rigorous course designed to deepen your understanding of the biblical narrative through systematic theological study. Featuring the insightful teachings of Dr. Thomas Schreiner, this course offers a robust exploration of key themes, doctrines, and discussions that lie at the heart of biblical theology.”