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Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) is a nonprofit international Christian interdenominational or parachurch fellowship of lay people offering a system of structured bible study. It was begun in 1959 by Audrey Wetherell Johnson, a British evangelist to China.
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The BSF system of Bible study is highly organized and disciplined, and uses the technique of exegesis for expository study of the scriptures. BSF holds classes for men, women, children and young adults in 35 countries (2006). There are over 1000 classes worldwide. Classes for men and women are segregated, the exception being young adults where males and females are allowed to mix. Children's classes are also unsegregated. Each study lasts for approximately nine months, and over a seven-year cycle BSF classes cover Genesis, Romans, Matthew, Life of Moses, John, Israel and the Minor Prophets, and Acts of the Apostles.
The BSF system involves four elements; daily questions to encourage personal Bible study, discussion groups (of up to 15 people) for sharing of personal answers to questions, a lecture by the class Teaching Leader covering the past week's scripture with applications for daily living, and finally a set of notes reinforcing lessons from the previous week (plus a new set of questions for the week ahead). BSF classes and materials are provided free of charge.
Often the Teaching Leader and the notes will present historical details obtained from external sources, as an aid to clearer understanding of the context and background of the scripture being studied.
Discussion groups are led by Discussion Leaders, who are specifically directed to avoid any formal teaching role (this being left to the Holy Spirit during member's personal quiet times during the week, and the Teaching Leader in his/her lecture). Discussion Leaders facilitate the discussions, and also perform a shepherding role with group members. They attend a separate two-hour training session each week, which involves an initial pass through the week's questions and answers, and generally a sharing of homiletics (see links below) on the passage being studied.
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BSF Lesson Questions For Acts
Online download for this year's study of Acts. To access the download, you will need to give your name and last four digits of your phone number.27 points
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Bible Study Fellowship International
The Official website of BSF.3 points
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BSF Class Locations
Bible Study Fellowship class locations.1 point
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Bible Study Fellowships Distinctions
What makes BSF distinctive.1 point
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The FRA Program
Foreign Resident Ambassadors (FRAs)1 point
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BibleRhymes
An interactive and entertaining website for learning about the Bible. It features popular Bible stories, and offers interactive 3D e-books, games, puzzles, quizzes, forums and polls.1 point
Adults: Recommended BSF Booklist
Booklist as recommended on BSF's newsletter (back cover).
Children: Bible Study Fellowship Recommended Booklist
From BSF's magazine (back cover).
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BSF Blog Posts from Google
- CHURCH NEWS: May 19, 2012
- First Baptist Church, 709 N. Lee Ave., has scheduled a single parent Bible study/fellowship group meeting...
- Religion digest
- 19, Five Forks Brethren in Christ Church, 9244 Five Forks Road, Waynesboro; music by Dixie Melody Boys,...
- CHURCH NEWS: May 5, 2012
- First Baptist Church, 709 N. Lee Ave., has scheduled a single parent Bible study/fellowship group meeting...
- Spiritual Spinach: God displays faithfulness in lives of 5 women
- Locally, people know her because she taught Bible Study Fellowship in Fremont for 15 years. At Whoop-de-doo,...
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- This is my eighth year in BSF. I hear something interesting almost every week. The insights of my small groups have always helped me see things in a new light. And my teaching leader in New Braunfels TX was fabulous. I'm attending Denton TX now, and still look forward to Monday nights.
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- Assyrians were the most cruel people in the history.... They were even more cruel that the Chartaginians, the people who used to sacrifice some of their children in order to worship Baal.
Assyrians, once having captured their ennemies, they would cut off a part of their hands or legs and then start to perform agains them some horrible tortures.
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