Bible Study Fellowship believes that God’s Word provides the answers for the big life questions students have. Questions like “Who am I?” “What is real?” and “Where do I go for answers?” BSF Students is a weekly, in-depth study of the Bible where young people ages 5-18 gather around God’s Word to build community, discover truth, and live differently.

My first summer away from home, I arrived in El Salvador with a lot of ideas and a significant amount of unearned confidence. I believed I was ready to change the world for the Kingdom of God through two months of kid’s soccer games and worship nights.

Like many BSF students, Caleb felt the mounting strain of academic and social pressures. In high school, BSF seemed like another class to complete, and his workload was already overwhelming. In his late teens, Caleb stopped attending BSF. How can we maximize class time to draw students closer to Christ?

What if students had choices? What if they could learn based on their unique personalities? What if we maximized Bible and group interaction, drawing every student into the experience? In many ways, student-centered learning is simply another phrase for discipleship.

Looking up from her BSF lesson, 9-year-old Ruthie quietly asked, “What if all of this stuff in the Bible is wrong?”

Was the new School Program developed within the confines of BSF Headquarters walls? No! Over the past year and a half, the Redesign Team has used the “human-centered design” thinking process to build a new curriculum.

Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a collection of secret code words and pass phrases that would guarantee instant connection to younger generations? You can try adding “bet,” “extra,” or “no cap” into your vocabulary, but is this really what young people, commonly called Generation Z, are looking for?