Free Online Bible classes
Are you keen on delving into the depths of the Bible? Have you ever pondered whether free online Bible classes can truly offer valuable knowledge? “Free” is a term that often triggers skepticism. However, let’s shed some light on how high-quality religious education can be available at no cost and who foots the bill.
What do our free online bible classes entail?
What do our free
online bible
classes entail?
The Christian Leaders Institute is a
conduit to over 150 free bite-sized
and extensive college-level courses.
Our courses are facilitated by
accredited educators
specializing in their respective
domains.
Dr. David Feddes, an esteemed
graduate of Trinity International
Seminary, is guiding our faculty.
Dr. Feddes ensures the development
of superior biblical courses.
The Christian Leaders Institute is a conduit to over 150 free bite-sized and extensive college-level courses. Our courses are facilitated by accredited educators specializing in their respective domains.
Dr. David Feddes, an esteemed graduate of Trinity International Seminary, is guiding our faculty. Dr. Feddes ensures the development of superior biblical courses.
Here’s a peek into some of our course offerings:
This ministerial training course offers a deep dive into the historical writings of the Old Testament, bringing to light God’s interactions with Israel in anticipation of Jesus Christ’s arrival. You’ll also draw applications for contemporary Christian life and preaching.
Delve into the New Testament’s literary, historical, and theological facets. After completing this course, you will know its key themes and content.
Get an insightful look at the book of Acts, which illustrates the Holy Spirit’s outpouring, the inception of the early church, and the global propagation of the gospel. You will engage with historical context, archeological discoveries, literary analysis, and significant theological themes.
This class presents a thorough study of the general epistles such as James; 1 & 2 Peter; 1, 2, & 3 John; and Jude. You’ll explore their meaning in the original context and their current relevance.
Our comprehensive Bible course portfolio is just a glimpse of the hundreds of options available, including a biblical perspective on core courses, skill courses, theology, ministry, philosophy, and many more.
Who funds these free online bible classes?
Our classes are made possible through generous donations. Our vision partners see the value in offering tuition-free courses to aid Christian leaders! These partners comprise fellow students who appreciate the value of our classes and donate to make these classes accessible to those who might not be able to afford them otherwise.
While students are not obliged to donate, many support the Institute by purchasing credentials, becoming Vision Partners, or buying products from our online store. Our yearly budget is supplemented by Vision Partners, which includes foundations, churches, and individuals. However, please note some of our credential programs might entail fees.
How Can
you use
these free
online
classes?
The Christian Leaders Institute opens the door to an array of exciting programs. These classes can be utilized for obtaining awards, college credentials and clergy recognition. Awards Earn recognition for your diligent study in specific topics with Christian Leaders Awards, with over 30 levels available.
How Can you
use these
free online
bible classes?
How can you use
these free online
bible classes?
The Christian Leaders Institute opens the door to
an array of exciting programs. These classes can
be utilized for obtaining awards, college credentials,
and clergy recognition. Awards Earn recognition
for your diligent study in specific topics with Christian
Leaders Awards, with over 30 levels available.
Additional Award Topics:
These ministry awards recognize your study accomplishment in many areas of ministry, including essential, intermediate, and advanced standing. There is a small fee if you want us to send you an official embossed award.
These Chaplaincy awards are beneficial if you are called to community chaplaincy in local care facilities and community services.
Are you interested in being bi-vocational? These awards recognize your ministryBiz study accomplishment.
Are you interested in being a Life Coach Minister? These awards offer exciting recognition levels if you see yourself as a Christian Life Coach! Click here.
These awards give you recognition for your matchmaking studies. Click here.
College credentials
Our college-level free online Bible classes can be transferred into CLI’s Leadership Excellence School, which grants certificate, diploma, and degree-level recognition. CLI is recognized by many accredited colleges for master-level studies. CLI’s Leadership Excellence School has applicant status with the ABHE. This means you can be accepted for master-level studies by many accredited colleges. Click here.
Clergy recognition
Many of our free online Bible classes can be applied towards clergy recognition at the Christian Leaders Alliance, offering a comprehensive program of licensing and ordination options.
Licensing Clergy Progam – Click Here
Ordination Clergy Program – Click Here
CLI started offering free online classes in 2006 with just six students. Since then, these free classes have benefited over 675,000 students from more than 195 countries.
next steps
Register for a free study account that automatically enrolls you in the Christian Leaders Getting Started Course that explains all the programs of Christian Leaders.
Notice: You may even skip the getting started class
Chaplaincy Training
I am a Christian author and speaker. I am receiving chaplaincy training free at Christian Leaders Institute. I came to know Jesus at the young age of 5. I remember the day clearly and that is saying something since I am now over 50! I was sitting in a church service on a Sunday night and to my little 5-year-old ears the message of Jesus and his death and resurrection became crystal clear in my mind. I went to the altar. I prayed my little heart out and felt the presence of God immediately. How do I know it was God’s presence in my soul at only 5? Because it is the exact same still small voice, the exact same presence I still feel almost 50 years later.
I remember on that night I wanted to live my life completely for God. I was so disappointed to find out that I couldn’t be a nun because we weren’t Catholic. 🙂 But God has blessed and used me in non-vocational ministry throughout my life. In my teen years, I played the piano and sang in church services, led a youth choir of about 20 teens, worked in prison ministry and assisted my mother in many women’s ministry happenings at the church. Yes, I am a PK…pastor’s kid.
Throughout most of my adult life, I was an elder in my chosen church after leaving home. I was in charge of scriptural authority in teachings, wrote much of the Statement of Faith and orchestrated the large group services. But my favorite task in ministry was serving and mentoring the women in the church. When I reached middle age, I became afflicted with a chronic illness. Eventually, my health made it impossible for me to work or to volunteer in ministry. This was a huge challenge to my faith. I never gave up on God, but I did fall into a sinful pattern in an effort to escape the depression, pain, and difficulty of the disease. I began abusing alcohol and pain pills so that I could escape feeling bad. This caused my depression to deepen and I attempted suicide.
But my family and friends banded together and held an intervention. I would get help from them. I would love them back and learn to love myself. While I was in the psychiatric hospital, I began to feel that familiar presence and hear that beautiful still small voice. These were the only thoughts of clarity I had and I relished in the scripture and song lyrics God streamed to me.
I am still ill, but I have the audacity to say, “I am well.” Because God has brought me through. I am more than my body. I am body, mind, and spirit, and though my body is weakened by illness, God has fortified me in other areas. So the whole of me is well. There is nothing in heaven or earth that can take me away from the love of God.
When I got home from the hospital, I researched through decades worth of journals to try and understand how I could have fallen so far. I discovered that in 2008 I began taking some bad advice from some well-meaning friends, even though I knew this advice was not supported by scripture. I extracted journal pages, wrote essays, and poetry to tell my story in words. I created original artwork to tell my story from the end of a paintbrush. When I was done I had an art journal that helped answer my questions. One day, God laid it on my heart to share this art journal, so I transferred it electronically into a book entitled “Well”.
Because of my story, I am especially burdened for Christians with depression and/or addiction. I have taken some certification courses on suicide intervention. I have also enrolled in the Chaplaincy Certificate program here at Christian Leaders Institute. I am taking this chaplaincy training in order to better minister to these precious people. I write under the pen name Alias In Town. It is an anagram of my name, Anita Wilson, but more importantly, there are alias people in every town suffering from chronic illness, addiction, and suicidal thoughts. I write for them. I am called to minister to them.
I’m not sure what that future looks like yet, but I am being obedient to the steps I see God laying out for me as I receive chaplaincy training at CLI. He has done miraculous things with endorsements, interviews, one-on-one ministry and public speaking ministry already and the book hasn’t even been published a month yet.
Learn about minister ordination with Christian Leaders Alliance.
My Testimony
I’d have to be insane to NOT love, trust and put all of my hope in Jesus, my Savior, Deliverer, Redeemer and dearest Friend.
Words alone could never express my love and gratitude for the grace and mercy shown, in my life, by God my loving Father, who never let go. He already had known I was His.
As I sat praying and wondering how to share with you today, this story of God’s grace, a song began to play and has continued to sweetly run through my heart and mind, because it’s words ring true, in my life, from the very first day.
Here is the chorus of that song:
Mercy Said No
Mercy said no
I’m not gonna let Melissa go
I’m not going to let her slip away
Melissa doesn’t have to be afraid
Mercy said no
Sin will never take control
Life and death stood face to face and
Darkness tried to steal my heart away
But thank you Jesus, that mercy said NO.
Keeping those words in mind:
Climb on the express train of Melissa’s life so far, with me.
Let’s journey back in time and see where in my life His great mercy took hold, and how it continues even today.
As God began to knit me together in an unsure, abused, teenage girl’s womb, my life was not plucked away, Mercy said NO and I’m here today.
A few months later, nameless in a crowded foster home, I fell asleep sicker than anyone knew. Lying there in a coma, Mercy said NO, I have a plan for her, and I am here today.
Through the years that followed, it is because of God alone, His great love, mercy and grace, that I am even alive and sharing with all of you right now.
From abandonment, to adoption, receiving a name, hearing about God in a church, placing that first seed and spark in my heart.
Followed by abuse of every sick kind, rejection, attempts to silence me, fear, confusion, suicide attempts, group homes, running away, promiscuousness, homelessness, doing what ever it took for my next meal, rape and alcoholism to numb, then finally turning 18, marring an abusive and much older man, thinking it would be freedom, then several times almost dying at his hand.
I believe through all of this, though I didn’t know Him, God definitely knew me. He was my shield and fortress and continued to stir in my heart a desire and need for HIM.
I’d like to say it ended there, but many more years followed with abuse, tremendous loss and so much more, all because I wanted God on my own terms. I just wanted him to hand out justice to those who had hurt me, and in this thinking I had missed something huge.
What about my own sin? the punishment I deserved? Hmmmm I was guilty of doing some pretty awful things too.
It was three years ago that place of brokenness arrived. My need for Jesus became suddenly and overwhelmingly clear, that only through His grace, believing Jesus died in my place, removing my debt, only in this would I find life.
I needed His mercy and forgiveness and realized through Him alone would I begin to heal, forgive others, learn about love, and in Him find hope and my reason for living.
Is my life perfect today? Uhh nope, but doesn’t change His love for me.
Have I been abused since then? Yep quite recently actually because of this new found love for Jesus❤, but He’s even working that out for His glory and my good.
Here is why my heart joyfully chooses to trust Him each day, no matter what occurs….
He who began a good work in Melissa will be faithful to complete it.
He is the reason, I get out of bed each day with hope, the reason I have breath to share my story, because of His love for me, I can love others no matter what they do to me. He is how I find peace when things seem impossible, I no longer need to feel ashamed, I am redeemed and I am loved!
Because there in NO condemnation for Melissa who is in Christ Jesus, I can now boldly approach the throne of grace with confidence and receive grace and mercy to help in times of need.