Bible Study Group — Free. Sequential. Everywhere.

A Free Program in Every City
For Anyone Willing To Seek Truth

13 week
Bible Study

Bible Study Group is a structured, application-based program that gives anyone [regardless of background, belief, or skepticism] 13 weeks to examine the Bible’s claims.

Completely free. The only requirement is sincerity.

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More cities coming. Is yours next?

Not a ministry.
Not a church.
Not a brand.

This is a structured program for presenting the gospel of Jesus Christ [in truth, love and gentleness] to every person in every city willing to commit for 13 weeks.

One curriculum, application process, and standard.

The Holy Spirit is what moves this. Not a budget, nor the ambition of any person. We’re building infrastructure for what He has already done.

That is the honest explanation for what you see.

“Not by might nor by power,
but by My Spirit,” says the LORD of Hosts.

— Zechariah 4:6
The Program

13 Weeks
To Know Truth.

Week 0

The Kickoff

The gospel is preached.
Community begins. A meal is shared.

Weeks 1–3

Movement I — God’s Design

Who God is. Why you exist.
How relationship with Him was meant to work.

Weeks 4–10

Movement II — The Cross

What broke. What it cost to repair.
What the Cross actually accomplished.

Weeks 11–13

Movement III — Decision

What all of this means for you.
A clear, free, unhurried choice.

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Week 1 — The Love That Made Everything
Curriculum Preview

Week 1 — The Love That Made Everything

Every session builds on the one before it. Nothing stands alone. You cannot arrive at Week 8 and understand what Week 8 is doing. The sequence is the structure, and the structure is what makes genuine understanding possible; rather than emotional reaction.

By the time a participant reaches Week 13, they have encountered the full theological framework of the gospel. They know what the Bible actually claims. They can distinguish distorted versions of Christianity from the real one. And they are given [privately, without group pressure] the space to respond to what they now understand.

Clarity is what the entire program exists to create.

This program does not seek compliance. It seeks understanding. The responsibility for response belongs entirely to the participant.
Apply for the next cohort →
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Tell Us Where You Are.

Ready To Bring
This To Your City?

The program is built and the curriculum set. The standard doesn’t change city to city. What changes is who is willing to carry it where it doesn’t exist yet.

If you’re interested in starting a Bible Study Group in your city as a host, a facilitator, or a city lead: fill out the form below and tell us about yourself.

We’ll review it personally and follow up with the right next step for where you are.

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Find Your City

We Just Launched, but
Your City May Be Next.

Every city in the Bible Study Group network runs the same program, standard, curriculum, and application process. What differs is the facilitator, the cohort, and the start date.

Chicago

Illinois

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Los Angeles

California

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New York

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Phoenix

Arizona

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San Antonio

Texas

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Jacksonville

Florida

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Charlotte

North Carolina

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Houston

Texas

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Don’t see your city?

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Become a Facilitator

This Program
Runs On People.
Not Institutions.

A Bible Study Group facilitator is not a pastor, preacher, or minister. Not even a teacher in the traditional sense.

A facilitator is a person who has gone through the program, understands what it is does at every level, and has been trained and certified to protect its integrity.

Facilitators do not interpret, insert personal doctrine or steer participants toward a predetermined emotional response. They hold the structure, guide the conversation, and allow God to do what He does.

This is more demanding than it sounds. And more rewarding than we can describe here.

Apply To Become a Facilitator →
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The Certification Path
01

Complete the program

You must go through all 13 weeks as a participant before you can lead them.

02

Apply for certification

A written application reviewed by your Regional Director; assessing character, theological alignment, and the capacity to serve without controlling.

03

Complete facilitator training

Three modules: Theological Foundation (8 hrs), Facilitation Skills (6 hrs), Operations & QC (4 hrs). In person or at a regional training hub.

04

Co-facilitate one full cohort

You lead alongside a Certified Facilitator before you lead alone. No one runs solo first.

05

Receive certification

Upon completion and QC review, you are certified to lead Bible Study Group cohorts in your city.

Certification is not permanent by default. Annual recertification ensures every facilitator in every city still meets the standard. There are no exceptions, including Regional Directors.

Start a City

You Don’t Need
Permission To Want
This In Your City.
Just Certification.

If you are in a city without an active Bible Study Group location, you’ve completed the program, and you believe this belongs where you live: we want to hear from you.

Starting a city is not a franchise. It is a responsibility. You are not licensing a brand. You are becoming the person accountable for the program’s integrity in a place where it has never existed.

The curriculum does not change. The application process does not change. The standard does not change. What changes is that the city becomes yours to steward.

Apply To Start a City →
What a City Lead Receives
  • City subdomain: yourcity.bible-study.group
  • Full print kit: materials, and facilitator guides
  • Access to the Bible Study Group facilitator network
  • Digital infrastructure: CRM, application system, session tracking
  • QC support from your Regional Director
  • Kickoff event support for your first cohort
What Every City Commits To
  • Zero curriculum modification
  • All facilitators certified before leading
  • Session notes within 24 hours of each session
  • No commercial activity attached to the program
  • Cohort completion reports to HQ
Partner With the Work

We Don’t Need Ownership.
We Need Reach.

Bible Study Group partners with organizations that want to help more people encounter the program, without altering what the program is. Partnership is access.

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For Churches & Ministries

If your congregation includes people who have never genuinely heard the gospel [or who believe but were never properly grounded] Bible Study Group is a resource, not a competitor.

Church partners promote Bible Study Group within their community and provide space for cohorts. The program is free and remains free. Church branding does not appear on Bible Study Group materials.

Inquire About Church Partnership →

For Community Organizations

Universities, recovery programs, community centers, and nonprofits have connected their communities to Bible Study Group as a voluntary enrichment offering. No religious affiliation required of the host organization.

The content is the only thing that is non-negotiable.

Inquire About Community Partnership →
The Voices Behind the Work

Built In Chicago.
Carried By The Spirit.

The program was authored, produced, and launched in Chicago through VibeSociety Studios. This is the person behind the first cohort.

Tony Arce — Founder, Bible Study Group

Tony Arce

Founder & Author

Tony Arce is the CEO of VibeSociety and the author of Before the Door Closes; the theological foundation of the Bible Study Group curriculum. He launched the first cohort in Chicago and developed the 13-week program structure.

Apply for the Executive Director Role of Bible Study Group

Executive Director

eMail Me to Apply (tony@vibsociety.co)

This program is currently one person: me. I can’t carry the load of a global program alone. This opportunity is unpaid right now, but as it grows and I’m able to, I will pay this person in proportion to what the role actually demands.

Studio Madison — Production home of VibeSociety

All Bible Study Group content is produced through VibeSociety Studios at Studio Madison in Chicago, Illinois: a vertically integrated production facility dedicated to transformational media.

The Program Is
Forever Free.
That Is The Policy.

No participant will ever be asked to give, donate, or contribute to Bible Study Group. Not in the application. Not in the room. Not in any follow-up communication. Not ever.

If you complete this program and feel moved to express generosity, that’s between you and God. Our direction is simple: give to the person in front of you who needs it. Not through an organization, a fund, or through us. Find someone who is cold, hungry, or behind on rent. Help them directly and tell no one.

“But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.”

— Matthew 6:3–4

Bible Study Group is sustained by people who have gone through the program, understand what’s being built, and choose — without being asked — to resource it. We do not accept contributions from anyone who has not completed the program.

YHWH is the source of everything we need. We trust His Spirit to steward what comes through. That trust is our operating principle.

There is no donate button anywhere. If you’ve completed the program and want to be part of what sustains it, we can have that conversation. You just won’t find it here.

What We Hold

The Gospel Does Not
Bend By City.

The following positions are held across every Bible Study Group city, cohort, facilitator, and translation. Any deviation, at any level, disqualifies a group from operating under the Bible Study Group name.

We do not present these as our opinions. We present them as what Scripture claims. The program exists to give every participant the space to examine that claim [fully and freely] and to respond accordingly.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

— John 14:6
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