How it Works

In partnership with parents, public schools, churches and ministry partners, School Time Bible Ministries (STBM) provides off-campus Biblical teaching to public school children. Students with parental permission may leave school property to attend off-campus Bible classes at a nearby church or building.

Church Partners

Participating Schools

Students Since 1998

Legality

School Time Bible is recognized as constitutional and legal in all fifty states.
Guidelines that must be followed are:

Bible classes must be held off school property.
No public funds may be used to finance the Bible classes.
Students must have signed parental permission to attend School Time Bible classes.

The local School District does not endorse or oppose this program in any way. The School District is accommodating the wishes of parents who want to take advantage of this educational opportunity.

Curriculum

The curriculum used in every School Time Bible Ministries’ class is, “God’s Plan of Redemption.” It takes a unique approach to teaching the Bible. The course is a study of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation which examines God’s plan to redeem mankind throughout history. The curriculum gradually unfolds the Bible and traces historical revelation through the Old and New Testaments.

Classes

School Time Bible classes are only legal if held off campus in a non-school building. Local churches provide the space, volunteers and teachers for all classes.
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Schedule

Class dates and times are scheduled with the school administration according to the school’s schedule. Students are released from school during a related arts or elective class. Some students are released during their lunch also. In these instances lunch will be provided for the students by the host church.

Transportation

Students are transported by bus or walk with church volunteers to a nearby church or non-school building for Bible classes and are returned to the school in time for their next class.

Participating Schools & Churches

Airport High School
Grace Baptist Church

BC High
State Street Baptist

Busbee Creative Arts
Broadacres Baptist

Carolina Springs Middle
Lexington Church of God

Cayce Elementary
Cayce Presbyterian

Centerville Elementary
First Calvary Baptist

Congaree Elementary
Ebenezer Pentecostal Holiness

CrossRoads Intermediate
St. Andrews Presbyterian

Dutch Fork Elementary
Hope Church Columbia

Dutch Fork Middle
New Hope Lutheran

Forts Pond Elementary
Edmund Baptist & Pelion Baptist

Fulmer Middle
Grace Baptist

Gilbert Middle
Crossroads Baptist &
First Calvary Baptist

Lakeside Middle

Lexington Elementary

Meadow Glen Elementary & Middle
The Harvest Church

New Bridge Academy
Heritage Presbyterian

New Providence Elementary
Mt. Horeb Church

Northside Middle
Saluda River Baptist

Oak Grove Elementary
Oakwood Baptist

Pelion Elementary
Pelion Baptist

Pelion Middle
Convent Baptist

Pine Ridge Middle
Dixiana Baptist and Dunn’s Chapel

Pleasant Hill Middle
First Baptist Church of Lexington

Riverbank Elementary
Saluda River Baptist

Saluda River Academy for the Arts
Church TBA

Seven Oaks Elementary
Woodlands Hills Community Church

Springdale Elementary
West Columbia First Church of the Nazarene

White Knoll Middle
Northside West

Wood Elementary
Northside Baptist West

Register your student.

To take advantage of this wonderful, FREE, opportunity your student simply needs permission from a parent/guardian.

“The School Time Bible program gave me solid grounding in Christian ideals. I learned that the message of the Bible is ageless and timeless. The program put Biblical ideas in modern context. What you learn in school might prepare you for a career in a given field, but it does not prepare you for life. School Time Bible taught me what I need to know to be prepared for life.”

Middle School Student

“This program has truly been a blessing to my children and my family. They both said “I wish we could take the Bible class all year”. We are active members of Brookland Baptist Church and they attend children’s church. We loved the fact that the course was not taught from any one denominational perspective but the children were taught the core story of the Bible… the facts, the most important events, and a timeline of the story of the Bible. The children even have better behavior and are a little more open to discuss what they have learned. I would recommend this course to any school. It’s Win-Win for the students, the parents, the school and God. ”

Isaac, Parent of STB Student

“The School Time Bible program is resulting in a positive influence and better decision making regarding students toward their parents, peers and teachers.”

School Principal