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LIFE-CHANGING BIBLICAL STUDY TOURS TO ISRAEL, TURKEY, & JORDAN
What is a Biblical Study Tour?
Discover the 4 different types of Holy Land tours, and how the Being a Disciple study tours allow for you to experience the Bible in its original locations and context.
Our tours follow the “rabbinic model” that is modeled after the teaching style and format as learned from Ray Vander Laan. Each day you will walk the dusty trails in the footsteps of the people of the Bible enjoying the stories of the Bible.
Why Choose Being a disciple Tours?
Biblical Context
By joining the story, the stories of the bible are able to be understood in their accurate historical and biblical context. This allows each person to experience the bible in a life changing way.
Story Telling
Through immersive storytelling, Scripture comes to life as you step into the experiences of its characters, feeling their emotions, witnessing their struggles, and gaining a deeper connection to their journey of faith.
Consistent Timeline
Following a structured historical timeline, where each location and faith encounter builds upon the last, helps participants connect the storylines and remember the significance of each site more easily.
Rabbinic Model
Each tour uses the rabbinic model, made popular by Ray Vander Laan. This process allows people to experience what it was like to follow a rabbi and “learn with your feet.”
Faith Encounters
Each location, and story is designed to bring you face to face with a faith encounter. Structured so that our spiritual journey is strengthened each step of the tour.
Community
By following the unique structure of our tours, the individuals that experience these places together form into a tight-nit community that often become life long friends.
SCHEDULE DAVID
The mission of Being a Disciple is to “go therefore and make disciples of all nations…” A part of that ministry is bring the stories of the Bible to life through story telling and contextual teachings that better explain the stories in the Bible.
The vast majority of “biblical teaching” in today’s churches focus on biblical theology, doctrine or proof text explanation. This type of teaching has its importance, but does not include a vital part of studying the text – the original context and setting of the Bible. Bringing the text alive, through story telling, and pictures, we can increase our passion for the very words of God together.
Our focus is to teach the physical backgrounds and context of the Bible from an eastern and cultural perspective so that the stories of the Bible can accurately be understood in the setting in which they occurred.
"Every stone tells a story, every site is a testament to the events that shaped faith, history, and civilization. To walk in Israel is to walk through the pages of the Bible, to see with your own eyes the places where the stories of faith were lived and breathed."
FAITH DISCOVERY TOUR
Faith Discovery Tours are designed for all types of travelers, offering an experience of Israel without the physical demands or extended schedules of the other Faith Encounter and Faith Immersion tours.
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- All types of travelers
- Low physical contact
- Typically shorter tours
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Carefully selected locations and experiences provide a rich, engaging journey, where storytelling brings biblical history to life. This approach allows each participant to discover their faith in new and meaningful ways.
FAITH ENCOUNTER TOUR
Faith Encounter tours allow for a broad range of ages and most physical abilities to encounter the stories of the Bible in their original setting, without the extra physical demands of the Faith Immersion tours.
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- Ages 15 and older
- Moderate physical contact
- Typically 10 or more touring days
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The trip is built on the concept of the rabbinic method, and the locations and teachings are specifically chosen to bring you into an encounter with the stories and characters of the Bible in their original context.
FAITH IMMERSION TOUR
Faith Immersion Tours are a complete immersion into the lands and stories of the Bible. Structured to provide a glimpse into the world of a 1st century disciple, these tours are physically demanding and require a level of physical fitness to participate on these tours.
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- Ages based on physical capabilities
- Advanced physical contact
- Minimum of 10 touring days
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To recreate the lessons of the Bible, we journey to the places that best allows us to fully immerse our faith into the text and the teachings of Jesus Christ.