Regular Bible Study classes have been running at Ridgeway Methodist Church since our present minster, Rev. Dr. John M. Haley, joined us in the autumn of 2002. Classes and are run on an informal basis. No prior knowledge of the text is expected or assumed, and the sessions include a time of singing and a time of prayer as well as the main study. Classes usually take place on Monday evenings at 7:30pm. Copies of past Bible Study notes are available to download here.

Anyone who wants to develop their understanding of the Bible and God's truth is welcome to indicate their interest in this group. Local preachers, Bible study and house-group leaders and youth leaders would greatly benefit from working with Moore College.

Although you do not have to enrol with Moore College to attend the advertised sessions, it is possible to become a distance learning student with Moore College (which is becoming increasingly well-respected among evangelical churches). The enrolment cost is £30 (£40 for married couples).

The course includes 10 taught Bible study classes in the church lounge (normally on Monday evenings 7:30-9:00pm). We have now covered six units - "Introduction to the Bible", "Old Testament 1", "New Testament 1" "Doctrine 1", "Romans" and "Christian Worship". For the autumn term of 2008 we will be moving on to study "Old Testament 2". The schedule for these classes can be seen below. Everyone is welcome to attend the sessions.

The first series of classes, starting in autumn 2002, covered the New Testament letters of the apostle Paul. These studies were followed by a course entitled "The Twelve Great Subjects of Scripture" which ran through the spring and summer of 2003. From the autumn of 2003, the subject of the classes was "Matthew - the Teaching Gospel", a course which ran for about twelve months.

Following the series of classes on Matthew, our Outreach worker James Darby took a series of six video based studies in the autumn of 2004 on the book of Genesis, based on video lectures given by David Pawson. Bible Study classes returned to their previous format in 2005 with a new series of classes entitled "A Bird's-Eye View of the Old Testament". The aim of these classes was to give a brief overview of the Old Testament, explaining where some of the familiar stories fit into the big picture of the Christian faith. From the autumn of 2005 until Easter 2006 a series of classes looked at the Letter to the Hebrews. Notes from many of these classes are available here.

From the autumn of 2004, Rev. Haley also ran separate Bible Study classes using "Interactive Christian Extension Studies" (ICES) course books. The first such series of classes covered the Synoptic Gospels and Acts, the second was based on the letters of Paul and the third series looked at the writings of John - the fourth gospel, the three letters of John and the book of Revelation.

During the period of Rev. John Haley's sabbatical from May to August 2006, our Outreach worker Catherine Stead introduced a new course 'Living Faith' - a DVD based course led by the Bishop of Durham, Tom Wright.