About OBTS
OBTS is an online school for Bible, theology and practical ministry skills.
The Online Bible & Theology School (OBTS) teaches through lessons that a student can follow on an ordinary phone. The motto in its logo — Biblical Truth • Theological Depth • Ministry Formation — describes what the school aims at: understanding Scripture well, thinking carefully about Christian doctrine, and growing in the skills of ministry and service.
How OBTS teaches
Structured lessons
Every lesson states its objectives, gives a study plan in minutes, and ends with a task that shows what you learned.
Reviewed content
Lessons are written, checked against their sources and reviewed by a lecturer before they are sent to students. Draft lessons are never sent.
Three languages
The website is in English, Kiswahili and French. The first 25 lessons of General Bible Studies & Theology (modules 1–3) have been written in all three languages and are being reviewed by lecturers; once approved, you receive them in the language you choose when you register. The other courses are written first in English (the AI course in Kiswahili); their Kiswahili and French versions are being prepared and reviewed.
Courses
OBTS offers six courses, and a seventh on practical AI is being prepared. See Courses.