Bible Teacher School Seminar
Church & Missions History
August 17th - 28th 2026
What is BTS:
The Bible Teacher School (BTS) helps you grow as a teacher and communicator of God's Word. It is a series of seminars focuses on skills needed to be able to teach the bible with clarity and confidence. You will also explore essential content such as historical background, literary genres, and how to study the Bible books specific to that seminar.
Bible Teacher School Plus (BTS+)
BTS+ is designed to help you discover your Christian family story by exploring the history of the global Church. Christians can also discover their roots, not by analyzing DNA under a microscope, but by exploring their Christian ancestry through the lens of history.
Over two weeks of engaging lectures and conversations, you’ll journey from the days of the apostles to the 21st century. Along the way, we'll look at ancient people like Ignatius, Augustine, John of the Cross, Luther, Wesley, Charles Finney, D. L. Moody, Billy Graham, and missionaries such as William Carey, Hudson Taylor, and Amy Carmichael.
In this context, we will survey the service of YWAM among the many contemporary interdenominational Christian movements. We’ll also look at the broader scope of the three primary branches of Christianity, Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant.
If you’ve ever wondered where your faith came from, who shaped it, and how the Church became what it is today, BTS+ is the place to begin.
*NO prerequisites required.
August 17th-28th 2026
This is a UofN credited seminar course
$50 deposit required to confirm your reservation. Due after your application is accepted.
Balance due before arrival. Payable via website.
Costs
Seminar Fees with YWAM housing:
$420 per single person in 4-5 person dorm room
$1230 per couple (or 2 singles) in hotel room (formerly Hilton Hotel) on the base. Most have two beds. Children 12 and under are free, extra sleeping pads and blankets will be provided for them.
Seminar fee without YWAM housing:
$270 per person
Meals:
Meals are not included in the seminar fee except for a simple breakfast each lecture day. Lunches and dinners can be bought at the base with credit card for $4.50 per meal Monday through Friday. You can also choose to eat outside at nearby fast food restaurants.
Weekend:
We hope to have optional weekend activities lined up for you so that together we can enjoy the beautiful scenery that makes Colorado so famous. Bring some extra cash for food and things like transportation, park admission and other personal expenses.
Airport transportation:
Cost varies greatly depending on whether you fly into Denver or Colorado Springs, whether you share a ride like Uber with others or you commute alone. We will try to coordinate this closer to Arrival Day and try as much as possible to use YWAM vans as well.
Address:
YWAM Colorado Springs:
505 Popes Bluff Trl
Colorado Springs, Co 80907.
Guest Speaker
Dan Lewis
Dan Lewis, the primary lecturer, comes out of the University of Detroit-Mercy and is a member of the international Society of Biblical Literature, former Assistant Professor of Christian Studies at William Tyndale College (evangelical undergraduate college) and lecturer at Robert H. Whitaker School of Theology (Anglican school for the diaconate and priesthood)
Currently, Dan Lewis offers and has offered, curriculum materials and personal lectures in various Schools of Biblical Studies internationally, including Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, England, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Ukraine, and various campuses in multiple USA states.
He has also recorded various on-line lectures for the on-line university of University of the Nations.
He served as Senior Pastor at Troy Christian Chapel in Troy, Michigan for 34 years.
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