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Origins of Yale Bible Study

Yale Bible Study is associated with The Center for Continuing Education at Yale Divinity School. We support bible studies across the world with courses, resources, videos, podcasts and sermons. We hope this curriculum will help you and your community deepen your life of faith through small group study.

Our History

In 2007, Rev. Harold “Skip” Masback, III, led his congregation on a quest to discover something old and ended up inventing something new. The members of The Congregational Church of New Canaan were looking for ways to connect more deeply with God and with one another. Rev. Masback was a firm believer in the power of small-group dynamics, a communal model as old as the apostolic age. He and his leadership team gathered laypeople willing to trust each other and talk together about life-and-faith issues. Not least, they found a way to present biblical expertise in a compelling, practical format.

Working with YDS Dean Harold Attridge and YDS professor emeritus David Bartlett, and funded by generous donors, Rev. Masback created a series of Bible conversations, capturing Attridge and Bartlett’s give-and-take discussions, usually in 15-minute video segments, and created accompanying study guides and thought-provoking discussion questions. The church then distributed the materials to the small study groups (up to a dozen people each), which committed to meeting regularly for eight weeks. The result was the Yale Bible Study Series, beginning with the Gospel of John and Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians.

The series has grown to include studies from the Hebrew Bible, New Testament and themed studies, with additional studies being created each year. It is our hope that participants will find the series informative, challenging, and inspiring.

Our Founder

Rev. Skip Masback

Rev. Skip Masback

Skip Masback created the Yale Bible Study with Dean Harry Attridge in 2007, and is the Founding Director of the Yale Youth Ministry Institute and the former Associate Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. He came to Yale after serving for 19 years at The Congregational Church of New Canaan. Skip retired from Yale in December 2018 and currently serves as Chair of the Advisory Board for the Center for Continuing Education at Yale Divinity School.
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Dr. Harold W. Attridge

Dr. Harold W. Attridge

Yale Divinity School

Joel S. Baden Exodus Podcast

Dr. Joel S. Baden

Yale Divinity School

Rev. Dr. David L. Bartlett

Rev. Dr. David L. Bartlett

Yale Divinity School

Dr. John J. Collins

Dr. John J. Collins

Yale Divinity School

Dr. Stephen L. Cook

Dr. Stephen L. Cook

Virginia Theological Seminary

Dr. Michal Beth Dinkler

Dr. Michal Beth Dinkler

Yale Divinity School

Dr. Bruce Gordon

Dr. Bruce Gordon

Yale Divinity School

Dr. Allen R. Hilton Philippians Podcast

Rev. Dr. Allen R. Hilton

House United

Dr. Yii-Jan Lin

Dr. Yii-Jan Lin

Yale Divinity School

Rev. Dr. Andrew McGowan

Rev. Dr. Andrew McGowan

Berkeley Divinity School at Yale

Dr. Jacqueline Vayntrub

Dr. Jacqueline Vayntrub

Yale Divinity School

Dr. Robert R. Wilson

Yale Divinity School

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