You’ve decided which Bible study you’re going to lead. You secured a room at the church, or someone’s home, or even a table at the local coffee shop. You’ve purchased your Bible study book and other materials. Now you just need to get the word out! We can help.
We have several resources available for promoting your Bible study. We want to help you get your friends and community excited about studying God’s Word with you, so we provide these free of charge.
There are four main ways we can help you tell others about your Bible study.
- Bible Studies Near You. Did you know we have an index of Bible studies? You can get to it by clicking the “Studies Near You” tab at the top of our blog or by clicking here. There, you can search for Bible studies in your area and list your Bible study so others can find it! This is a great way to find women who may be new to your area or perhaps women whose churches do not offer Bible studies at a time they can attend. We also often point women to this site to find a Bible study when they’re new to church and looking for a place to join in.
- Social Media. A lot of women find community and Bible study through social media these days. Why not post some quotes or pictures from your Bible study to drum up excitement? Social media is also a great place to share details—the where and when and how and why.
- A new thing we’re providing is tweets that go along with each study. This is new, so Redeemed by Angela Thomas-Pharr and Entrusted by Beth Moore are the two we have provided so far. You can get these by going to the Lifeway website page for the study (Redeemed is Lifeway.com/Redeemed, for example). Scroll down until you see the button that says, “Free Church Promo Kit.” Download the kit and you’ll find some printable resources as well as a PDF with tweets ready to send out! Entrusted has the promo pieces shown individually as well as available for download as a kit. Just click “Get All the Downloads Here.” Other studies, like The Armor of God or Hosea have tweetable quotes highlighted or noted in the margin of the Bible study book.
- Another thing we want to be sure you know is that you can steal from us. That is, we want you to steal our Instagram images and use them to help promote your Bible study. Just search the hashtag for the study (we try to print it somewhere in the Bible study book) you’re doing on Instagram or Twitter and see what we’ve posted. If @LifewayWomen posted it, feel free to download those images and use them for your accounts. We create them for you!
- Take pictures of your group! Once you have a study going, take pictures and post them to Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. People will ask how they can be a part. Be sure to tag us and the author you’re studying with so we can see your group.
- Print Resources. We’ve been providing print resources for groups and churches for a long time now. On many of our Bible study pages on Lifeway.com, you’ll see a link for church promotional items. With that download, you’ll receive customizable power point slides, bulletin inserts, and more, absolutely free. Use those to promote your study in your church and in your neighborhood (bulletin inserts make great flyers, too).
- On the Big Screen (or Small Screen). We make promotional videos for each of our Bible studies. We also often offer teaching clips to give groups a taste of what the video sessions will be like. We’d love for you to show those in your church or through social media. Just head to YouTube.com/LifeWayWomen to find those.
Those are a few ideas and resources we wanted to make sure you knew about, but we also want to hear from you. How do you get the word out about your Bible study? Tell us in the comments!
