One Year. One Book. One Goal.

Make Disciples.

Our
DNA

  • Making disciples who make disciples.

    The purpose and mission of GCBI is to send Jesus followers into His mission after equipping them with a more thorough understanding of the Scriptures while living in daily spiritual community. 

  • We only have one textbook.

    The Bible, which consistently points to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, is our only approved textbook and always will be. 

  • We live life in community.

    The Scriptures are meant to be learned in community, and so we strive to establish a community as an outcropping of the local church as a life-learning laboratory.

  • We want to serve the local church.

    Our aim is to grow the members of local churches and to serve all local churches in our communities because the church is and always will be Jesus' plan to reach the world. 

  • We collaborate rather than compete.

    God’s family is big, and we are all on the same team, so we strive to work together with any like minded and Christ-centered ministry or church.

Making Disciples since 2007

Founded as a single school in 2007 by Dr. Randy Smith, GCBI has grown into an international movement of Jesus followers passionate about equipping people with the tools to become Biblically literate disciples who are obedient to the Great Commission.