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BSA is typically $49.95/month, but it's currently on sale for $29.95 during the month of April.  You can get a14-day free trialto check it out first. No risk, no obligation!

If you love BSA, do nothing—your payment method will be charged and your membership will continue. You can pause or cancel anytime with just a click.

Absolutely!  You'll start with a 14-day trial then be charged for your first month (or year if annual pay is selected.) If you don't love  BSA, send us an email at[email protected] and we will refund 100% of your investment. You will have 26 days from the date of your first payment. Between trial and money-back guarantee period, you have 40 days to try BSA risk-free!

We accept Paypal and all major credit cards.

They can, although we don't have any plans to raise rates in the near future.  We just launched in Sept. 2024 and see ourselves possibly raising rates every couple of years, Netflix style.  So you may see a modest increase in 2026.  Of course, we'd give written notice first.

Unfortunately, our system does not allow us to offer discounts.  

A few key points:

• As an active BSA member, you'll get access to all courses we've created as well as any courses we create while you are a member
• Sold separately are: Bart's debates, our annual New Insights Into the New Testament conference, Bart's books, Bart's trips/cruises, Bart's speaking/consulting services.
• Your BSA subscription is similar to a Netflix subcription for movies.  You have access to our courses as long as you're an active subscriber.  If you pause or cancel, you would lose access to the courses unless you purchased the standalone version of the courses.

Learn more about what's included in your BSA membership at this link.

There are currently 25 courses in the vault, most ranging from 4 to 8 lessons, although we also have some single-lecture courses and two university-length courses (16-28 lectures).  You also get Bart's monthly "Spotlight Series" which is a webinar and Q&A but does not include extra course resources.

Last update: Feb. 2025

Absolutely! All courses are available on-demand, and new content is added regularly.

Yes! We host regular new course recordings including 3 university-length courses per year (typically 2 live classes per week) which we run in the winter, summer, and fall.  Additionally, we average 8 smaller courses per year.  All of these are included in BSA membership.  We also offer live AMAs, book clubs, and mixers every month where you can engage in real-time.

Yes! BSA is designed for everyone whether you're a curious beginner or more advanced in your studies. We have a strict "no academic jargon" requirement which requires our instructors to define any terms that aren't commonly known.

Discussion groups (like a Facebook group, but way more active!)are open 24/7 for posting, commenting, and direct messaging.
Live events (mixers, AMAs, trivia nights) happen on Zoom and bring the community together in real-time.

Between trivia, AMA's, community mixers, book club meetings, and more—we hold a LOT of monthly events.  But there's no obligation.  You can attend as many or as few events  as you'd like.  Or attend none and simply enjoy the course offerings!  We record all instructional events for playback later (Example: AMA's, Book Club, or Bart's Spotlight series) but don't record member mixers.

Yes, just like Netflix, your access to courses and community features is tied to your active membership. If you cancel, you’ll retain access until the end of your billing period, but after that, you’ll no longer be able to watch courses or participate in community events. Of course, you’re always welcome to rejoin anytime and pick up where you left off! You can also purchase the courses as standalone courses at www.bartehrman.com/courses, which is sort of like the equivalent of "owning the DVD" in the Netflix example.

You’ll receive an email with login details to Circle after signing up.  Circle is our course & community platform.  You can access BSA  on Circle anytime from your browser or mobile device.

BSA access allows you to stream all courses included in your membership while your subscription is active. If you cancel your BSA membership, you lose access.

ThriveCart is our standalone course purchase platform.  Standalone course purchases give youlifetime accessto a course, independent of BSA membership, in our ThriveCart course platform. Courses purchased this way are yours to keep forever.

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  Example Scenarios:
  If you join BSA to watch "The New Testament: Exploring the Christian Bible", you can access the course as long as your membership is active. However, if you cancel BSA, you’ll lose access unless you purchase it separately via ThriveCart.
• If you purchase access to the New Insights Into the New Testament conference (not included in BSA), you’ll have lifetime access via ThriveCart. Whether you’re in BSA or not doesn’t change that.

Yes, we use Zoom Webinar and Zoom Meeting software for events and live mixers which allows you to attend by desktop computer, tablet, or cell phone.

You can access courses in our Circle platform on your regular web browser (such as Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, etc) or on your table or cell phone.  Circle has an Android and iOS app!

We've got you covered!  First, we have video instructions when you sign up to guide you through BSA on our Circle platform.  Next, we have a BSA community manager, assistant community manager, along with other admins to help with any questions you have.  Our BSA members are also very helpful and are known to jump in and help as well!  Finally, you can always email us at[email protected] and we'll get you sorted ASAP.

We use Zoom for most of our community events.  Zoom has a variety of options for creating closed captioning in webinars or meetings you attend, which provides subtitles of the spoken in-meeting communications. This may be used for participants to easily follow the conversations or to meet accessibility requirements. 

Circle is our course platform and offers transcripts of the course videos.

If you plan to interact in live events, you will at least need a microphone on your desktop/tablet/moble device.  A camera would be even better, though! If you just want to use BSA to watch courses and live recordings of courses, no microphone or camera is needed. Zoom Webinar conference software only allows the presenters to speak. Attendees are hidden during the lecture recording so you don't need to worry about having a camera or being seen.