That will be completely up to you and your specific needs. If you are the type who likes to highlight or make notes/underlines as you read, you may wish to have your own copy.

We understand that you may miss a class or two for various life-and-season reasons. We will do our best to supply you with any notes you may have missed from our lectures. And—we’d highly encourage you to dialog with a friend that week over what you studied, since you will have missed your group discussion time.

That said, if you are looking over your calendar and realize you are likely to miss a fair amount of classes, then maybe this semester isn’t the BEST time for you to take a class. Consider waiting until a future semester when you have a greater likelihood of full participation. You’ll be better for it.

Classes are primarily an independent, topical study (biblical theology, systematic theology, and spiritual disciplines), with the chief purpose of education and increasing your personal discipleship. Classes are for a set period of time (11 weeks), while Groups tend to have a more ongoing nature.

Similarly, our Studies are more of a “classroom” environment than a “living room” environment. Our studies focus on a line-by-line study of a specific passage of Scripture and are semester based (11 weeks) and meet in single-gender spaces for teaching.

At Gospel City, our Groups have a primary purpose of biblical community—caring for each other, holding each other accountable, and living out the “one another’s” of Scripture. Typically, small groups are not focused on learning outcomes like a class would be.

Classes, Studies, and Groups are not meant to be a substitute for one another, but rather are designed to come alongside one another in a complimentary way. Classes and Studies are committed to advancing biblical education, and Groups are committed to advancing biblical community.

While registering, you are able to name up to two other people you’d like to be seated with for discussion and we will do our best to accommodate those requests. However, we believe that Core classes are a great space for you to meet people who are potentially outside of your current circles. We’ve heard many great testimonies of new gospel friendships that were forged by participating in this class and meeting someone new.

After a few successful runs of Kids Core (Scripture + Doctrine), we are so very thankful to everyone who helped us, as well as all of the feedback that was provided. It is so powerful to sow these truths into the hearts of children.

We are continually evaluating ways to enhance and provide this type of content for kids and middle-grade students. We also know that coming back for a couple hours on a Sunday afternoon isn’t the most conducive or effective way to accomplish this. You can join us in prayer as we are considering new options for teaching biblical theology, doctrinal truths, and Christian living to our kids at early stages.

For now, Kids Core will not be offered during the 2025/2026 ministry year. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

While classes are available to some school-age children (4th-8th grade), there is no onsite childcare for this class. You will need to make other offsite arrangements for your younger children. We would also ask that you not bring your young children to sit and wait for you in the lobby. 

Our Core Classes are designed to be taken in-person only.

We’re thrilled that you’ve already made the commitment to your spiritual maturation. One of the best ways to employ what you’ve learned and further put it into practice is to TEACH it to someone else. Consider taking the class again as a table facilitator for the adults, or by jumping into a Core Class for middle-grade students and helping us teach the next generation.

While challenging, these Core Classes are only scratching the surface of the deep riches that God has revealed in His Word. Both the Core Scripture and Core Doctrine classes are quick overviews of biblical and systematic theology, and we could easily spend well over 11 weeks on any one single topic addressed in those classes.

That said, we offer a one-year program—Academy—that is available to church members who have completed both Core Scripture & Core Doctrine classes. Academy is designed to be a more intensive and rigorous program than our Core Classes. They will be a limited class size, and you will need to apply (vs register) to participate. (Currently, Academy will not be offered again until Fall 2026)

In the meantime, reference the bonus resources in the appendixes of your Core workbooks for recommended reading on specific subjects to go deeper on your own.