Before you go
And why so many travelers come home reading the Bible differently
A group trip to the places of the Bible, built around Scripture and led by your church. Here is what it is, what a day looks like, and where groups go.
A Christian expedition is a group trip to the places of the Bible, planned for a church or ministry and open to the people it invites. Each day you stand where the events of Scripture happened, read the passages there with your group, and learn the history from a guide who knows the sites well.
It looks like a tour from the outside: flights, hotels, a coach. What happens inside the days is different, and it is why so many people come home reading the Bible in a new way.
Breakfast, then the coach. Most days start early. Many groups pray or read a psalm together as the coach pulls away.
The sites, with a guide who knows them. A licensed guide explains the history and the archaeology, and points out what the text says happened there.
Scripture where it happened. At the key sites the group stops to read and listen: the Beatitudes on the hillside above Galilee, Acts 17 on Mars Hill, Revelation 2 in the theater at Ephesus.
Time to take it in. Good itineraries leave space at the major sites for people to sit, pray or simply look.
Dinner together. Most days end with a group dinner at the hotel, where the group becomes a group. Your tour director goes over the next day before everyone heads off.
Many groups share communion at the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, and many travelers are baptized in the Jordan River. Pastors teach on a boat on the Sea of Galilee, on the steps of the Temple, and in the ruins of the churches Paul wrote to. We arrange the places and the timing, and your group leader leads.
Every route we run is on our destinations page.
Most run nine to thirteen days. Israel is usually ten to twelve, Greece and Turkey ten to thirteen, and the Seven Churches of Revelation about eight.
Most church expeditions to Israel are priced between about $3,600 and $5,750 per person including group airfare, and Greece and Turkey from about $4,400 to $7,700. See what an expedition costs for what sits inside the price.
You need to walk a few miles across a day, manage steps and stand for stretches at a time. Ancient sites have uneven ground and few lifts. Tell us in advance about anything that affects your mobility.
No. Churches often invite family, friends and other congregations, and many travelers join a trip led by a church they do not attend. Ask the group leader, or call us.
Yes. Many travelers join a group on their own. If you would rather not pay a single room supplement, we can try to pair you with a roommate.
About a year. Flights and the best hotels are the constraint. See our planning timeline or how leading an expedition works.
Tell us roughly where you want to go, when, and how many of you there might be. We will come back with an itinerary and a full price, with no deposit and no commitment.