The 2026 Biblical Field Studies Application

Biblical Field Studies are funded study trips to biblical sites in Turkey for Bible scholars and teachers in the Majority World. The program is designed to equip Christian teachers and professors who work in the Majority World by introducing them to the geographical, historical, and social contexts of early Christianity. Biblical Field Studies are organized and funded by the Asia Minor Research Center and led by Dr. Jason Borges.

For the 2025 Biblical Field Studies tour, we had a wonderful time learning and celebrating the 1,700-year anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council with 15 scholars from around the world. The upcoming 2026 Biblical Field Studies offers an even more complete itinerary.

• June 12–Arrival in Antalya; welcome dinner.

• June 13–Visit Perge and Attalea. 

• June 14–Drive to Lycus Valley; visit Colossae and Laodicea. 

• June 15–Morning visit to Hierapolis, then stops in Philadelphia and Sardis.

• June 16–All day in Ephesus, at the ancient site and St. John's Basilica, then the Smyrna agora.

• June 17–Morning in Pergamon, then drive to Nicaea (Iznik)

• June 18–Visit Nicaea, then drive to Constantinople (Istanbul).

• June 19–Visit the top sites in Istanbul, including Hagia Sophia and Hagia Irene; dinner celebration.

• June 20–departure from Istanbul. 

For more information and the application form, visit https://www.biblicalturkey.org/biblicalfieldstudies . To help us spread the world, please share this post with biblical scholars and institutions in the Majority World.