Foundations21 was devised by Tony Bradley, who approached BRF in September 2000 with the idea of a multimedia web-based discipleship resource. Since then a team of people – in Abingdon, Oxford, Birmingham, and Bangalore, India – have been involved in bringing Foundations21 to life. As far as we know it’s the first of its kind, anywhere in the world.

Foundations21 was first launched in July 2006 on a paid-subscription basis and has gradually built up a loyal core group of users for whom it has become a significant resource for their Christian journey.

However, it has become clear that the prevailing view about the Internet is that content should be free, and although many people have expressed admiration and respect for Foundations21 and for what it provides, its subscription basis is regarded as an obstacle to it being taken up and used more widely by individuals, churches and Christian organisations.

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About the program

Foundations21 provides a wealth of resources for discipleship and lifelong Christian learning. Its learning environment comprises twelve Rooms, each of which focuses on a single theme.

Within each Room are four Pathways which reflect four different learning styles. When you start Foundations21, you can take the Gospel Learning Style Quiz to find out which of the pathways is most likely to suit the way you like to learn.

There are three different Levels within each pathway: the first explores the essentials, the second looks deeper, and the third goes further still, allowing you to study the themes in greater detail.

Each Level contains two Waymarkers (a Waymarker is a series of pages for you to explore) with content to read, video to watch, web links to explore, and assignments to complete. Each time you complete an assignment it is saved to your online Journal, so you have a record of your journey through Foundations21. The email facility enables you to keep in touch with others if you wish, and to share your insights, questions and reflections with them.

Foundations21 includes a library of additional resources where you can check out information, put it in context and discover who, what, when and why! A Cyclopedia and a Timewall combine to answer the questions you might want to ask about the history, people and key beliefs of Christians down the ages. The Foundations21 website itself has more than 3,500 pages, with content drawn from a range of authors, organisations and publishers, and including more than four hours of original video and more than 7,500 weblinks.

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