Come Follow Me 2026 · Old Testament
The Best Come Follow Me Resources for 2026 (Old Testament), Compared
Start with the Church’s own manual, Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Old Testament 2026, free in the Gospel Library app, and use its linked Scripture Helps for context. For deeper study, the followHIM podcast and Scripture Central’s weekly resources are excellent and free. If you teach a class and want a complete, ready-to-teach lesson plan for your class each week, with slides and audio, that is what Gospel Study App adds.
Gospel Study App publishes this page. We’ve tried to describe every resource fairly, including our own, and to point you first to the Church’s materials. Gospel Study App is not an official Church product. Last reviewed October 2026.
The Church’s official resources (free)
The Church released these for 2026; they are the foundation for personal, family, and class study, and the manual is the curriculum for Primary, Sunday School, Young Women, and Aaronic Priesthood.
Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Old Testament 2026
The weekly study guide and the curriculum for home and Church classes, with teaching ideas, discussion questions, and new artwork.
Where: Gospel Library app, ChurchofJesusChrist.org
Scripture Helps: Old Testament
Historical context, prophetic commentary, and answers to common questions, built on the institute student manuals and linked throughout the manual.
Where: Gospel Library
Insights from the Apostles
A monthly video in which a member of the Quorum of the Twelve teaches from an Old Testament passage.
Where: Gospel Library, the digital manual
Old Testament Stories
Illustrated stories and videos for families with Primary-age children.
Where: Gospel Library, Gospel for Kids on YouTube, printed copies
Games, stories, and activities for children
Teaching helps matched to each week, for parents and Primary leaders.
Where: Linked from each week of the manual
Gospel Learning and Teaching
A weekly email and social posts with insights and teaching tips.
Where: Church email subscriptions, Facebook, Instagram
Popular independent resources (free)
Many members pair the manual with a weekly podcast or video. Three of the most widely used:
followHIM · Hank Smith and John Bytheway
A weekly podcast and video with a different scholar each week, going chapter by chapter through the reading. Good for deep personal study and for teachers preparing their own lesson.
Format: Podcast, video
Scripture Central · A nonprofit (formerly Book of Mormon Central)
Weekly Come Follow Me resources, including John Hilton III’s “Finding Christ in the Old Testament,” which traces how each week’s reading points to Jesus Christ.
Format: Podcast, video, articles
Don’t Miss This · Independent
A weekly video study of the reading, popular with individuals and families who want an approachable walkthrough.
Format: Video
What Gospel Study App adds
Gospel Study App is built for the people who prepare a lesson every week. It follows the Church’s Come Follow Me schedule and adds:
- Lesson plans by class, every week: Younger Primary, Older Primary, Youth, and Adult Sunday School, each with an opening question, discussion, and an activity.
- Relief Society and Elders Quorum lessons for every General Conference talk, so whichever talk your presidency assigns is ready, and Young Women and Aaronic Priesthood lessons for each Sunday.
- Explain It: each week’s chapters explained at five levels, from Primary kids to scholars.
- Line upon Line: the King James text verse by verse, beside a plain-English explanation.
- Narrated slides, scripture art, and printables to put on the classroom screen or the fridge, and audio for the commute.
- Family home evening lessons built on the week’s story.
It is free to try. Premium, for unlimited lessons and downloads (PDF, PowerPoint, and Google Slides), is $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year.
At a glance
| Resource | Best for | Format | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church manual and Gospel Library | Everyone: the starting point and the curriculum | Manual, app, video, stories | Free |
| Scripture Helps: Old Testament | Context and answers to hard questions | Reference in Gospel Library | Free |
| followHIM | Deep study with scholars | Podcast, video | Free |
| Scripture Central | Seeing Christ in the Old Testament | Podcast, video, articles | Free |
| Don’t Miss This | An approachable weekly walkthrough | Video | Free |
| Gospel Study App | Teachers who want a full lesson plan for their class, and families who want visuals and audio | Lesson plans, study tools, slides, audio | Free to try; Premium $4.99/mo |
How to put them together
- Personal study: read the week’s chapters with the manual, look up hard passages in Scripture Helps, and listen to a podcast on a walk.
- Teaching a class: start from the manual’s ideas, then use a lesson plan for your class and the week’s slides to bring it together.
- Families: use Old Testament Stories and the Church’s children’s activities, plus a family home evening lesson and a coloring page.
Questions
What is the official Come Follow Me resource for 2026?
The Church’s “Come, Follow Me—For Home and Church: Old Testament 2026” manual, free in the Gospel Library app and on ChurchofJesusChrist.org. It is the curriculum for home study and for Primary, Sunday School, Young Women, and Aaronic Priesthood classes.
Is Gospel Study App an official Church resource?
No. Gospel Study App is an independent study companion built around the Church’s Come, Follow Me schedule. It is not an official product of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the Church’s manual remains the place to start.
Where can I find a ready-to-teach Come Follow Me lesson plan for my class?
The Church’s manual includes ideas for teaching at home and in class. For a complete lesson plan written for a specific class (Younger Primary, Older Primary, Youth, or Adult Sunday School), plus Relief Society and Elders Quorum lessons from General Conference talks, Gospel Study App publishes one each week.
What are good Come Follow Me podcasts for the Old Testament in 2026?
Popular free options include followHIM, hosted by Hank Smith and John Bytheway with a guest scholar each week, and Scripture Central’s “Finding Christ in the Old Testament” with John Hilton III. Don’t Miss This publishes a weekly video study as well.
Are these Come Follow Me resources free?
The Church’s resources are free, and so are the podcasts and videos named here. Gospel Study App is free to try; Premium, for unlimited lessons and downloads, is $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year.