A charge from Israel Bible Center on your credit card or bank statement is a recurring subscription fee for an online biblical studies school, and it almost always means a seven-day free trial rolled into a paid plan because it wasn’t canceled in time. The standard price is $13 per month or $119 per year, depending on which plan was selected at signup. You can stop future charges by canceling inside your student account.
What the Charge Is For
Israel Bible Center is an online school offering self-paced courses in Biblical Hebrew, Jewish context of the New Testament, prophecy, and archaeology.1Israel Bible Center. About Us2Israel Bible Center. Terms of Use3Israel Bible Center. What Are the Payment Methods
Two subscription tiers are advertised on the site: $13 per month, or $119 billed once a year.4Israel Bible Center. Tuition Reduced Some pages reference a $34 monthly price, which may reflect a different plan or promotional variation.5Israel Bible Center. FAQ Both plans renew automatically until canceled.6Israel Bible Center. Return Policy
Why the Charge Appeared After a Free Trial
The company promotes what it calls a “100% tuition free scholarship for a week,” which is a seven-day trial on either the monthly or yearly plan. The site states that users are not billed until seven days after signing up, at which point the trial converts to a paid subscription automatically.5Israel Bible Center. FAQ If you signed up for the trial and didn’t cancel before day seven, that’s where the charge came from.
A separate “free sneak peek” of sample lessons is offered without a credit card. That preview is a distinct, more limited offer and doesn’t generate a charge.7Israel Bible Center. Homepage
How to Cancel and Stop Future Charges
Cancellation is handled entirely through your account dashboard:
- Log in to your Student Account at IsraelBibleCenter.com.
- Go to the “My Profile” section.
- Open the “Subscription” or “Cancellation” tab (both are referenced on the site).
- Click “Cancel.”
Once you cancel, no further charges are billed, but course access continues through the end of the period you already paid for: the rest of the month for monthly subscribers, or the rest of the year for annual subscribers.2Israel Bible Center. Terms of Use If you’re still inside the seven-day trial, canceling before it ends avoids the charge entirely.8Israel Bible Center. Registration If the self-service option doesn’t work, the site directs users to submit a request through its “Contact Us” page.6Israel Bible Center. Return Policy
Can You Get a Refund
Israel Bible Center’s stated policy is that refunds are not offered under normal circumstances. The only exception applies to subscriptions purchased directly through a call center representative, which can be refunded if canceled within seven days of purchase. After that window, no refunds are granted regardless of how the subscription was bought, and subscriptions purchased online through the website do not qualify for refunds under the published policy.6Israel Bible Center. Return Policy
What to Do If Charges Continue or You Never Authorized One
If you canceled but are still being billed, or if you believe the charge was never properly authorized, the fastest step is a dispute (sometimes called a chargeback) through your bank or credit card issuer.
The Federal Trade Commission advises consumers charged for subscriptions they didn’t authorize or that continued after cancellation to open a dispute through the card issuer’s online portal or the customer service number on the back of the card. Keep records of every cancellation attempt, including dates, screenshots, and correspondence, and follow up any phone dispute with a written letter to the issuer’s billing dispute address.9Federal Trade Commission. How to Stop Subscriptions You Never Ordered
You can also report the charge to the FTC at ReportFraud.ftc.gov or contact your state attorney general’s office. Federal law under the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act requires online sellers to clearly disclose material terms before taking billing information, obtain express informed consent before charging, and provide a simple way to cancel.10Federal Trade Commission. Federal Trade Commission Announces Final Click-to-Cancel Rule Roughly 30 states have their own automatic-renewal laws, and some, including California and New York, impose stricter requirements than the federal baseline.