Month: August 2015

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What is Bible Quizzing?

A Scripture memorization program in which students form a very young age up through high school can learn a large number of specific verses over the course of about ten months. They form teams from their local church and compete with other Apostolic church teams from around the state playing a game that tests them on their knowledge of the Scriptures they’ve memorized. This year, the material we are covering is from Romans (Senior Division), James, 1 & 2 Peter, and 1 John (Juniors and Beginners).

Who can participate?

Students:
Any child ages 4-18 who can memorize a verse and answer a question. By the end of the Quiz year, with faithful dedication and support, the Seniors will have learned 433 verses, the Juniors 267, and the Beginners 175.

Parents:
The parents form the backbone of a successful Bible Quizzing team; they play a vital role in daily encouragement, accountability, and teaching, especially in the Beginner and Junior divisions.

Coaches:
The coaches work along with the parents, guiding the students through the process of memorizing, quoting, and playing the game. They officiate at weekly practice, inspiring and encouraging the team to do their best, together and individually. They lead the team at monthly district tournaments, and also at national.

Volunteers:
Also needed are support staff in various areas—adults who may not be parents nor feel the burden to coach, but are critical to the process, whether helping with the buzzer system or keeping score during practice, judging at tournaments, fundraising, carpooling to practices and tournaments, giving a donation to the program, or childcare.

All these are important components of a great Bible Quizzing experience.

When does the season begin?

Now! The students are encouraged to start memorizing their verses (King James Version, word-for-word) just as soon as they can. Practices will begin the first week in September.

Important Upcoming Dates

August 22, 10am-3pm: Bible Quizzing workshop at Apostolic Christian Church, 1532 Standish Ave, Indianapolis, IN.

September 26, 10am: District Tournament, at Covenant Christian Schools in Bloomington, IN

*check the Facebook page for updates on all quizzing events: Indiana District ALJC Bible Quizzing

WHY should we do Bible Quizzing?

Because it provides the structure for us to apply the mandate given by God in Deuteronomy 6: “And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up…”

Families who commit themselves to Bible Quizzing find themselves quoting, talking, and studying Scripture together often throughout the day. The atmosphere of the home changes. The students surprise themselves and their parents with how much they can actually memorize. They make lifelong friends, they learn how to operate as a team, and their academic skills even improve. Most of all, their lives are changed forever by making the eternal Word of God a priority in their day.

You can’t spend time in the Word and it not affect you. You can’t commit these words to memory and not be changed. It is a powerful weapon in the hand of a mighty warrior—of any age—who has learned how to handle it. It is the means by which we can know our God. And if there’s ever been a day when the world needs people who know Him and who know the truth of His Word, it is today.