Pathfinder Bible Experience – PBE

The Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) is an extra-curricular program introducing Pathfinders to Bible study through trivia-style testing.

Each year, a book or books (alternating Old Testament and New Testament) are assigned for study and memorization. Pathfinders ( teams of six club members) are tested at three levels to advance to the final testing round, along with other North American Division teams.  While PBE may be perceived as a competition, Pathfinders challenge themselves more than they compete against other teams or clubs because everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve a first-place position at every level. Trans-European Division and some parts of Canadian Pathfinders have joined this event. Languages that have joined other than English are Spanish, French, Portuguese, Korean, and Ukrainian.

2025 Study Material:
  1.  The Epistle of Paul to the Romans (English- Pathfinder NKJV)
  2. The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians (English- Pathfinder NKJV)
  3.  Romanos -RVR1995 (Español)
  4. 1 Corintios -RVR1995 (Español)
  5.  Romans, Andrews Bible Commentary (English)
  6. Corinthians, Andrews Bible Commentary (English)
  7. Romanos & Corintios, Andrews Bible Commentary (Español)
  • Testing Dates:
  • Area: January 18, 2025 (Local in-person)
  • Potomac Conference:  February 08, 2025 (Southern Asia SDA, MD)
  • Columbia Union: March 8, 2025 (Takoma Academy, Takoma Park, MD (host: AEC)
  • NAD:  April 25-26, 2025 (Battle Creek, MI) 

PBE Forms and Instructions:

  1.  Club Registration Form.  Due 10/30/2024. Please copy this link to access the form:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lrQAdii6mXWxX3Th310_sJRrybps27Ab1up-BTGu3wk/edit
  2. Team Registration Form.   For the Union and Division levels, please follow their specific instructions. Please copy this link to access the form for Area: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jbl-olia8XuKXw0LLS0qZgwGYx5dWqLr5K3oIrzYuY8/edit
  3.  Statement of Integrity Form. This is due on the morning of each testing date at the area, conference, and union levels. For the Union and Division levels, please follow their specific instructions. PBE_StatementOfIntegrity
  4.  Media (video/photography) Release Form.  Each club will keep this in their files and bring it to each level test. In case a situation arises, this form should be readily accessible. For the Division level, please follow their specific instructions. PBE_Media_VideographyPhotographyReleaseForm

Resources:

  1.  Chapters and Verses Counts (sample of division): Romans + Corinthians_ Chapter & Verses Count
  2. Romans ( Always double check accuracy before using this): Romans First Letters Only, Romans Text + First Letters
  3. First Corinthians (Always double check accuracy before using this): 1st Corinthians First Letters Only, 1st Corinthians Text + First Letters
  4. Second Corinthians (Always double check accuracy before using this): 2nd Corinthians First Letters Only, 2nd Corinthians Text + First Letters
  5. https://nadpbe.org
  6. https://pbeacademy.com/index.html
  7. https://www.readyanswers.org
  8. https://quizlet.com
  9. https://pbequizengine.com
  10.  PBEprep.com

Potomac PBE Area Testing Results Live Broadcast

 

For Coach of the Year Submission, click here

For Media Submission, click here