Well, if you want the official definition, here it is:

     "Wesleyan Bible Bowl is an exciting Bible quizzing program designed to stimulate spiritual growth among youth of the Wesleyan Church. It seeks through the medium of competition to place the Word of God into the minds, hearts and lives of teenagers."

     Yes, it does mean lots of concentrated study, memorization, learning, and plain hard work, but the rewards are certainly worth it. Remember that it's God's Word you're studying, and anything can happen when one digs into His Word ... even miracles!

     Very generous scholarships are also awarded to the winning teams at the Area and General Level of competition.

WBB Includes:

• Spending time studying the Bible. Each quizzer will need to spend time studying and preparing for the next WBB match.

• Completing lessons in the study book each week. Study books are available for the book being studied. Each lesson includes: fill in the blanks, short questions, observations, life applications. questions to contemplate, fact finding mission and special projects.

• Memorizing selected passages for the book being studied. Many quizzers also memorize other sections and some memorize the whole book. The memory verses have to be learned word perfect. Even missing a "and" or "the" can cause you to be wrong in competition. But keep in mind that for life and ministry word perfect is not required; that's only for quizzing.

• Learning how to compete in a Christian way. District practice meets, meets you set up with other churches, or even a match against your church board or other adults provide an opportunity to see how well you have learned and let you prepare for the official district competition.

• Making new friends. Practice quiz meets and the official district competition provide an opportunity for teens to meet Christian teens from other churches.