The State Bible Drill Competition was recently held at the Arkansas Baptist State Convention building with a panel of judges in the youth and high school divisions.

This annual event culminates months of memorisation and practice calls by the students and their leaders. By the time the competitors arrive, they have competed at the church and regional level. Part of each competition involves knowing where to find specific Scripture passages based on a one-word descriptor and quoting multiple verses.

Aubrey Lee, a 10^th grader from Grandview Baptist Church in Berryville, placed first in the high school competition. She will represent Arkansas at the national competition in North Carolina in June. In her first year to participate in Bible Drill, Alicia Lentz, an 11^th grader from Rudd Baptist Church in Green Forest, placed second.

In the youth division, placing first was Aaden Thompson, a ninth grader from Harvest Baptist Church in Paragould. He will represent Arkansas in the national competition as well. For the first time in recent memory there was a tie for second place between Julia Lentz, an eigth grader from Rudd Baptist Church and Noah Darnell, a ninth grader from First Baptist Church in Pea Ridge.

The first-place winners of each division also received a partial scholarship to Super Summer.

A key part of each competition is the person known as the “caller,” whose job it is to clearly call out each passage and check for accuracy when passages are quoted.

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