2020 SUMMER STUDY PARTICIPANT GUIDEBOOK VISION to Know God’S Word and Make Him Known

2020 SUMMER STUDY PARTICIPANT GUIDEBOOK VISION To know God’s Word and make Him known.

MISSION To engage young people in the memorization and study of God’s Word and provide opportunities to proclaim it through local, national and broadcast competitions. TABLE OF CONTENTS

General Information...... 1

Summer Study ...... 2

Summer Study Resources...... 4

NBB Proclaim! Day...... 4

NBBC Qualifying Test...... 6

NBBC Qualifying Test Rules and Procedures...... 7

NBBC Qualifying Test Proctor Agreement ...... 11

National Bible Bee Competition...... 12

Disqualification...... 13 1 • NBB Participant Guidebook

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. DISQUALIFICATION NBB may disqualify, prior to or at any point during the Summer Study (or subsequent point subsequent any or at during priorthe StudyNBB (or to Summer disqualify, may NBBC), any participants with in not compliance the eligibility requirements or other requirements outlined in the National Bible Bee ParticipantGuidebook and Competition Rulebook Participants and parents/legal volunteers, expected are guardians treat each other, to hosts NBBand staff withcourtesy honorand these parties a standing is expectation immoral language, including, innuendos, obscene disrespectful but limited not to, remarks, speaking about and/or or diminishing the NBB or the NBB staffany or NBB parents/hosts/participants in a diminishing or disrespectful manner communicationinappropriate on the part any participant of or parent/legal guardian will participant be for grounds disqualification participationfrom in any partof NBB . personal to, including, but communication limited not of forms all This rule applies to contact, written e-mail correspondence, and social media . disqualification NBB of for Cheating will level any be at grounds suspected observed or is of be cheating to during the NBBC Qualifying and/or Test point any at during the competition, NBB staff investigate will have and incident the a determination and disqualify make to discretion the contestant if warranted .