Target audience

Egyptian Christian Primary students (ages 9-12) and their families and their Sunday-school teachers, who will all be involved in helping the children in this competition. Serving all denominations and confessions and people from all stratum of society. 

Type of Resource and Content

Highly Subsidized Bible Study Activity Booklets have a specific focus each year, such as The Life of Christ, or a specific book of the Bible, etc.
Free Illustrated Bibles and Bible Story Books given as prizes for top winners (8%)
Quiz Show Competition events with special prizes for the winners and small Scripture gifts for everyone also include music and drama.
Special prizes for competition winners such as household items, toys, cosmetics/creams, etc. (donations from local businesses).

Project Summary and Feedback

Each summer we produce a new activity booklet designed to encourage systematic Bible Study of a specific book or topic, challenging thousands of primary students, age 9-12, to read God's Word. The churches follow-up and the Sunday School teachers grade the booklets and the Bible Society provides valuable Scripture prizes for the top 8%.  The Bible Society also works with the churches to create Quiz show competitions based on the booklet. This is an important motivational factor. These events also include music and drama, extra prizes for the competition winners and small Scripture gifts for everyone.

 Mariam said “I have 2 children, in 5th and 6th grade, who are doing the children’s Bible Study workbooks. We sit together and do the study together and all help each other.  We encourage each other.  We usually do it before we go to sleep in the evenings.  I am glad to do this with my girls.”

 A young mother shared, “I was not attending church and I didn’t read my Bible.  Fr. Mousa encouraged me by giving me the Bible and a Competition booklet, and told me to come, and I was immediately hooked!  When I finished the booklet, I immediately started the next, always begging for the next competition.  Of course, I did all of the Think and Play competition booklets that were for the Sunday-School kids!”