GNYC Adventist Youth Ministries

Pathfinder Bible Experience

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly …” (Colossians 3:16)

About

The purpose of the Pathfinder Bible Experience is to promote and encourage in-depth Bible study and memorization of the Bible by Pathfinders, so their understanding of scripture will increase and their relationship to Christ will grow.

The Pathfinder Bible Experience was developed to help Pathfinders and young people meditate and reflect on what the Bible says and how it applies to their lives. It features ideas for application to help Pathfinders use what they study and apply it to their daily experience at home, school and church.

The Pathfinder Bible Experience is the Official North American Division Pathfinder Bible study program. Pathfinders from across North America are committing to memory verses, chapters and books of the Bible as part of The Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE). PBE is a wonderful starting point for Bible study and a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ. But memorization is just the beginning.

YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE USE THE GOOGLE FORM FOR THE REGISTRATION UNTIL YOU SIGN IN TO A GOOGLE ACCOUNT.

Testing

Area level events bring together all the PBE teams from within one area of the 6 areas of the Greater New York Conference. Obviously you want at least two teams and preferably more in an area event. Ideally an area event would include two to ten teams, but it is possible to have more.

Online Registration before December 16th, 2022 is required to participate in the 2023 Bible Experience program.
ALL registration MUST be done online – including the submission of the signed PBE registration, statement of integrity, and media release forms.
All Pathfinders participating at any Bible Experience Level must be officially registered as Pathfinder by their directors with the conference for that year - with all registration fees paid.
All Pathfinders participating at any Bible Experience Level must be inducted into their local club to participate in the PBE.
All Pathfinders participating at any Bible Experience Level must wear their Class-A uniform including sash even if they have no honors on it.

All 3 forms needed for registration are available for download by clicking on the buttons below. The "PBE Team Registration" form will be downloaded directly to your computer while the "Statement of Integrity" and the "Videography/Photography Release" forms will open in your browser first and you need to manually download them.
The "PBE Team Registration" form is an editable MS Word document. Before printing it out, you may want to type in all the required information first and print it just for the pastor to sign.

Register

Testing Levels

Please click on the button below to learn more about the different levels of PBE testing.

And a video clip of some of the experiences lived during previous PBE testings.

Resources

Here are some resources that will help better prepare our PBE teams for 2024 testings:

Audio Bible and Text for the Book of Joshua

Please scroll down to the chapter you would like to listen.

JOSHUA 1

JOSHUA 12:1-6

JOSHUA 12:1-6 (six verses only)

JOSHUA 12:1-6 (six verses only)

JOHN 2

JOHN 3

JOHN 4

JOHN 5

JOHN 6

JOHN 7

JOHN 8

JOHN 9

JOHN 10

JOHN 11

JOHN 12

JOHN 13

JOHN 14

JOHN 15

JOHN 16

JOHN 17

JOHN 18

JOHN 19

JOHN 20

JOHN 21

PBE - An Introduction for Leaders and Teams.
Maybe you've wanted to participate in the Pathfinder Bible Experience with your Pathfinder club, but don't know how to begin. Pastor Gene Clapp, NAD PBE Coordinator explains the basics for you.

Pathfinder Bible Experience How To Guide.
This guide contains all the information you need to prepare your PBE team.

SDA Bible Commentrary Intro to the Gospel of John.
Click on the button below to download the SDA Bible Commentary Intro to the Gospel of John in PDF format.
You can also find this document divided into 6 segments (for a PBE team of 6 Pathfinders) on pages 2 and 3 of the "Chart for Assigning Bible Chapters and SDA Bible Commentary Introductions" toward the bottom of this page.

SDA Bible Commentrary Intro to the Gospel of John
(AUDIO).
Click on the button below to download and listen to the SDA Bible Commentary Intro to the Gospel of John in audio format.

Coaching Techniques from NAD Pathfinder YouTube channel.

QUIZLET Flashcard Sets for 2023 PBE - Click on the button below to access the available sets of flashcards.

YOU MUST SIGN UP WITH QUIZLET TO USE ALL THE FLASHCARDS. It is free!

Unofficial Pathfinder Bible Experience 2023 - Gospel According to John Memorization Guides from readyanswers.org. Click on the button below to access the guides.

PBE Quiz Engine offers dozens of quizzes on each chapter of the Gospel of John. The quizzes are by chapter, making it easy to practice on a specific chapter pbequizengine.com. Click on the button below to access the quizzes.

Biblememory.com. The Bible Memory App makes it easy for you to Memorize, Organize, and Review verses. biblememory.com. Click on the button below to use this tool.

Chart for Assigning Bible Chapters and SDA Bible Commentary Introductions.
For those PBE teams who have a working method for assigning Bible chapters and the SDA Bible Commentary introduction, please continue with what works best for you. The chart below is intended primarily for the new PBE teams. This might help to facilitate the task of assigning the chapters and Bible commentary for each team member.

Please click on the button below to download the Microsoft Word version of the chart (please check your "Download" folder for the downloaded file.)