Pathfinders across the country have been studying and memorizing the books of Romans and 1 Corinthians. After months of preparation, 23 Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) teams gathered at Minnetonka Christian Academy on March 22, 2025, for the Union-level testing event.

To reach this level, Pathfinders first demonstrated their knowledge at the Area and Conference levels. The top-scoring teams advanced to the Union-level event. Ayla J. (Grade 9) from the Mountain Grove Trailblazers shared, “It was a really good experience to learn God’s Word, and it felt like a miracle to get first place!”

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Of the 23 teams that participated at the Union level, 17 earned the opportunity to move on to the Division-level testing in Battle Creek, Michigan. Below are the results by conference:

Central States

  • The Mountain Experience SDA, Club Wise Believers, Team Wise Believers Team 1 – 2nd Place

  • The Mountain Experience SDA, Club Wise Believers, Team Wise Believers Team 2 – 3rd Place

  • United Central SDA, Club United, Team United Doves – 3rd Place

  • United Central SDA, Club United, Team United Panthers – 3rd Place

Dakota

  • Hot Springs SDA, Club Black Hills Lightbearers, Team Black Hills Lightbearers – 2nd Place

  • Cleveland SDA, Club Cleveland Prairie Trails, Team The SIRS – 1st Place

Iowa-Missouri

  • College Park SDA, Club College Park Tigers, Team Roaring 4 Christ – 1st Place

  • Sedalia SDA, Club Sedalia Pioneers, Team Pioneers – 1st Place

  • Mountain Grove SDA, Club Mountain Grove Trailblazers, Team Trailblazers – 1st Place

  • Ankeny SDA, Club Ankeny Sonseekers, Team FBI – 1st Place

  • Ankeny SDA, Club Ankeny Sonseekers, Team CIA – 1st Place

  • Cedar Rapids SDA, Club Cedar Rapids Timberwolves, Team Rome – 1st Place

Kansas-Nebraska

  • College View SDA, Club College View Trailblazers, Team Aristibulus – 1st Place

  • Chapel Oaks SDA, Club KC Explorers, Team The Household of Stephanus – 1st Place

Minnesota

  • Kenya Community SDA, Club KCC Heaven’s Crew, Team KCC Doves – 1st Place

  • Kenya Community SDA, Club KCC Heaven’s Crew, Team KCC Eagles – 1st Place

  • Southview SDA, Club Southview Sabers, Team Spears – 1st Place

  • Southview SDA, Club Southview Sabers, Team Thunder – 1st Place

  • Rochester SDA, Club SE MN Rangers, Team Swords – 1st Place

  • Ramsey SDA, Club Light of the World, Team Warriors for Christ – 1st Place

Rocky Mountain

  • Campion SDA, Club Loveland Cougars, Team Loveland Cougars – 1st Place

  • Aurora Hispanic SDA, Club Las Aguilas, Team Las Aguilas – 1st Place

  • Littleton SDA, Club Littleton Lights, Team Littleton Lights PBE – 2nd Place

Youth Directors, Area Coordinators, and Pathfinder Directors across the Mid-America Union are proud of every team that participated in PBE this year. We continue to pray for those advancing to the Division-level event in Battle Creek this April.

—Alicia Spaid, PBE Coordinator

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