About - CMD Bible Quizzing

Who We Are

Quizzing is a ministry of the Christian and Missionary Alliance and Canadian Midwest Quizzing comes under the authority of the Canadian Midwest District of the C&MA.

CMD Bible Quizzing is a non-profit organization with charitable status recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency. It is governed according to the Canadian Midwest Quizzing Constitution.

Vision

The vision is “to assist teens to connect with God in a deeper way by experiencing Him and expanding His Kingdom.”

Mission Statement

The mission of quizzing is to see visible evidence of the application of God’s Word in the lifestyle of each participant.

Purpose

CMD Bible Quizzing is a Bible memorization program developed for teens in Grade 7 to Grade 12 (view our eligibility policy). Through weekly practices run by adult volunteer coaches in their home church, teens systematically study and memorize books from the New Testament.

CMD Bible Quizzing prepares a schedule of material to be studied weekly by each local group. The study material is taken from the New International Version (NIV 2011).

CMD Bible Quizzing also schedules and runs several weekend tournaments during the school year when teens and adults gather as teams from across Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northern Ontario to compete on the verses they have memorized. In addition to the competitive aspect of these tournaments, the weekend events include social activities and worship services. Meals for the weekend are included in the registration cost and lodging is provided by volunteer billets from the host homes (screened according to CMD’s Plan to Protect policy).

In organizing these events, CMD desires to provide a weekend “retreat” experience for both participants and volunteers, allowing them to connect with others in the family of God as well as facilitate opportunities for spiritual refreshment.

Each year quizzers can apply/qualify for other invitational tournaments featuring quizzers from other districts.

The CMD executive committee meets during the year to discuss organizational matters. The executive committee appoints sub-committee members to assist in the running of quiz meets.

Beyond Our Borders

CMD also desires to go beyond itself in reaching the world with the powerful gospel of Christ found within the pages of the Bible. To accomplish this, CMD develops partnerships with overseas projects and approves special projects each year. Through prayer and financial support, and the sending of short-term teams, CMD desires to build God’s kingdom by building up quizzing programs outside of Canada.

CMD Committees

Canadian Midwest District’s executive committee (DEXCOM) of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) appoints the director of Canadian Midwest District Bible Quizzing for a two-year term. The CMD director selects an executive committee to oversee the administration of CMD.

Executive Committee

executivecommittee@cmdbiblequizzing.org

Director: Jeff Haight
director@cmdbiblequizzing.org
Financial treasurer: Sandie Ross
treasurer@cmdbiblequizzing.org
Secretary: Nial Willems
secretary@cmdbiblequizzing.org
District registrar: DeAnne Funk
registrar@cmdbiblequizzing.org
Head quizmaster: Luke Shevkenek
quizmaster@cmdbiblequizzing.org
Eastern zone coordinator: Jenn Hildebrand
eastern@cmdbiblequizzing.org
North Saskatchewan zone coordinators: Jeff and Lana Haight
northernsaskatchewan@cmdbiblequizzing.org
South Saskatchewan zone coordinator: vacant
Member-at-Large: Kellan Peters
memberatlarge@cmdbiblequizzing.org

Sub-Committee

Awards: DeAnne Funk
Draw master: Angela Davis
Equipment: Jeff Haight
Head statistician: Tyler Unrau
Officials: Janette Peters
Quiz questions: Yin Liu
QuizSafe: John and Laurelyn Hoess
Social media: vacant