The Bible Verse Marathon® is a fundraiser in which:
1) the students or youth are encouraged to learn God's Word in their hearts & minds, and
2) the school, church, or organization keeps 90% of the gross funds raised!*
* The 10% retained by Bible IQ helps fund Bible illiteracy programs to at-risk kids and adults, as well as, supports our Lost Lamb ministry that teaches the gospel and provides plush lambs to orphaned children (www.theLostLamb.org).
We call this a Bible Verse Marathon because instead of running 26 miles, the participants are memorizing 26 Bible verses!


The online Bible Verse memorization test is "multiple-choice," the results are immediate, and can be taken with cellphones, tablets or laptops. The test is not made available until the agreed-upon testing date & time. If interested, the school/church can have this page as well as the testing page "co-branded" with their school/church name and logo!

The school, church, or organization can use any Bible Verses and any Bible Translation! The school, church, or organization might want to also consider adding a "fitness" element into their fundraiser such that the students/youth need to also run 26 laps around the gym/track, jump rope for 26 minutes, etc. Finally, there are exciting opportunities to create value-added "donor engagement" such that the donors are emailed one of the 26 Bible Verses for 26 consecutive days.

Bible Verse Marathon Fundraiser "Flyer"
(click image for "pdf")Bible Verse Marathon "Top 26" Verses
(click image for "pdf")STUDY AID: Bible Verse "e-Flashcards"
The below contains the suggested 26 Bible Verses in an electronic flashcard format. Participants can use this as a "study aid" and will help them learn the verses in an engaging & entertaining way!
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (NIV)
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. (NIV)
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. (NIV)
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; (NIV)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV)
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (NIV)
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (NIV)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NIV)
I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (NIV)
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (NIV)
Load More
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – (NIV)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (NIV)
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. (NIV)
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (NIV)
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.” (NIV)
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (NIV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (NIV)
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (NIV)
Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” (NIV)
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. (NIV)
Load More
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (NIV)
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (NIV)
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. (NIV)
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. (NIV)
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (NIV)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (NIV)
Load More

