Presbyterian Bible Content Exam Learning Tool
As of September 2, 2010, we have served 199055 Bible Content Exams!

INTRODUCTION
This is the tool I wanted when I was preparing to take the February 2000 Bible Content Exam. If you're preparing for that exam, this site was designed especially for you! But anyone can use it to improve their Bible knowledge. God bless you! (Also, come and visit the church I pastor if you're in the Sacramento area.)

WEBSITE FUNDING
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Thank you for your support! A number of you made generous donation s after I posted a plea - thank you! The annual hosting bill it coming soon so some additional donations would be appreciated. Please note that if you donate, your creidat card statement will say something like "PAYPAL*DREAMHOST" Dreamhost is our web hosting company.

ACTION NEEDED TO KEEP THIS SITE USEFUL:
The powers that be at PC(USA) have decided that the Bible Content Exam questions will no longer be public after each exam. That means I will be unable to update the site. The claim is that they don't want people "cramming" for the test. I personally believe that this tool helps students to learn the Bible and that it is for the benefit of the Church. If want this site to continue to help students in the future, you can do two things:

  1. Many of you helped me get questions for the Feb. 2010 test! (Try it out here.) If you're willing to write down questions and answers this fall, please send them to me so I can build an unofficial test.
  2. Let your voice be heard! According to the PC(USA) Bible Content Exam website, you may contact Tim Cargal, (888) 728-7228, x5771, tim.cargal@pcusa.org, or at 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY 40202.

Blessings,
Steve Whitney

You can also find me at www.steve-whitney.com or twitter.com/SteveWhitney

You can just click a year to take that year's test or choose a category from the menu beneath each year to focus on one part of the test. Instructions are available below if you need them.

    Feb. 2010 Test (unofficial and untested)
2009 Test
  2008 Test
2001 Test
 1994 Test
  2007 Test
2000 Test
 1993 Test
  2006 Test
1999 Test
 1992 Test
  2005 Test
1998 Test
1991 Test
  2004 Test
1997 Test
 1990 Test
  2003 Test
1996 Test
 1989 Test
  2002 Test
 1995 Test
 1988 Test
There may still be errors or problems with the Bible links. Please help others by reporting any problems.

The contents of these tests are the property of the Presbyterian Church (USA).  The software and formatting used on this site are Copyright ©2000-2009 by Stephen A. Whitney.  All rights reserved.  The Bible reference links are from the Bible Gateway.

Instructions

It's very simple.  Just scroll through the questions, clicking what you think is the correct answer for each one (A, B, C, or D).  If you need a little help, you can click the "Bible reference" link below the question to see the Bible passage the question is based on.  (It's OK - this is a learning tool, not a test. :-)  But do note that the quotations on the test are always from the NRSV and the Bible reference window will have NIV text.

When you're done, click the "Score Practice Test" button at the bottom of the screen.  A score of 70 out of 100 is passing. You'll also see how you did in each category. The program normally only shows you the answers you got wrong, but you can click the small box near the "Score Practice Test" button to see all of the answers.

After you take a test, you will have lots of options to create special tests on the subjects you need to work on or over all of the questions you got wrong. Just click the links.  You can bookmark (or "add to favorites") these customized tests to come back to them later.

Your feedback is important!

Feedback, corrections to the tests, questions, comments?  Send e-mail to Steve.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Eric Ledermann, Suzanne D'Spain, Julie Kim, David Brown, Mike Foster, Beverly Ewing, John Reed, Deborah Matthews, Heather Reichgott, Stephanie Croom, Sally Cooper Larson, and Leslie Veen for typing tests! Thanks to San Francisco Theological Seminary for funding the typing of the first 10 exams.

Links

Text versions of the Bible Content Exam

Instructions for entering tests for this site

Back to Steve's home page.

Last updated June 28, 2010 .