2026 Pathfinder Bible Experience Grounds Young People in Scripture, Community, and Mission
Several minutes before the start of the North American Division’s (NAD) 2026 Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) on Sabbath, August 18, 239 teams, along with runners, judges, volunteers, and support staff, filled every corner of the conference center at Camp Hawthorne in northern Florida. Additional supporters and volunteers spread across three buildings, including two overflow rooms, brought the in-person total to roughly 4,300 attendees.
Organizers initially prepared to welcome 200 teams — 215 at most — to the division finals. However, as registration surged in the weeks leading up to PBE, it became clear that the record of 211 teams set in 2019 would be shattered.
