2024 The Christmas Colloquium
EPIC2 (CA) · Dec 5-7, 2024
Completed
2:04 PM Pacific
2024 APOLOGETICS
APOLOGETICS:
Description: The competitor is given four (4) minutes to prepare a persuasive, and reasoned speech that defends a tenet of the Christian faith.
Goal: Competitors will be motivated to study, articulate, and defend the core issues of their faith in a knowledgeable, sincere, and respectful manner. The focus may or may not be evangelistic. Content is key: greater weight should be given to the speech content, rather than the presentation style.
Apologetics Rules
The following categories will be used at the 2024 Christmas Colloquium:
Category 2: Foundations of Christianity
Category 3: Scripture
Category 6: Christianity Compared
Stoa has updated the Apologetics Questions and ballot for this year, visit the Stoa website for a current list.
Tournament Events
Speech Pattern A
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
Speech Pattern B
- Apologetics Qual
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Persuasive Qual
Parliamentary
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
LD / TP
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Speech Finals / Round 3
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 8:00 am Mon 10/07/2024 (Pacific)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 9:00 am Mon 10/21/2024 (Pacific)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 3:00 pm Mon 11/04/2024 (Pacific)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 3:00 pm Mon 11/04/2024 (Pacific)
- Community Judge registration will close at 10:00 pm Sat 12/07/2024 (Pacific)
What the statuses mean
- Setup
- The tournament is still being set up.
- Open
- Registration is open — families can register for the tournament.
- Drops Only
- No new entries are allowed, but families can drop existing ones.
- Closed
- Registration is closed — no adds or drops. Contact the tournament director with questions.
- Completed
- The tournament is finished.