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2025-2026 Affiliation
Annual affiliation with NCFCA Christian Speech & Debate establishes your family as part of our league. It allows you to register for tournaments, receive league communications, and fully join in our mission to equip confident communicators and critical thinkers.
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We are known for our atmosphere of encouragement and support. We provide a safe place for students to make friends, express ideas, learn from mistakes, and conquer fears.
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Join NCFCA today and unlock your own potential. Discover the transformative power of speech and debate for yourself.
I would not be the speaker and the person, ultimately, I am today without ballots from judges. The different walks of life and different views that people have when they put things on your ballot is just phenomenal for building you as a person and for building your repertoire, to be able to be going out in the world and impacting for God.
Competition is such a great catalyst to learn to win graciously, to learn to lose graciously, to manage emotions—such an invaluable part of the process.
I think debate particularly gives them a tremendous amount of discernment, the ability to weigh arguments, and to make quality value assessments about what they're being told. I love that kids are learning to do real research from real worthy sources.
Affiliation FAQs
Who can affiliate with NCFCA?
NCFCA invites like-minded individuals and families to affiliate with our organization provided that they are able to affirm agreement with our Mission, Core Values, Foundational Beliefs and League Affiliation Policies.
Can we join a local group?
Independent speech & debate clubs throughout the country meet regularly in person and online to train students for competition in our league. You can learn more about joining or starting a club from the Clubs page on our website.
What are the eligibility requirements to compete?
The complete list of competition eligibility requirements is found on our Pre-Tournament Policies page. As long as students meet these requirements they are considered eligible to compete in our Qualifying Tournaments.
What credits can I award for speech and debate?
In their article, “Evaluation of High School Credits,” our friends at HSLDA write, “A one credit course typically requires one school year to complete…For courses that do not use a standard high school-level textbook, log the hours that your child spends completing the course work. One credit is approximately 120-180 hours of work…when evaluating credit, a good rule of thumb is 50 minutes a day, 5 days a week, for 36 weeks, for a one-credit course.”
Remember to take your state requirements into account. You have several options when classifying Speech & Debate. Some may lend themselves to a particular year’s resolution:
- Physical Science (a non-lab science course, focused on a specific area of research)
- Politics and Policy (an elective course, focused on a certain policy)
- Research (an English course focused on the process of acquiring knowledge)
- Rhetoric (an English course focused on the art of persuasion)
- Debate (an elective course focused on research, logic, and rhetoric skills)
- Speech (an elective course focused on the communication of ideas)
If your student has enough credits, consider including Speech & Debate as extracurricular activities, documenting the approximate hours of participation and the skills acquired.