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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 got to do a lot of great parenting on the tournament grounds just as a mom and talk my kids through some situations. We got to point out: “This is where we want to respond. This is how we don't want to respond.” So I feel like in every way this has been such a practical skill and a practical impact on the lives of my kids. So I highly recommend and would encourage anyone to participate.
They're experiencing amazing new relationships. They're experiencing love and grace and honor and respect.
I learn things at every tournament. You know, there's a speech about something I haven't ever really studied, and it is always fascinating. I come away with new ideas and new topics on my mind. It helps me grow as a person, as a thinker, as an individual.
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.