Problem: What are the attitudes of high-school students toward Bible class? This might not rank as an important research question generally. Its answer is, however, vitally important if the questioner is a church body, as the Seventh-day Adventists are. Concerned with the level of spirituality among its adolescent population, Adventists in general, and the Southern Union Conference of the church, in particular is keenly interested in knowing the answer to this question. Yet, to date, an answer has not been sought using empirical methods.

Method: In response to specific request by the Southern Union, this study concerns itself with this question. Using standard scale construction techniques such as the Likert and semantic differential, reliable and valid attitude measurement scales were developed, field tested, and administered to 1,263 secondary students enrolled in nine Adventist academies (high schools).

Findings: Both the Likert and the semantic differential scales proved to be reliable and valid instruments for the measurement of attitudes toward Bible class. Results show that generally these students have positive attitudes toward Bible class and, specifically, the Bible teacher, but a negative attitude toward the textbook used in Bible instruction.

Conclusions: It is possible to develop valid and reliable instruments to measure adolescents’ attitudes toward Bible class in Seventh-day Adventist academies. Also, adolescents’ attitudes toward their Bible classes are generally positive.