Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is encouraging students to bring Bibles to school Thursday.Bring Your Bible to School Day is Oct. 4. It's an event that began quietly in 2014 and has been slowing gaining momentum."The Bible is an amazing document," Bevin said in a video promoting the day. "It has an incredible amount of history, knowledge, wisdom, guidance – things that our founders understood and took to heart as they set this entire nation in motion."Bevin signed House Bill 128 last year, which gives public schools in Kentucky the option to teach Bible literacy classes. It's an elective class, guided by the Kentucky Board of Education.Bevin said about 500,000 students across the country participated in the event last year.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is encouraging students to bring Bibles to school Thursday.

Bring Your Bible to School Day is Oct. 4. It's an event that began quietly in 2014 and has been slowing gaining momentum.


"The Bible is an amazing document," Bevin said in a video promoting the day. "It has an incredible amount of history, knowledge, wisdom, guidance – things that our founders understood and took to heart as they set this entire nation in motion."

Bevin signed House Bill 128 last year, which gives public schools in Kentucky the option to teach Bible literacy classes. It's an elective class, guided by the Kentucky Board of Education.

Bevin said about 500,000 students across the country participated in the event last year.