What Is JBQ?
JBQ is a quizzing ministry that uses the Bible Fact-Pak as its foundational curriculum.
- The Bible Fact-Pak is a teaching tool that helps children learn, understand, and apply important Bible truths.
- It includes over 500 questions and answers. Some of the questions provide background about the Bible and its contents.
- Other questions explore the teachings and doctrine within the Bible. All of the questions together give children a solid basis for a strong and lasting relationship with God.
- The success of JBQ involves some exciting competition principles.
- During JBQ meets, two teams of four quizzers each sit behind a set of buzzers.
- Each quizzer may activate his own buzzer at any point during the reading of the question, and the first one to buzz in gets to answer.
- If the answer is correct, the quizzer’s team is awarded points based on the difficulty of the question.
- Through the competition of quizzing, children learn to win without boasting, lose without complaining, and treat opponents and officials with respect.
The Goal of JBQ
JBQ, based on cooperative competition, motivates children to learn the questions and answers in the Bible Fact-Pak and helps assess their knowledge. But the primary goal of JBQ is to plant the Word deep in the hearts of children so they may grow in close relationship with God. Elementary-age children, especially in grades three through six, are often referred to as being in the “golden age of memorization.” Poems, Bible verses, and stories learned at this age can usually be quoted for a lifetime. How important it is to capitalize on the ability to memorize God’s Word!
2026-2027 SeasoN
All meets begin at 9:00 a.m. central time.
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September 12, 2026
Location: Evangel Church, Marianna, FL
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October 10, 2026
Location: First Assembly of God, Marianna, FL
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November 14, 2026
Location: Evangel Church, Marianna, FL
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January 9, 2027
Location: First Assembly of God, Marianna, FL
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February 13, 2026
Location: Evangel Church, Marianna, FL
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April 10, 2027: Network Final
Location: First Assembly of God, Marianna, FL
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April 30-May 1: Regionals Finals
Location: To Be Determined
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June 10-12: JBQ Nationals
Location: To Be Determined
Welcome to the 2026-27 West Florida Ministry Network Junior Bible Quiz season!
Registration
Register your teams here for 2025-26 regular season meets. Teams consist of 2-8 quizzers (enrolled in sixth grade or lower and no more than 12 years old) and at least one coach. West Florida JBQ uses the official JBQ guidelines as the authority for eligibility, judging questions, and running meets.
You may download the JBQ Guidelines here:
Registration Fee
- $100 for the first team, $75 for additional teams
- Pay your registration fee at this link: https://tithe.ly/give_new/www/#/tithely/give-one-time/5273799 (Make sure the fund designation is Junior Bible Quiz.)
- After your fees are paid, please send a screenshot or copy of a confirmation notice to renee@freedomchurch.life.
Team Changes
After your quizzers have been registered on a team, quizzers may be moved to different teams by contacting the coordinator. Officials may be changed or added before each meet by contacting the coordinator.
Officials
- Every Bronze Division team must provide one official per meet; every Gold Division team must provide two officials per meet.
- Officials should be familiar with the most current version of the JBQ Official Quiz Guidelines.
- Scorekeepers should be familiar with the EZScore Training Videos:
- Setup and seating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1jXAshiqwA&feature=youtu.be
- Scoring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a2tAOe0DPk
- Closing a Match: https://youtu.be/h4KwA00jp80
- Are your officials nervous? Don’t worry! We will be patient with new officials and teach as we go.
Communication
All churches with registered teams will be invited to the coordinators’ GroupMe messaging group for communication.
Coordinator Contact:
Renée Lunsford
Junior Bible Quiz Divisions
West Florida has two active divisions:
Bronze Division
- Students who are age 7 or below on September 1 of the quiz season may quiz in the Bronze Division.
- Bronze quiz rooms use one quizmaster and one judge/scorekeeper.
- Bronze teams quiz only over 10-point questions, both quotes and non-quotes.
- The official guidelines will still be used to judge whether a question is correct or incorrect.
- Coaches and officials should use gentleness, encouragement, and lots of grace with our bronze quizzers!
- An official time out should be called if there are tears at the table.
- If something occurs that would be a foul, the foul should be explained, and questions will be substituted if needed according to the rules, but there will be no points assessed for fouls in the bronze division.
- Questions covered in Bronze Division: Meet 1—Questions 1-36; Meet 2- Questions 1-72; Meet 3- Questions 1-108; Meets 4 & 5- Questions 1-144.
- The Bronze Division quizzes from September to February; bronze teams do not participate in the Network Final. However, bronze quizzers may be moved to a gold team for the Network Final if a church desires to do so.
Gold Division
- Any eligible quizzer may quiz in the Gold Division.
- Fouls will be pointed out when they occur, but points will not be assessed for fouls until the January meet.
- The Gold Division quizzes all the questions in the Bible Fact-Pak.
- Questions covered in Gold Division:
- Meet 1- First 25% of each point value;
- Meet 2- First 50% of each point value;
- Meet 3- First 75% of each point value;
- Meet 4 and following—100% of Fact-Pak.
- Note: West Florida does not have a Silver Division at this time.
How to Start a JBQ Ministry in Your Church
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Get permission/blessing from your pastor.
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Contact the District JBQ Coordinator and let them know you are starting a ministry.
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Purchase the following:
• Quizbox
• Leader Manual
• Activities Book
• Factpak box
• Audio CD Set
• 3-5 student study books
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Recruit families.
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Set up a weekly practice time and develop.
Officials Certification Test
Instructions: When taking the test, please read the instructions. We will need each official to take a screen shot of the results, and send it to their coordinators. The coordinators can then send it to this email address: jbq@westflorida.ag
