If you and/or others in your church are interested in starting a JBQ ministry, here are five easy steps to help you get started.
Introduce JBQ
Purchase a Bible Fact-Pakor Bible Fact-Pak Study Guide and introduce the questions to the children during Sunday School, Children's Church, VBS, or on Sunday or Wednesday nights. (Keep in mind that the Radiant Life Sunday School curriculum for Primary, Middler, and PreTeen includes Bible Fact-Pak question numbers with each lesson, beginning in Fall 2002.)
This introduction to JBQ will help the children and others in the church to become excited about the program, and will help you see which children are motivated to continue.
Select Leaders
Appoint at least one person to oversee the program and to test the children as they progress through the Bible Master Award program. If you choose to enter team quizzing, select at least one coach per team.
Encourage parents of interested children to become involved. Junior Bible Quiz can be a success only with the help of parents! Encourage participants to visit this website to learn all they can about Junior Bible Quiz.
Order Supplies
Order Bible Fact-Pak products and other JBQ supplies through Gospel Publishing House (gospelpublishing.com or 1-800-641-4310).
Each child should be given, or encouraged to purchase, a Bible Fact-Pak or the Bible Fact-Pak Study Guide. If finances are tight, you can buy one box of cards and divide them up between the quizzers.
Be sure to purchase a Coach's Manual and the Official JBQ Quiz Guidelines if you plan to enter team quizzing.
Recruit Quizzers
Ask permission to present JBQ during Sunday School, Children's Church, Sunday Worship, and other church ministries. Make your presentation exciting, showing parents and children that JBQ makes Bible study fun and challenging.
Once quizzers are recruited, you can schedule a regular meeting time. While the Bible Fact-Pak can be used in conjunction with other programs, the greatest benefits come from regularly scheduled study and practice times. Many groups come early before the evening service on Sunday or Wednesday, others schedule after-school or Saturday sessions.
Make these times fun, using devotions and games, not just rote memory, to help the children learn the content of the Bible Fact-Pak.
Charter Your Team
If you wish to enter team competition and join league meets in your area, contact your District JBQ Coordinator to charter your team. See the "Contacts" section of this website to learn who your District JBQ Coordinator is.
