Pathfinder Bible Experience

Pathfinder Bible Experience tools built for the way your team studies and practices.

Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE), also commonly known as Bible Bowl, is a team Scripture-study program. Tentmaker58 gives coaches an independent place to build their own questions, run live team practices, track assignments, and see what to study next.

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Tentmaker58 Pathfinder Bible Experience practice results showing team scores and accuracy
What Bible Experience practice does today

From your question bank to live practice to the next study plan

Build your own reusable question bank

Tentmaker58 does not bundle official PBE questions. Coaches build and maintain their own bank, organized by book, chapter, and question type — multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and true/false — assignable to specific kids.

Choose the right questions for each practice

Filter your question bank by recently added, not used yet, or since last practice, so you're not re-running the same questions every session.

Run live team practice

Organize kids into teams, select the questions for a session, and optionally randomize the order. Teams answer live on connected devices, with scores updating in real time.

Track Scripture and verse assignments

Assign Bible passages to each child and track completion. Import a spreadsheet of verse assignments in bulk instead of entering them one at a time.

Turn results into the next study plan

Session results break down accuracy by team and by question, not just a final tally. Missed-question and study-gap analysis connects each child's assigned books and chapters with what the team actually missed, so a coach knows what to emphasize next.

How Bible Experience practice works

Organize teams and study coverage

Set up your roster, group kids into teams, and record which books and chapters each child is assigned to study.

Choose and run a practice session

Pick teams and questions — filtered by recency or coverage — then run a live session with real-time team answering and scoring.

Review results and focus the next practice

See accuracy by team and by question, review missed questions against each team's study coverage, and decide what to practice next.

Built for Pathfinder Bible Experience teams

Coach

Use results and study coverage to decide what the team should practice next.

Director

Run live sessions and keep question and verse work organized.

Pathfinder

See assigned study coverage and practice as part of the team.

Conference Coordinator

Support team-based practice using a workflow designed around Pathfinder Bible Experience.

Pathfinder Bible Experience questions

What is Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE)?

Pathfinder Bible Experience is a team Scripture-study program for Pathfinder clubs. Tentmaker58 is independent practice software for PBE teams — it is not affiliated with or endorsed by the official PBE organization. For official rules and study materials, visit the official Pathfinder Bible Experience website.

Is Pathfinder Bible Experience the same as Bible Bowl?

They refer to the same program. Bible Bowl is the familiar, common name many clubs and coaches still use, while Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) is the current official terminology. Tentmaker58 uses Pathfinder Bible Experience as its primary name and Bible Bowl where that legacy terminology helps people find it.

How can a Pathfinder team practice with Tentmaker58?

Coaches build their own reusable question bank, select teams and questions for a practice (filtering by recently added, unused, or since last practice), run a live practice session, review the results, and use missed-question patterns to decide what to study next.

Can coaches run live Bible Experience practice sessions?

Yes. Teams answer live on connected devices, scores update in real time, and coaches can review session results — accuracy by team and by question — right after practice ends.

Does Tentmaker58 provide official PBE rules or questions?

No. Tentmaker58 does not bundle official PBE questions, rules, or study books. Coaches build and maintain their own question bank. Official rules, registration, and materials come from the official Pathfinder Bible Experience organization.

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