Ages 4-12 · Book 6, Faith · 4,299 places

Start a Kids Ministry

For a church plant or a congregation restarting children's work with four children and two volunteers. The smallest version that still holds together.

Built on Ellis Abel and the Disciple — “Difference isn't weakness. It's a gift.” The story carries the value; your church supplies the doctrine.

The five sessions

Session 1
Scope: age bands, group sizes, session length, leader experience
Session 2
Materials: story, leader script, family take-home, printable pack
Session 3
Train the volunteers — one evening, with the hard cases rehearsed
Session 4
Run one term and capture what the children actually did
Session 5
Review the term, adjust the pack, and set the next one

Questions leaders ask

Does start a kids ministry in your area teach a particular denomination?

No. Ellis Abel is a character series built on named values — belonging, courage, accountability, self-mastery, empathy and faith. Book six treats faith as the choice to move forward while it is still hard. The story carries the value; your church supplies the doctrine. That is why the same material is used across traditions.

What ages does this work for?

Ages 4-12. The story is read aloud, so a child who cannot read yet is still fully in it, and the discussion questions are written in two bands so one leader can hold a mixed-age room.

What does a your area licence include?

The volumes, the session material, leader scripts, family take-home pages, and the right to run it under your own program name. Terms are set per organisation and per size — there is no single-price page because a co-op and a denomination are not the same conversation.

Do we have to use your branding?

No. You keep your name, your leaders and your teaching. The books are the spine, not the sign over the door.

The rules that make it work

The story carries the value, the church supplies the doctrine

Ellis Abel is a character series. It teaches faith as perseverance and stops where doctrine begins, so a parish, a Baptist club and a co-op can all run it beside their own teaching.

Difference isn't weakness

The line on the cover of book six is the operating policy, not a slogan. A child whose participation looks different is participating.

Faith is a decision, not a mood

Children are told to feel confident and cannot make themselves. They can decide to take one more step, and that is teachable, repeatable and honest.

Volunteers are the constraint

Every session is written for an adult who was handed it the night before. Questions written out, timing in the margin, and a note for when nobody answers.